Slovenia Times
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:35:41 +0000Slovenian top football referee Damir Skomina retires
Brdo pri Kranju – The most successful Slovenian football referee Damir Skomina officially announced the end of his career at Monday’s press conference at Brdo pri Kranju. He stated that he wanted to stay in football, revealing that he wou...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:35:07 +0000Only part of e-tolling to be ready by December
Ljubljana – E-tolling system for cars will not be fully up and running by December as planned. Only annual electronic vignettes for cars and semi-annual e-vignettes for motorbikes will be available from December, while weekly and monthly e-vign...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:34:31 +0000Nine out of ten hospital doctors inoculated against Covid-19
Ljubljana – Nearly 90% of doctors working at Slovenian hospitals have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, data from the Slovenian Medical Chamber shows. The vaccination rate among other health staff is lower. Out of 3,571 doctors employed a...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:33:49 +0000DARS revenue, profit up in first six months
Ljubljana – The National Motorway Company (DARS) generated EUR 218.8 million in revenue in the first six months of the year, which is 16% more than in the same period last year. Net profit was up 55% to EUR 43.9 million, according to the compan...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:32:55 +0000FURS proposes special tax on cryptocurrencies
Ljubljana – The Financial Administration (FURS) has proposed changing how income from cryptocurrencies is being taxed so that a 10% tax rate would be imposed when the cryptocurrency is spent or turned into cash. The administration proposes the ...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:32:11 +0000Logar talks migration and Afghanistan with Spanish counterpart
Madrid – Foreign Minister Anže Logar met his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares in Madrid on Monday to exchange views on current EU and international issues. The pair discussed migration, the situation in Afghanistan, climate change, effo...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:08:55 +0000New Covid traffic light expected, debate on future measures
Ljubljana – The Health Ministry’s Covid-19 advisory group is expected to decide on Monday on a proposed new Covid traffic light system with tiers of restrictions based on the number of cases in hospital rather than the number of new posit...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:08:04 +0000Focus on future of Europe at Bled Strategic Forum
Ljubljana/Bled – The annual Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), Slovenia’s pre-eminent foreign-policy conference, will take place in Bled on Wednesday and Thursday. The conference discussions will focus on the future of Europe and will feature th...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:07:16 +0000143 new cases of coronavirus confirmed as hospital numbers surge
Ljubljana – Slovenia confirmed 143 cases of coronavirus on Sunday, a quarter more than in the week before, as 16% of all PCR tests came back positive and hospitals continued to fill up amidst an exponential growth in new cases. There were 141 p...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:06:39 +0000Profit of Slovenian Henkel subsidiaries slightly down last year
Maribor – The two Slovenia-based subsidiaries of German chemical group Henkel recorded a combined EUR 81 million in revenue and over EUR 4 million in net profit last year. While the production company Henkel Maribor saw a slight drop in revenue...