Amy Klobuchar, US senator of Slovenian descent, shared an Easter Tweet of gifting her father with his favourite Slovenian dessert – a made-in-Minnesota potica. Senator Klobuchar, a recent candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primarie...

Ljubljana – The coronavirus pandemic has fully exposed our vulnerability and weaknesses, taking away health and unfortunately also many lives, Prime Minister Janez Janša said in his Easter message, released on Sunday. He is confident that Slov...

Ljubljana – The head of Slovenia’s vaccination advisory group, Bojana Beović, has said that the group has proposed that younger people are not vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine until all dilemmas about serious undesired side effect...

Laško/Podčetrtek/Zreče/Bled – Slovenian health resorts were closed during the first lockdown in spring 2020 and have now been closed a second time since October, admitting only patients sent there for rehabilitation. They have suffered a sig...

Maribor – Some 150 protesters gathered in the Maribor city centre on Saturday to protest against anti-coronavirus measures. The rally was organised through social networks. The protesters did not wear face masks and did not keep a safety distan...

Ljubljana – Health Minister Janez Poklukar has ordered an emergency oversight over the paying out of epidemic bonuses. He said the costs of the oversight should be included in the financial plan of health institutes for 2021. After the financia...

Krško – The Krško Nuclear Power Station (NEK) started building a long-planned dry cask storage on 1 March as part of its security upgrade. The construction of the storage is under way despite the scheduled one-month maintenance that started o...

When amateur investors start trading with cryptocurrencies and making profits turns into a business, tax standards come into effect in this area as well. Status of Cryptocurrencies in Slovenia Currently, Slovenia treats cryptocurrencies as virtual cu...

Brussels – Slovenia will get its pro rata share from a package of 10 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine whose delivery has been pushed forward from the first to the second quarter of the year. Under the plan agreed last eveni...

Ljubljana – The Slovenian Enterprise Fund has issued a call for bank loan guarantees worth EUR 103 million for micro, small and medium-sized companies. It plans to support around 650 projects. Under the facility, companies can secure bank loans...