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Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:09:26 +0000
Slovenia end European Men’s Handball Championship campaign
Debrecen – The Slovenian men’s handball team lost 32:33 to Montenegro to end their European Championship campaign in the group stage in Hungary’s Debrecen on Monday, placing third in Group A. After winning against North Macedonia (2...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:08:55 +0000
Minister Logar urged to brief MPs over fisheries deal
Ljubljana – The opposition Social Democrats (SD) have requested the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee to meet behind closed doors for Foreign Minister Anže Logar to provide explanations over Slovenia and Croatia allegedly reaching a fishe...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:08:19 +0000
Mountains claimed 5 lives at weekend
Ljubljana – Slovenian mountains claimed five lives over the past two days in one of the deadliest weekends in years. Discounting those, a total of 179 people have been killed in accidents in the mountains in the past ten years, show data from t...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:07:19 +0000
Three medical professionals receive Order of Merit
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor has awarded the Order of Merit to three medical doctors – Postojna Maternity Hospital director Aleksander Merlo, head of the intensive care unit at UKC Ljubljana Marko Noč, and head of the vascular disea...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:06:46 +0000
Slovenia’s Expo pavilion highlights wood as material of future
Dubai – A business forum dedicated to Slovenia’s wood processing industry was held at the Slovenian Expo pavilion in Dubai on Monday. Wood is the material of the future that can be recycled or reused, and Slovenia is well aware of this, s...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000
Over EUR 31 million spent on Croatia border surveillance
Ljubljana – Slovenia spent almost EUR 31.5 million on setting up fences and on other costs related to the increased surveillance of its border with Croatia between November 2015 and the end of 2020, as 85.5 kilometres of razor wire fences were ...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:04:23 +0000
Measures to staff up SAF to resume this year
Ljubljana – The Defence Ministry will resume measures aimed at staffing up and rejuvenating the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) after the changes introduced last year whipped up interest in the service, both for army jobs and training. Valter Vre...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:03:48 +0000
Quarantine rules updated as of Wednesday
Ljubljana – Employees in health, social affairs and education as well as students will be exempted from quarantine under certain conditions as of Wednesday. Entire classes will be quarantined only if more than 30% of students are infected in th...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:03:08 +0000
Taxes collected last year up on 2020 and 2019
Ljubljana – While in 2020 much less tax revenue was collected due to the epidemic, last year again saw an upward trend, as the amount was significantly up on both 2020 and the pre-Covid year 2019. The Financial Administration (FURS) collected 1...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 22:02:33 +0000
Ljubljana airport records 46.4% more passengers in 2021
Brnik/Frankfurt – Slovenia’s Jože Pučnik Airport Ljubljana saw a total of around 422,000 passengers last year, an increase of 46.4% compared to 2020, according to data released on Monday by the airport’s German operator Fraport, w...



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