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Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:20:57 +0000
Consumer confidence unchanged in January
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s consumer confidence indicator remained the same on the monthly level in January, while it increased by five percentage points year-on-year, the Statistics Office said on Friday. Consumer expectations about the count...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:20:28 +0000
Thursday with nearly 9,900 confirmed coronavirus cases
Ljubljana – A total of 9,858 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Thursday, show fresh official figures. The estimated total of actively infected people is nearing 100,000. The National Institute of Public Health estimates ther...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:19:57 +0000
Speaker Zorčič, Minister Tonin test positive for coronavirus
Ljubljana – Parliamentary Speaker Igor Zorčič has tested positive for coronavirus and is in self-isolation, the parliament said on Friday, while Defence Minister Matej Tonin, the president of the coalition New Slovenia (NSi), also said on Twi...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:19:19 +0000
AmCham debate discusses challenges in economy
Ljubljana – The global economy, including Slovenia, is currently experiencing big changes, and to succeed in this tumultuous period, adaptation and cooperation will be key, said the participants of AmCham’s business breakfast debate, whic...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:18:48 +0000
Self-isolation cut to seven days from Monday
Ljubljana – The self-isolation time frame will be cut from at least ten to seven days in Slovenia from Monday, health officials said on Friday. This will apply to most of infected people, provided they will not have fever or any other Covid sym...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:17:53 +0000
Slovenian spas saw a rise in visitor numbers last year
Celje – Slovenian spas recorded more visitors in 2021 than the year before, although not as many as in 2019. “2022 will also be exceptionally demanding for the entire tourism sector and we can already say it will be unpredictable,” ...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:17:22 +0000
Kangler denies allegations of interference in police work
Ljubljana – The parliamentary commission investigating suspicion of political interference in the work of police interviewed Interior Ministry State Secretary Franc Kangler on Friday. Kangler denied during a four-hour session allegations about ...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:16:46 +0000
Hojs attends two-day conference on migrations in Lithuania
Ljubljana – Interior Minister Aleš Hojs attended a two-day conference on migrations in Vilnius on Thursday and Friday, which discussed the issues of using migrations for political gains and common measures to strengthen surveillance at the EU&...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:16:19 +0000
Ljubljana Castle visitor numbers up in 2021
Ljubljana – Ljubljana Castle, one of the most popular landmarks in Slovenia, was visited by over 460,000 tourists in 2021, of whom some 142,000 used the funicular. Both figures are higher than in the first coronavirus year 2020, but still signi...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:14:52 +0000
No arrangements to facilitate pandemic voting yet, says Večer
Ljubljana – Slovenian election rules have not been adjusted to the Covid reality yet, says the newspaper Večer on Friday, noting that less than 100 days before the general election, voters should not only be informed of the date of the vote bu...



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