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Sat, 17 Jul 2021 18:59:45 +0000
Tour de France: Pogačar defends title
Bordeaux – At 22 years of age Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar secured his second straight overall victory of the Tour de France by placing 8th in the penultimate stage, the time-trial between Libourne and Saint-Emilion. To win his second yellow ...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 14:53:12 +0000
Slovenia’s positive net migration highest in over decade
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded what is the highest positive net migration since 2008 last year as almost 18,400 people more moved in than out. The Statistics Office says part of the reason for the increase is administrative changes in the popula...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 14:48:21 +0000
Marinas happy with occupancy rates
Portorož/Izola – Slovenia’s largest marinas are happy with occupancy rates this summer with the one in Izola reporting a record 98% occupancy and the Portorož marina is seeing 30% higher figures than last year. Buy this article for 1€...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 10:30:08 +0000
Chemical company Melamin almost at pre-pandemic levels
Kočevje – Melamin, a chemical company in Kočevje with around EUR 50 million in annual revenues and around 200 employees, experienced significant problems during the Covid-19 epidemic. Now, says CFO Borut Hočevar, the situation is gradually r...

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 10:27:24 +0000
Holiday traffic builds long queues at borders
Gruškovje – Slovenian roads and border crossings are congested with holiday traffic on what is one of the busiest weekends of the summer. A 10-kilometre tailback is reported on the motorway leading to the Gruškovje crossing with Croatia. A qu...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:38:45 +0000
Mohorič wins his second stage at Tour de France
Bordeaux – Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) won stage 19 of the Tour de France from Mourenx to Libourne on Friday after attacking 25km from finish, surging clear from a large breakaway group. “During this stage I notic...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 13:52:13 +0000
New vouchers redeemable from today
Ljubljana – Starting from Friday, all Slovenian residents can benefit from a new batch of government-sponsored vouchers, which unlike the holiday-at-home vouchers issued last year, can be redeemed for a variety of services and goods, including ...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:01:43 +0000
Parliament raises public funding of private primary schools
Ljubljana – The National Assembly passed in a 47:43 vote on Thursday a coalition-sponsored bill to increase funds for private primary schools to implement two Constitutional Court rulings. Wednesday’s debate proved just as partisan as sev...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:28:50 +0000
Opposition calls on govt to resign or seek confidence vote
Ljubljana – Centre-left opposition groups have called on the government to either resign or seek a confidence vote, describing its decision to backtrack on two major bills as yet another proof that it no longer has a majority. Buy this article ...

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:23:50 +0000
Andrijanič sees digitalisation as key solution for progress
Ljubljana – Presenting his bid to the parliamentary Home Affairs Committee, Mark Boris Andrijanič, the candidate for minister without portfolio for digital transformation, said he would strive to realise as many of the recently unveiled digita...



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