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Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:42:20 +0000
Covid cases and hospitalisations keep falling
Ljubljana – The Covid-19 epidemic keeps subsiding in Slovenia with both new infections and patients in need of hospital treatment decreasing on Monday. Cases were down by nearly a fourth week-on-week to 3,400 but six more people died, Health Mi...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:41:43 +0000
Eurobarometer: One in three Slovenians happy with state of democracy
Ljubljana – Slovenians are quite happy with their life in general but only one out of three is happy with the way democracy works in their country, a Eurobarometer survey conducted across the EU has shown. As many as 89% of the Slovenians inclu...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:41:04 +0000
Minister announces rollout of special helicopter to fight fire
Preddvor – Visiting the site of a recent massive wildfire in northern Slovenia on Tuesday, Defence Minister Matej Tonin said that in the future the ministry would dedicate a special helicopter to be on standby in case of fire. “What we ha...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:40:40 +0000
Slovenian companies develop smart zero-energy home
Maribor – A dozen Slovenian companies have developed an innovative net zero-energy house that can serve as a home and a workplace. With the smart appliances and fittings linked into a cloud it can be monitored and managed remotely. The model Do...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:40:12 +0000
Language main challenge in employment of Ukrainian refugees
Ljubljana – The Employment Service has registered first Ukrainian refugees seeking jobs in Slovenia as demand from employers, in particular in the hospitality industry, remains high. Language is one of the main challenges. To get on the registe...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:39:43 +0000
Pahor speaks with Erdogan on the phone on war in Ukraine
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the importance of Ukraine-Russia negotiations hosted by Turkey in Tuesday’s telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The p...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:39:14 +0000
Committee okays new bill on electronic communications
Ljubljana – The Home Policy Committee has endorsed a bill on electronic communications after an almost identical bill had been voted down over concerns about the independence of Slovenia’s electronic communications agency and provisions s...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:38:41 +0000
Education minister pledges further help to Ukrainian refugees
Brussels – Slovenian Education Minister Simona Kustec reiterated her condemnation of Russian aggression at a session of EU education ministers in Brussels on Tuesday as she called for support for Ukrainian students, researchers and teachers at ...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:38:16 +0000
C-bank says war in Ukraine, sanctions worsen economic outlook
Ljubljana – Banka Slovenije has assessed that, after favourable economic activity continued in the eurozone and in Slovenia in the first quarter of the year, Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions have w...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:37:48 +0000
Slovenia reducing staff at Russian embassy from 41 to eight
Ljubljana – The Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Timur Eyvazov to express Slovenia’s strongest protest against and shock at the killings of civilians in Bucha and other towns in Ukraine. The ambassador was also notified that S...



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