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Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:31:49 +0000
Govt adopts Stability Programme, fiscal policy stays expansive
Ljubljana – The government adopted on Wednesday the Stability Programme that explains and puts into context the public finance policy in this and coming years and puts it within the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact. Slovenia’s f...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:29:12 +0000
Govt eases some restrictions in yellow regions
Brdo pri Kranju – The government has somewhat eased coronavirus restrictions for retailers and service providers in yellow-tier regions, allowing one customer per 20 square metres of surface area as of Monday, while the condition of one custome...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:19:29 +0000
FM appointed representative for cooperation with the European Parliament
Brdo pri Kranju – The government has appointed Foreign Minister Anže Logar the high representative for cooperation with the European Parliament for the duration of Slovenia’s EU presidency. Logar will thus represent the EU Council in dea...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:17:31 +0000
Government adopts national recovery and resilience plan
Brdo pri Kranju – The government has adopted the national recovery and resilience plan to send it to the European Commission. The plan will serve as the basis to draw funds from the EUR 750 billion fund for recovery following the coronavirus cr...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:16:31 +0000
Slovenian, US police prevent planned mass shootings in Gorenjska
Ljubljana – The Kranj Police Department said on Wednesday that Slovenian and US law enforcement authorities had prevented planned mass shootings with firearms in public institutions in the north-western region of Gorenjska. The person suspected...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:13:53 +0000
Vaccination to intensify next week, minister says
Ljubljana – Vaccination centres across Slovenia will step up their activities in the coming days, as Slovenia expects some 120,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to be available in the country, Health Minister Janez Poklukar told the press on We...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:12:36 +0000
Minister Koritnik says public trust key in introducing AI
Brussels/Ljubljana – Slovenian Public Administration Minister Boštjan Koritnik has told a forum hosted by the Brussels subsidiary of Microsoft that public trust was the necessary condition for effective, rapid and successful introduction of ar...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:06:20 +0000
CoE platform concerned about situation of media and journalists in Slovenia
Strasbourg – The latest annual report by the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists is critical of what it sees as the Slovenian government’s attempts at undermining independent media and sto...

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 04:03:05 +0000
Coronavirus count below 400 over bank holiday
Ljubljana – Slovenia saw 398 people test positive for coronavirus amid scaled-down testing on Tuesday, a public holiday. Another 15 Covid-19 patients lost their lives, official data show. Of the 2,007 PCR tests performed yesterday, 19.8% came b...

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:03:16 +0000
“NOTHING JUST HAPPENS” – SLOVENIAN LITERATURE ON THE WORLD MAP (part II)
Slovene Writers’ Association has 308 members. Very few writers (not all of them are members of the Slovene Writers’ Association) can live merely off what they create. They are supported by certain social mechanisms, from giving public lending rig...



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