Ljubljana – All four MPs of the Pensioners’s Party (DeSUS), which left the government coalition in December, have contributed their signatures in support of a motion of no-confidence in the Janez Janša government, DeSUS leader Karl Erjav...

Ljubljana – More than two thirds of respondents in the most recent Valicon survey do not trust the rapid antigen tests used across the country. The people’s trust in the government’s anti-coronavirus measures continues to slide, whi...

Brdo pri Kranju/Ljubljana – PM Janez Janša and NIJZ director Milan Krek presented Slovenia’s vaccination plan until the end of June, as vaccination was launched around the country on Tuesday for the elderly who are not in residential car...

Ljubljana – Environmental NGOs warn that proposed changes to the environmental protection and spatial planning acts would exclude them from key relevant procedures and scrap legislative safeguards. Without the latter an irreparable damage could...

Brussels – European rules cannot be used as an excuse to stop the funding of press agencies, an European Commission spokesperson said on Tuesday about the financing of the STA. It appears that the aid could be granted without the need for prior...

Ljubljana – The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) is celebrating its 170th anniversary, having been throughout dedicated to advocating its members’ interests and business success. Labelling 2020 as a year of special challenges, it is...

Ljubljana – The central bank says in its latest publication that Slovenia had one of the worst epidemiological situations in the eurozone in the last quarter of 2020. This demanded strict restrictive measures in the long-term that in turn cause...

Ljubljana – Representatives of the hospitality industry have warned that the industry is one of the most affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, and that the government’s aid measures do not suffice. They want special treatment in the next leg...

Kranjska Gora – The Alpine resort of Kranjska Gora has seen its official population double during the epidemic as over 2,000 have registered temporary residence, which allows them to invoke one of the exceptions to the ban on crossing municipal...

Ljubljana – US Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard will leave Slovenia next week when the incoming US President Joe Biden is to be inaugurated, the embassy confirmed for the STA on Monday. Blanchard, a political appointee, sent her resignati...