Slovenia Times
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:57:51 +0000Protesters light bonfire in front of parliament
Ljubljana – After a massive anti-government protest in Slovenia’s capital on Resistance Day, several hundred protesters hit the streets on their bicycles on Friday, stopping by at the headquarters of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) on th...
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:54:49 +0000TIGR Primorske association sees history distorted at state ceremony
Sežana – An association fostering memory of the anti-Fascist underground organisation has distanced itself from the state Resistance Day ceremony at a monument to three TIGR members, which they see as distortion of history. In a written protes...
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:51:53 +0000EU Commission urges Slovenia to speed up delegated prosecutor appointments
Brussels – European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders has urged Slovenia’s Justice Minister Lilijana Kozlovič to speed up the appointment of European delegated prosecutors. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is set to b...
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:49:27 +0000Labour Day messages call for job security and safety at work
Ljubljana – The International Workers’ Day, 1 May, will this year again be marked by epidemic-related restrictions. Trade unions call for job security, decent pensions, social security but also for safety at work, so that workers are not ...
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:47:52 +0000Foreign ministers of Slovenia, Japan call for boosting cooperation
Ljubljana – Foreign Minister Anže Logar received his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday with the pair calling for enhancing cooperation between Slovenia and Japan both in business and politics, as Slovenia sees potential in high-...
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:41:21 +0000Union hotels 2020 results undermined by pandemic
Ljubljana – The Group Union Hoteli ended 2020 in the red due to the coronavirus pandemic. It posted a net loss of EUR 4.3 million after reporting EUR 4.4 million in profit the year before. The group’s revenue went from EUR 26 million in 2...
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:37:34 +0000Cetis reports higher profit despite pandemic
Celje – Cetis, a printing group specialising in secure documents, commercial printing and packaging, saw its net profit increase by 30% to EUR 5.9 million last year as revenue rose 2% to EUR 67.8 million, follows from the annual report posted b...
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:35:53 +0000Budget records 1.27bn deficit in first three months of 2021
Ljubljana – National budget revenue in the first three months of the year amounted to EUR 2.4 billion, up 1% year-on-year, while expenditure was up by 37% to almost EUR 3.68 billion for a deficit of nearly EUR 1.27 billion. This compares to a E...
Sat, 01 May 2021 04:34:39 +0000Employment expectations nearing pre-Covid levels
Ljubljana – The jobless total increased by 12% in 2020 compared to 2019 as the Covid-19 epidemic affected the labour market. However, the employment expectations indicator is rising and nearing the level recorded at the start of 2020, the Stati...
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 04:31:21 +0000Janša, Macron discuss cooperation during EU presidency
Paris – Prime Minister Janez Janša met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday to discuss the countries’ successive presidencies of the Council of the EU. Macron said before the talks that coordination was needed because of...