Ljubljana – Banka Slovenije Governor Boštjan Vasle commented on Thursday’s decision of the European Central Bank (ECB) to keep key interest rates at a record-low level, while tightening measures against record-high inflation rates, sayin...

Paris – Prime Minister Janez Janša has told Bloomberg TV that it is evident that war crimes are taking place in Ukraine and that Russia is denying it, and that “we should not tolerate this, we need to do much more than we are doing now.&...

Maribor – The Maribor airport has not seen charter flights for three years and things are expected to change this summer as the Slovenia Guide agency announced weekly charter flights from Bolzano, Pisa and Naples, with the first arrival schedul...

Ljubljana – A total of 2,225 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Slovenia on Thursday, a 19% increase on the same day a week ago. This is the seventh consecutive day that the case count has been rising week on week. The 7-day average of new...

Paris – Prime Minister Janez Janša is convinced that Ukraine will sooner or later get stronger commitments from the EU about its membership in the bloc, as the situation in the country will contribute to this in the coming weeks. He regretted ...

Ljubljana – Several European ambassadors stationed in Slovenia praised the EU for its unity in the face of the Ukraine crisis at a debate at the EU House in Ljubljana on Friday. They again condemned the Russian aggression and called for further...

Ljubljana – Jadranka Rebernik, the new editor-in-chief of news programme at TV Slovenija, has appointed Igor Pirkovič as acting editor of the public broadcaster’s web portal MMC. This has invited protest from the staff, who say Pirkovič...

Falun – Slovenian cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič finished second in the women’s World Cup sprint in Sweden’s Falun on Friday, 8.41 seconds behind the winner, Jonna Sundling of Sweden. Lampič was more than a second ahead of a...

Ljubljana – Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec has called on the EU to impose an embargo on the imports of Russian oil and gas as soon as possible, arguing that this is the only way to secure peace in Ukraine. “Peace does not and cann...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly endorsed on Friday amendments to the income tax act that bring higher take-home pay across the board, lower tax on capital gains and a lower top tax rate. The legislation was slated for passage late last year b...