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Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:16:29 +0000
Experts call on politicians to act in concert Covid-wise
Brdo pri Kranju – Health experts urged politicians on Wednesday to tackle the Covid-19 epidemic as a united front, Health Minister Janez Poklukar said after a meeting at Brdo pri Kranju hosted by President Borut Pahor. Pahor and Prime Minister ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:14:33 +0000
Parliamentary body rejects proposals on student protesters
Ljubljana – The Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities rejected on Wednesday all opposition-sponsored proposals regarding police procedures against students and their parents who protested in support of the reopening of ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:13:00 +0000
Govt allows rallies of up to 10 people
Ljubljana – The government has amended several of Covid-19 decrees as part of its weekly review of measures on Wednesday, including allowing rallies of up to ten people across the country. The government has also changed the status of two of Sl...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:12:53 +0000
US owner to shut down Slovenj Gradec plant, 430 jobs to be shed
Slovenj Gradec – The US multinational Adient has announced it will close down its Slovenj Gradec plant by the end of the year as a result of which 430 people will lose their jobs. Employees at the plant in Slovenj Gradec, in the north, were not...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:11:08 +0000
Kolektor CPG to build entire length of Koper-Divača track
Ljubljana – The consortium led by Slovenian builder Kolektor CPG has been selected for the second section of the new railway between Koper and Divača after it had already won the contract for the first section as the only bidder left. The sele...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:09:56 +0000
Shop closure in 2020 pushes Nama into the red
Ljubljana – Nama, a retail and property business, was hit severely by the epidemic in 2020, with its net sales revenue plummeting 42% to EUR 7.7 million over 2019. The company finished the year with a net loss of EUR 161,000, which compares to ...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:08:19 +0000
Poll: Almost 60% of respondents unhappy with social situation
Ljubljana – Slovenians seem to be increasingly unhappy with the situation in the society, suggests a poll conducted by Valicon. As many as 58% of respondents said they were not happy with the situation, which is more than last June and more tha...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:06:48 +0000
Alarming 2020 domestic homicide trend continues in 2021
Ljubljana – Murder or attempted murder charges more than doubled in Slovenia in 2020 compared to 2019. Last year marked the first time the country saw three triple murders in a single year, all of them being domestic homicides. The trend appear...

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:04:42 +0000
Resilient, competitive internal market a priority of Slovenia’s EU presidency
Brussels – A resilient and competitive internal market will be a major priority of Slovenia’s EU presidency, Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek told EU ministers in charge of consumer protection at an informal videoconference yesterday...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:18:53 +0000
Slovenia ordered 90% of vaccine it was entitled to on pro rata basis
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...



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