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Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:08:26 +0000
Record 5,164 new cases of coronavirus reported for Monday
Ljubljana – Slovenia reported a record 5,164 new cases of coronavirus for Monday, the highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic. The case positivity rate exceeded 50%, according to the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). The ...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:07:34 +0000
Delo says state should bear more burden of energy price hikes
Ljubljana – Delo says in a commentary on Tuesday that, as companies and households have found themselves in a grip of high energy prices, the timing for the raise of network charge is the least appropriate, arguing that the higher cost of energ...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:06:34 +0000
Popular online grade book target of phishing attack
Ljubljana – A popular online grade book used by hundreds of Slovenian schools and an estimated 35,000 teachers has been compromised in an apparent phishing attack that has affected an as yet unknown number of grades. The grade book system, call...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:05:32 +0000
Expo: Vrtovec notes importance of logistics digitalisation
Dubai – The need for digitalisation, including in logistics, has further increased during the pandemic, Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec said as he visited the Dubai Expo on Tuesday. He also noted the ambition of Slovenia becoming a green...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:04:30 +0000
Ljubljana Mayor Janković, sons acquitted in tax evasion case
Ljubljana – Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković and his two sons have been acquitted of tax evasion concerning the sale of shares of the retailer Mercator in 2006 as the court handed down its ruling after a month-long trial on Tuesday. Janković sa...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:02:55 +0000
Novel about National Hall arson shortlisted for Italian literary prize
Trieste – Fiamme Nere, the Italian translation of the Slovenian novel Črni obroč (Black Ring) by Trieste-based writer and poet Marijo Čuk, has been nominated among the 11 finalists for the Italian national literary prize named after Russian ...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:01:48 +0000
Doctors’ union to push for own wage system for healthcare
Ljubljana – The conference of FIDES, the trade union of doctors and dentists, has given the union’s leadership the mandate to apply all forms of industrial pressure to implement the rise in the wage ceiling for doctors enacted in the late...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:00:51 +0000
Time trial Olympic champion Roglič to ride in Tour de France
Ljubljana – Slovenian rider Primož Roglič, the current Olympic champion in time trial, will again chase his first Tour de France title this year, as his team Jumbo-Visma confirmed on Tuesday he will ride in the prestigious race as one of the ...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:59:58 +0000
Slovenian politicians express condolences upon Sassoli’s death
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s senior politicians and the country’s members of the European Parliament (MEPs) took to Twitter to express condolences upon the death of David Sassoli, the president of the European Parliament, who died this mo...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:58:47 +0000
Zdenka Badovinac to head Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art
Zagreb – Zdenka Badovinac, the former long-serving director of Moderna Galerija, the Ljubljana Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, has won the open call to head the Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art (MSU). According to a report by the Croati...



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