Slovenia Times
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:57:00 +0000Slovenia officially confirms first case of UK coronavirus variant
Ljubljana – The first case of the highly transmissible UK coronavirus variant has been officially confirmed in Slovenia in a Kosovo national with temporary residence in Slovenia who arrived from Belgium, Prime Minister Janez Janša announced on...
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:56:00 +0000Biathlete Fak third in World Cup mass start event in Italy
Anterselva – Slovenia’s Jakov Fak finished third in the men’s Biathlon World Cup mass start in Italy’s Anterselva on Sunday to announce good form ahead of the Biathlon World Championships, which will take place in SloveniaR...
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:53:00 +0000Norway’s Kvandal win individual World Cup event in Ljubno
Ljubno ob Savinji – After Slovenia won the team Ski Jumping World Cup event for women in Ljubno ob Savinji on Saturday, Ema Klinec finished second in today’s individual event behind Eirin Maria Kvandal of Norway. Joining them on the podiu...
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:51:00 +0000Kustec presenting presidency priorities in education to EU bodies
Ljubljana – Education Minister Simona Kustec has started her official presentations of the programme of Slovenia’s EU presidency in education, science, sport and youth policies to the European Commission and European Parliament, expressin...
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:49:00 +0000Rogla to host part of Snowboarding World Championships
Zreče – The Slovenian ski resort of Rogla will host a part of this year’s Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships, with the the parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom disciplines to be held there on 1 and 2 March. The Slove...
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:47:00 +0000Bad weather keeps skiers away from ski slopes
Ljubljana – Ski centres in nine of Slovenia’s twelve statistical regions reopened on Saturday, but only a handful of skiers could be seen on the ski slopes, possibly because of the bad weather and the fact that they have to produce a nega...
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:43:00 +0000First World Cup team event win for Slovenia women’s ski jumpers
Ljubno ob Savinji – Slovenian women’s ski jumpers Ema Klinec, Špela Rogelj, Urša Bogataj in Nika Križnar won Saturday’s World Cup team event, in what is their first-ever team event win. The victory comes after they finished secon...
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:40:00 +0000Info commissioner finds no unauthorised access to politicians’ personal data
Ljubljana – The Information Commission has not established any irregularities in the police’s access to the personal data of a number of politicians, including party and deputy group leaders, the newspaper Dnevnik reported on Saturday. Th...
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:49:16 +0000Creditreform Rating affirms Slovenia’s AA- rating
Ljubljana – Creditreform Rating, an European credit rating agency, has affirmed Slovenia’s AA- credit rating with a stable outlook. It says that Slovenia has a strong economic environment, a flexible labour market while its private sector...
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:03:19 +0000Police stepping up strike with work-to-rule
Ljubljana – One of Slovenia’s two police trade unions, whose members have been on strike since 11 January, has announced it is stepping up the action with a three hour work-to-rule at various locations across the country on Friday. “...