Ljubno ob Savinji – Sara Takanashi of Japan won the second event of the New Year’s tournament in Slovenia’s Ljubno ob Savinji as part of the women’s Ski Jumping World Cup, followed by Urša Bogataj of Slovenia and Marita Krame...

Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Slovenia’s Lovro Kos finished third in the second event of the Four Hills Tournament as part of the men’s Ski Jumping World Cup in Germany’s Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday. He finished behind Ryoyu...

Ljubljana – Slovenia will spend much of 2022 in campaign mode as voters will head to the polls three times in what has been described as a super election year. A general election is scheduled in spring, in April at the earliest, followed by pre...

Brussels/Paris – Slovenia is handing the baton of the rotating EU presidency to France on Saturday, the first day of 2022, as its six-month stint at the helm of the Council of the EU came to an end. The French presidency will focus on efforts t...

Ljubljana – Slovenian museums and galleries are looking at an eventful 2022. Exhibitions exploring pandemic creativity and the Yugoslav avant-garde, and shows honouring the oeuvre of Impressionist painter Matej Sternen and accomplishments by Sl...

Ljubljana – Slovenian pensioners are looking at higher pensions in the new year, as a pension rise, expected to stand at some 4%, is to be introduced in February after one-off bonuses for low-income pensioners are paid in January. Under the lat...

Ljubljana – Slovenia is looking to significantly reduce the number of road fatalities, with the government’s vision for road safety for 2022 envisaging that no more than 70 people are killed in traffic this year. This compares to 115 road...

Ljubljana – The New Year’s Eve in the Ljubljana emergency ward was less busy this year than usual. There was one case of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and one severe stab wound in the stomach and a wound caused by pyrotechnics were treat...

Ljubljana – A total of 1,661 new cases of coronavirus infection were reported in Slovenia for Friday, an increase of 53% on the week before, show the data by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). The positivity rate of PCR tests was 3...

Ljubljana – The first newborn in Slovenia in the new year was a baby girl named Lila, who was delivered a minute after midnight in the Ljubljana maternity ward, weighing 2,710 grammes and measuring 50 centimetres. Delivered about the same time ...