Slovenia Times
Tue, 04 May 2021 19:06:01 +0000EU-Turkey ties high on agenda as Cavusoglu visits Slovenia
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s positions on issues relevant to EU-Turkey relations and its EU presidency priorities topped the agenda aside from bilateral relations as Foreign Minister Anže Logar hosted his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu i...
Tue, 04 May 2021 19:04:03 +0000Eurobarometer: Slovenians happy with their lives, displeased with how democracy works
Ljubljana – Slovenians are generally satisfied with their lives, but they are unhappy about the way democracy works in their country, shows the latest Eurobarometer survey conducted in February and March. A full 81% said they were very satisfie...
Tue, 04 May 2021 19:03:16 +0000Standoff on redistribution of seats on working bodies continues
Ljubljana – A proposal to reshuffle parliamentary working bodies to accommodate four unaffiliated MPs, including the speaker of parliament, who have recently defected was rejected for the third time on Tuesday. Unaffiliated MPs, a group of defe...
Tue, 04 May 2021 19:02:02 +0000President Pahor insists STA funding must be restored
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor insists that financing of the public service performed by the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) must be restored, his office told the STA after the president yesterday tweeted that the agency plays an irreplaceable ...
Tue, 04 May 2021 19:01:03 +0000SVIZ launching campaign for Kustec to step down
Ljubljana – The SVIZ trade union of teachers will launch a campaign to collect signatures among teachers to call on Education Minister Simona Kustec to resign, in a bid to send out a clear message that the Education Ministry has not been run we...
Tue, 04 May 2021 18:59:44 +0000Chief vaccination advisor thinks vaccination should open for all soon
Ljubljana – Bojana Beović, the head of the national advisory committee on immunisation, has said it would soon make sense to make coronavirus vaccination available to everyone who wants to get vaccinated. “Given that a lot of vaccines ar...
Tue, 04 May 2021 18:58:41 +0000Coronavirus cases ticking up again
Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 894 coronavirus cases for Monday in the second day the case count has been up week-on-week as pressure on hospitals has been somewhat relieved. Four Covid-19 patients died, government figures show. A total of 4,024 P...
Tue, 04 May 2021 18:57:35 +0000Household deposits in Slovenia up to record EUR 23bn, central bank says
Ljubljana – Household deposits at banks rose by over EUR 2 billion to a record EUR 23 billion in the epidemic year of 2020 from 2019, the Slovenian central bank said on Tuesday. It attributed the rise to the labour market measures taken during ...
Tue, 04 May 2021 18:56:40 +0000Survey indicates signs of pandemic fatigue showing in Slovenia
Ljubljana – A survey has found that signs of pandemic fatigue are already showing in Slovenia, and that it is becoming difficult for the people to follow the numerous restrictions and recommendations. The share of people who would get vaccinate...
Tue, 04 May 2021 04:38:46 +0000Logar expresses support for fight for democracy in Belarus
Ljubljana – Foreign Minister Anže Logar expressed Slovenia’s full support for the fight for democracy in Belarus as he hosted on Monday Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. The latter called for further support for the ...