Brussels – Slovenia has ordered 90% of the vaccines it is entitled to in the first and second quarter of the year on a pro rata basis. In December, it did not put in an order for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine during a second round of joint EU pur...

Ljubljana – Michael O’Flaherty, the director of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), held talks with senior Slovenian officials on Tuesday dedicated to the priorities of Slovenia’s upcoming EU presidency. Interior Ministe...

Brussels – Health Minister Janez Poklukar took part in a EU ministerial to note that many member states had called for a single EU strategy to improve sequencing, as new coronavirus strains were currently the greatest threat, for the free flow ...

Ljubljana – Simona Kustec is staying on as education, science and sport minister as the National Assembly was eight votes short of voting her out of office. 38 MPs voted for her dismissal, while 41 opposed it after a 16-hour debate, which start...

Ljubljana – Police have fined 57 taxi drivers with a total of EUR 22,800 for having staged a protest drive against rapid testing every 72 hours in the streets around the parliament last month. The taxi drivers will seek legal remedy in court wh...

Ancona – Slovenian road cycling star Tadej Pogačar is the winner of Tirreno-Adriatico, an elite race across Italy between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts, in what is already his sixth overall career win in multi-day races. The 22-year-old r...

Ljubljana – A memorandum was signed on Tuesday to establish an inter-sector chain of the food-processing, hospitality and tourism sectors, which were hit hard by the coronavirus epidemic. The idea is to form an efficient business model for long...

Ljubljana – The Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage opposes a project to revamp a rundown sports stadium in Ljubljana that was designed by Slovenia’s best known architect Jože Plečnik. The decision was made last month afte...

Ljubljana – Epidemic, a one-year-old Slovenian influencer marketing startup, has raised EUR 400,000 from three Slovenian angel investors to expand its team of influencers and upgrade its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company uses ...

Ljubljana – Slovenia has decided to temporarily halt the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine pending a decision by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Health Minister Janez Poklukar said Monday the Slovenian expert group for vaccines ha...