Slovenia Times
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:29:45 +0000Piran to fight climate change by turning into live lab
Piran – The coastal town of Piran will turn into a live laboratory for four years to find sustainable solutions to mitigate the impact of climate change. Researchers from the Mediterranean Institute for Environmental Studies will focus on solut...
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:28:51 +0000Week-on-week coronavirus case count more than doubles to 1,500
Ljubljana – Almost 1,500 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Slovenia on Saturday in what is an increase of 138% week-on-week, while the positivity rate increased on a daily basis by more than three percentage points to 33.5%, the National ...
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:28:02 +0000Kenyans dominate 25th Ljubljana Marathon
Ljubljana – The 25th Ljubljana Marathon on Sunday was dominated by Kenyan runners, with Ernest Kibet Tarus winning the men’s race with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes and 39 seconds, and Kwamboka Momanyi Grace winning the women’s compe...
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:27:00 +0000Slovenia calls for enhanced multilateralism on UN Day
Ljubljana/Slovenj Gradec – On United Nations Day, Slovenia has called for strengthening of effective and rule-based multilateralism, with the UN playing the primary role based on inseparable connection and mutual complementation of peace, secur...
Sun, 24 Oct 2021 20:26:00 +0000Kranjec 3rd in Alpine Ski World Cup season opener in Sölden
Innsbruck – Slovenia’s Žan Kranjec finished 3rd as the men’s giant slalom on the Rettenbach glacier above Sölden, Austria opened the Alpine Ski World Cup season on Sunday. The race was won by Marco Odermatt of Switzerland, and Aus...
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:55:14 +0000Pahor says president does not decide fate of govt
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor told the news portal N1 on Saturday that in his capacity as president he had neither the right nor the competence nor the duty to say that enough is enough in the current tense situation. The president does not...
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:54:21 +0000Home Policy Committee votes down motion for snap election
Ljubljana – The parliamentary Home Policy Committee voted down late on Friday evening a motion by the centre-left opposition calling for a snap election. The emergency session, which lasted for more than nine hours, discussed the situation in t...
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:22:24 +0000Dnevnik says EU opted for the lesser evil in decision on Poland
Ljubljana – The European political map was divided along the familiar lines this week on the issue of the rule of law and other issues, Dnevnik says. Only the extreme right in the EU Parliament and Viktor Orban – partly also Janez Janša ...
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:21:30 +0000Večer critical of PCT rule avoidance
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s daily rises in coronavirus cases have hit almost 2,000 this week, and the last time the numbers were that high was in January, Večer says on Saturday. It suggests this is due to people cheating with the Covid pass....
Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:20:37 +0000Delo urges caution in arms deals
Ljubljana – The newspaper Delo notes on Saturday that there is a long history of scandals involving arms deals in Slovenia. Commenting on a government-to-government purchase of a transport aircraft from Italy, the paper says that the Defence Mi...