Ljubljana – The statutory minimum wage is scheduled to increase in January under legislation passed in 2018. A new formula tying the minimum wage to cost of living will be used. Preliminary calculations show it will stand at roughly EUR 736 net...

Šempeter pri Gorici/Novo Mesto – While Prime Minister Janez Janša has announced that a new shipment of Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Slovenia next week to largely cover the healthcare sector, a Health Ministry official has called for as mas...

St. Moritz – Although Slovenian cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič crossed the finish line second in the women’s World Cup freestyle sprint event in Val Müstair, Switzerland on Friday, she was subsequently knocked down to the sixth pl...

Ljubljana – Karl Erjavec, the leader of the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS) and the centre-left opposition’s candidate for prime minister, plans to push ahead with a vote of no confidence despite being snubbed by the Modern Centre Party (...

Ljubljana – Slovenian ski resorts are allowed to open on 1 January, but only for skiers who test negative for coronavirus, the government decided on Thursday. The government decree gives the operators of ski resorts the option to set up rapid t...

Ljubljana – The Modern Centre Party (SMC) council decided late on Wednesday not to endorse Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS) leader Karl Erjavec as candidate for prime minister-designate. The SMC remains open for dialogue and cooperation with all...

Ljubljana – Schools and kindergartens will not reopen next week, with pupils in grades one to three and preschoolers perhaps returning on 11 January, Education Minister Simon Kustec said at the government press briefing on Thursday. The plan fo...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly decided in a 50:16 vote on Wednesday that the latest corona crisis stimulus package, passed late last night, cannot be put to a referendum. The decision means that the law was published in the Official Gazette ...

Ljubljana – The provision allowing employers to unilaterally terminate workers once they have met formal conditions for retirement, passed within the latest stimulus package in parliament on Tuesday, continues to raise dust as trade unions labe...

Ljubljana – The Court of Audit has completed a draft report on the purchasing of protective personal equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus epidemic. The report will not be made public until the audited institutions and individuals have given t...