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Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:54:54 +0000
Almost 830 new Covid cases on Saturday as upward trend continues
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded 829 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday as the upward trend from last week continues following several weeks of decline. The number of new cases was up 20% on the week before and the positivity rate of PCR tests r...

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:53:44 +0000
Ljubno’s new ski-jumping tournament to expand to Austria
Ljubno ob Savinji – Slovenia’s Ljubno ob Savinji is to be joined by Austria’s Villach to organise the New Year’s series for women ski jumpers in the 2022/23 season, after the Slovenian venue hosted the newly-formed New Year...

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:52:52 +0000
Slovenian motorways to celebrate 50 years
Ljubljana – National motorways company DARS will mark 50 years since the first motorway section opened to traffic in Slovenia, as well as the former Yugoslavia. It was in December 1972 that first cars drove on the section between Vrhnika and Po...

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:51:07 +0000
Air passenger transport slowly recovering amid uncertainty
Brnik/Maribor/Sečovlje – The aviation industry is on the path to recovery following the devastating impact of the pandemic. At the Ljubljana airport, where a new passenger terminal opened last year, the number of flights and passengers is incr...

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:49:57 +0000
Stevanović cleared of suspicion of incitement to resistance
Ljubljana – The prosecution has dismissed a criminal complaint police filed against Zoran Stevanović, the leader of the non-parliamentary party Resni.ca (Truth), over suspicion of incitement to resistance for having urged people to go to prote...

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 21:48:14 +0000
Minimum wage directive progress one of EU presidency successes
Ljubljana – The government considers the harmonisation of the Council of the EU’s position on the minimum wage directive to be among the successes of Slovenia’s EU presidency. The progress and efforts were also commended by Slovenia...

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 22:14:46 +0000
Takanashi wins second Ljubno event, Kramer grabs Golden Owl
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...

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 22:13:48 +0000
Lovro Kos with first career World Cup podium finish
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...

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 22:10:39 +0000
Slovenia entering super election year
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...

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 22:09:50 +0000
Slovenia passing baton of EU presidency to France
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...



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