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Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:11:16 +0000
Committee debates media ownership, part of opposition walks out
Ljubljana – The parliamentary Culture Committee debated on Monday media ownership and concentration in Slovenia. The session was boycotted by the centre-left opposition, while the committee urged the Financial Administration (FURS) to examine d...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:04:40 +0000
Centre-left parties tied, govt rating down in Delo poll
Ljubljana – Three centre-left parties are very close together in the party rankings behind the ruling Democrats (SDS), who remain at the top in the latest Mediana poll conducted for the newspaper Delo. The voter approval rating for the governme...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:03:25 +0000
MPs discuss infrastructure, environment budgets for 2022-2023
Ljubljana – The parliamentary Committee of Infrastructure, the Environment and Spatial Planning discussed on Monday the proposed budgets for the infrastructure and environment ministries for the next two years, with the coalition MPs praising t...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:01:51 +0000
Campaign launched against stigmatising mental health issues
Ljubljana – The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) has launched a national campaign against stigmatisation of mental health issues that in particular aims at encouraging people with such issues to seek help. A round table debate on Mond...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 19:58:51 +0000
More budget funds for culture, but NGOs complain about cut for self-employed
Ljubljana – The parliamentary Culture Committee discussed on Monday a draft supplementary budget for 2022 and a draft budget for 2023, both of which raise funds for culture. The supplementary budget brings EUR 238 million, up EUR 8.4 million fr...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:17:11 +0000
Slovenia is one of the most important hubs for our European logistics
Founded in 1987, Huawei is among the leading global providers of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With more than 197,000 employees, the company operates in more than 170 countries and regions. Radoslaw...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:05:29 +0000
Reporter berates Pahor for giving protest leader legitimacy
Ljubljana – Reporter magazine argues in Monday’s commentary that President Borut Pahor was wrong to receive Zoran Stevanović, a leader of the protests against the Covid pass mandate. The meeting gave Stevanović legitimacy and earned Pah...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:04:19 +0000
186 coronavirus infections on Sunday, six deaths
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded 186 new coronavirus cases on Sunday as the curve of infections kept falling. Another six Covid-19 patients died, government data show. This morning 422 Covid-19 patients were treated in hospitals, five more than th...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:03:09 +0000
Power group HSE enters retail electricity market
Ljubljana – Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE), the state-owned power company and the country’s largest producer of electricity from renewable sources, will enter the retail electricity market by signing an agreement on Thursday to acquir...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:02:03 +0000
Slovenia’s industry kept expanding in August
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s industrial output grew by 1.1% in August compared to the month before, expanding by 8.4% year-on-year, fresh data from the Statistics Office shows. The monthly growth was driven by a 7.2% growth in the electricity, ...



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