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Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:25:07 +0000
Mladi Levi ambitious despite epidemic, founder’s death
Ljubljana – Several venues in Ljubljana will host from today until 29 August the 24th Mladi Levi (Young Lions) international festival, which the organisers have billed as ambitious despite the epidemic and the recent death of its founder Nevenk...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:23:41 +0000
Mura lose first leg in Europa League last qualifying round
Murska Sobota – Slovenian football champions Mura lost 1:3 (1:1) at home to Austrian Sturm Graz in the first leg of the play-off round of Europa League qualification. The only goal for Mura was scored by Žiga Škoflek in the third minute. The ...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:22:55 +0000
333 coronavirus infections confirmed on Thursday
Ljubljana – Slovenia confirmed 333 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, up almost 70% on the week before and the fourth day that infections exceeded the 300-mark. The PCR test positivity rate was 13.4%, better than in recent days but still com...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:22:13 +0000
Delo says Pošta Slovenije developments might signal rift in coalition
Ljubljana – Commenting on the resignation of a Pošta Slovenije supervisor affiliated with the coalition New Slovenia (NSi), the newspaper Delo says on Friday that quarrelling on this matter might be the beginning of the end of the coalition, b...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:21:28 +0000
Austrian FM Schallenberg visiting Ljubljana
Ljubljana – Austria’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will be in Ljubljana on Friday for a working visit to discus bilateral cooperation between Austria and Slovenia with his Slovenian counterpart Anže Logar. The pair will also d...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:11:53 +0000
Equality ombudsman says PCT does not discriminate unvaccinated
Ljubljana – The requirement for people to meet the recovered-vaccinated-tested (PCT) rule to access services, goods or venues is not discriminatory against the unvaccinated who could get vaccinated but have not, Slovenia’s equal opportuni...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:11:07 +0000
Govt adopts watered-down amendments to VAT act
Ljubljana – The government has adopted a new version of amendments to the act on value added tax (VAT) after its first proposal was defeated in parliament in July. The original amendments were drafted as part of broader tax reform efforts. The ...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:10:03 +0000
Sale of most single-use plastics banned
Ljubljana – The government has banned the sale of single-use plastic products bar a few exceptions. The relevant regulation, endorsed at Wednesday’s correspondence session, also prescribes the labelling of certain single-use plastic items...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:08:37 +0000
Police break up migrant smuggling ring
Koper – The police have uncovered a criminal ring that has been smuggling migrants from Bosnia through Croatia and Slovenia to Italy. According to the Koper Police Department, the ring consisted of six members – four Slovenians, one Kosov...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:53:41 +0000
Garden in the sky – how Canadian and Italian ended up in Slovenian mountains
Sometimes the best stories happen unexpectedly – in this case the collaboration between Hiša Franko and self-made hippy farmers Jeanne and Matteo. In the world of fine dining, producers are rapidly coming out of the shadows, from behind the sc...



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