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Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:52:38 +0000
Covid caused work from home to increase more than 100-fold
Ljubljana – Covid-19 has had a major impact on work processes, as 217,428 people were registered to work from home in Slovenia last year, which is a hundred times more than in the pre-Covid year of 2019. With the new Omicron variant, this trend...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:50:27 +0000
Daily coronavirus cases spike week-on-week
Ljubljana – The number of new daily coronavirus cases in Slovenia on Saturday was four times higher than a week ago, at 3,349, data from the National Institute for Public Health (NIJZ) show. The test positivity rate exceeded 45%. According to d...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:48:12 +0000
Golden Fox Cup: Slovakia’S Vlhova wins slalom, Bucik fifth
Kranjska Gora – Petra Vlhova from Slovakia won the women’s Alpine Ski World Cup slalom event in Kranjska Gora on Sunday. Swiss Wendy Holdener, who was in the lead after the first run, was second, 0.23 seconds behind the winner. Anna Swenn...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:44:37 +0000
Kučan warns of signs of Fascism revival
Dražgoše – A ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the WWII Battle of Dražgoše was held on Sunday, with former President Milan Kučan as the keynote speaker. He stressed the importance of resistance and warned of increasingly many signs ...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:43:44 +0000
Poll shows SDS followed by Robert Golob List
Ljubljana – A public opinion poll conducted by pollster Parsifal for commercial broadcaster Planet TV shows that the ruling Democrats (SDS) enjoy the support of 31.9% of decided voters, up 1.7 percentage point from last month. The Robert Golob ...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:41:40 +0000
Weather: Cloudy with light snow in the east
Ljubljana – The skies over Slovenia will be mostly covered in clouds on Monday and some light snowfall will possible in the east in the morning. It will partly clear up in the west in the afternoon. A bora wind will blow in the western Primorsk...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:54:05 +0000
Austrian firm acquires almost a third of Melamin
Kočevje – Panta Rhei Beratungs- und Beteiligungs, an Austrian firm in majority Slovenian ownership, has recently acquired just over 30% of Melamin to become the biggest single owner of the Kočevje-based chemical company. According to a filing...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:53:28 +0000
Over 60 cruise ships expected at Koper port this year
Koper – Around 65 cruise ships are expected to bring 80,000 passengers to the port of Koper this year, Luka Koper, the company operating the sea port, has announced, based on current bookings. The season will open on 27 March when Viking Sky is...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:52:59 +0000
Slovenians do not eat their greens, survey indicates
Luxembourg – A survey by Eurostat suggests Slovenians are among the least avid consumers of fruit and vegetables in the entire EU, second only to Romanians and on a par with Bulgarians. As many as one third of EU citizens reported eating no fru...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:52:20 +0000
Crocheting all things Slovene to pursue Guinness record
Slovenj Gradec – A group of crochet enthusiasts has launched an attempt to get their craft immortalised in the Guinness World Records bible of achievements and curiosities. They are trying to set a record of making 1,000 crochet items, includin...



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