{"id":9000457,"date":"2026-11-04T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/eng\/vips\/branko-kidric\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:49:47","slug":"branko-kidric","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aacc.co.at\/en\/eng\/vips\/branko-kidric\/","title":{"rendered":"Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9000457\" class=\"elementor elementor-9000457 elementor-9000455 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0000 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0000\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0001\" data-id=\"aac0001\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-band\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><nav class=\"aacc-krumen\" aria-label=\"Brotkrumen\"><a href=\"\/en\/\">Home<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <a href=\"\/en\/eng\/\">The Alps-Adriatic Centre<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <a href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/\">What others say about us<\/a> <span>\u203a<\/span> <span class=\"last\">Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d<\/span><\/nav><h1>Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d<\/h1><p class=\"aacc-band-lead\">Mayor of Roga\u0161ka Slatina<\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0003 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0003\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0004\" data-id=\"aac0004\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-abschnitt\"><div class=\"aacc-innen aacc-iv\"><aside class=\"aacc-iv-seite\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aacc-iv-bild\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/branko-kidric-in-filip-wara.jpg\" alt=\"Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\"><p class=\"aacc-iv-name\"><b>Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d<\/b><span>Mayor of Roga\u0161ka Slatina<\/span><small>Position at the time of the interview<\/small><\/p><div class=\"aacc-iv-person\"><h2>About<\/h2><p>The popular mayor of the community Roga\u0161ka Slatina Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d finished the secondary technical school in Celje. He studied building industry at the Universities of Maribor and Zagreb. In the year 2006 he was \u2013 for the fourth time- elected for the mayor. The community is a member of the Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border Co-operation (AACC) in Klagenfurt.<\/p><\/div><p class=\"aacc-iv-quelle\">This interview was published on the AACC\u2019s former website.<br>Interview and Photo: M. \u0160tukelj<\/p><\/aside><article class=\"aacc-iv-text\"><blockquote class=\"aacc-iv-zitat\"><p>\u201cWe are satisfied that we started our cooperation several years ago.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"aacc-iv-einleitung\"><p>Last week, on a working visit, the Secretary-General Mag. Filip Warasch discussed with him the possibilities for the future cooperation, too.<\/p><\/div><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>Where does Roga\u0161ka Slatina lie and what are the economic parameters of the community?<\/h2><p>The community Roga\u0161ka Slatina has 11.000 inhabitants, the town itself 5.000. Roga\u0161ka lies south-east from Celje, on the border to the Republic of Croatia. The main economic branches are glass industry, tourism, building industry and trade. The biggest company is The Roga\u0161ka glass factory, where about 900 people are employed, out of them 500 from our community. In the community we also have the biggest producer of organs in Europe, The organs-building workshop of Anton \u0160krabl, which has already made more than 200 organs for all the continents of the world and employs 55 persons. Also the cosmetic company Afrodita is very successful, it employs 135 persons and sells its products in Europe and Asia. Altogether we have about 4.600 working places in the community. The arranging of the tourist centre in the community however demands significant costs. For the current maintenance of the Thermal park we are spending yearly around EUR 100,000, what is quite a lot. Last year the community Roga\u0161ka Slatina participated at the international competition \u201cEntente florale Europe 2008\u201d and out of 12 countries it won the silver medal.<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>Thermal and medical tourism are very significant for your community. From where do the guests come and how is the development of this branch proceeding?<\/h2><p>In total we have 1.500 beds in six different hotels, three of the hotels are in reconstruction now. 550 persons are employed in thermal tourism. In the mid-term we are planning to build three underground garages, with parks on the ground surfaces. With the garages we will also solve the parking problems of the hotels, which do not have enough parking places available. One garage will be built by the community, especially for the needs of the complex, which is intended to offer medical services- a kind of diagnostic centre, for domestic patients and for patients from our neighbourhood.<\/p><p>In our thermal tourism we have the highest number of foreign overnight stays in Slovenia. The Italian guests are on the first place, being followed by the Russians, Slovenes, Croatian and Austrian guests...<\/p><\/section><section class=\"aacc-iv-fa\"><h2>What are your wishes and expectations regarding the cooperation with the Alps-Adriatic Centre for Cross-border Co-operation?<\/h2><p>We are satisfied that we started our cooperation several years ago. Some mutual activities have already taken place. There was-however- not a lot of cooperation in the last period, because our country does not establish the necessary conditions to strengthen this cooperation on the local level, what means, the public competitions which demand cross border cooperation would be announced.<\/p><p>In positive case we have several projects ready and with the support of AACC I believe to find relevant partners in Austria and also to implement successfully one or two of such projects with them.<\/p><\/section><\/article><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0006 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0006\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0007\" data-id=\"aac0007\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-abschnitt aacc-abschnitt--grau\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><h2 class=\"aacc-h2\">More voices<\/h2><div class=\"aacc-sk-raster aacc-sk-raster--drei\"><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/jure-zerjav\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Zerjav.jpg\" alt=\"Jure \u017derjav\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201c\u2026 it must be proved that progress is only in cooperation.\u201d<\/span><b>Jure \u017derjav<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Mayor of Kranjska Gora<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/karl-viktor-erjavec\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Erjavec_w.jpg\" alt=\"Karl Viktor Erjavec\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cAn important frame for mutual learning and the exchange of experiences and good practices are also the projects of regional cooperation among Alpine countries.\u201d<\/span><b>Karl Viktor Erjavec<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class=\"aacc-sk\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/zlata-plostajner\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Zlata-Plostajner.jpg\" alt=\"Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-text\"><span class=\"aacc-sk-zitat\">\u201cGood development projects tend to overcome administrative and state borders.\u201d<\/span><b>Mag. Zlata Plo\u0161tajner<\/b><span class=\"aacc-sk-rolle\">Minister without portfolio, responsible for local self-government and regional development, Slovenia<\/span><span class=\"aacc-sk-mehr\">Read the interview<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"aacc-sk-alle\"><a class=\"aacc-knopf\" href=\"\/en\/eng\/vips\/\">All voices<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac0009 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac0009\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac0010\" data-id=\"aac0010\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"aac0011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aacc-cta\"><div class=\"aacc-innen\"><h2>Would you like to learn more about the AACC\u2019s work?<\/h2><p><a class=\"aacc-knopf\" href=\"mailto:office@aacc.co.at\">office@aacc.co.at<\/a><a class=\"aacc-knopf aacc-knopf--hell\" href=\"tel:+43463500762\">+43 (0) 463 500 762<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular mayor of the community Roga\u0161ka Slatina Mag. Branko Kidri\u010d finished the secondary technical school in Celje. He studied building industry at the Universities of Maribor and Zagreb. 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