Ljubljana – The National Assembly has passed changes to the e-tolling law postponing fully electronic tolling on Slovenian motorways from December 2021 to February 2022. The government drafted the bill after it became clear a delay will occur a...

Ljubljana – Leon Cizelj, a nuclear physicist working at the Jožef Stefan Institute, has been named a member of the supervisory board of Slovenian Sovereign Holding, as the National Assembly voted 46:36 in favour of his appointment on Wednesday...

Bratislava – Slovenians kayak and canoe teams won two bronze medals at the outset of the Canoe Slalom World Championships on Thursday, in the men’s team slalom and the men’s team whitewater event. Peter Kauzer, Martin Srabotnik and ...

Brdo pri Kranju – EU ministers in charge of energy discussed at an informal session on Wednesday ways to tackle rising power and gas prices that several ministers said were “critical”. European Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said ...

Ljubljana – Consumer confidence in Slovenia deteriorated for the third month in a row in September as the relevant indicator was down by one percentage point compared to August, which the Statistics Office attributes to more pessimistic expecta...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that seeks to better protect pet, increase their well-being and enhance the responsibility of their owners. The amendments to the animal protection act were backed ...

Ljubljana, 22 September – The average gross pay in Slovenia in July stood at EUR 1,941, down 0.6% nominally and 0.2% in real terms on June. Totalling EUR 1,250, the average net pay was down 0.5% in nominal terms and 0.9% in real terms, the Stat...

Ljubljana – A total of 1,186 PCR tests returned positive on Tuesday or 20% of all tests, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) said on Wednesday. The number of active cases in the country is estimated at 13,743. The number of patients ...

New York, 22 September – President Borut Pahor, who is in New York for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, held several bilateral meetings on Tuesday, including with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss cooperation, Afghan...

Canberra – Slovenia and Australia will start negotiations to conclude an agreement on avoidance of double taxation next year, the Slovenian Embassy in Canberra has announced. Announcing the negotiations, the embassy said on Wednesday that such ...