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Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:17:10 +0000
Parsifal poll shows Freedom Movement closing gap on SDS
Ljubljana – The latest public opinion poll by Parsifal sees the leading Democrats (SDS) slipping among decided voters, while the closest pursuer, the Freedom Movement, are improving are narrowing the gap. Almost 18% of the respondents are undec...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:16:48 +0000
Most parties see reform as way out of looming pension crisis
Ljubljana – Most parties standing in the upcoming general election agree that a comprehensive pension reform will be needed to ensure a sustainable pension system. They do differ though on the ways to achieve this. They also have different prop...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:16:09 +0000
Star choreographer Clug puts on show Stravinsky’s masterpieces
Maribor – Choreographer Edward Clug’s take on Igor Stravinsky’s ballets The Rite of Spring and The Wedding will be staged at the SNG Maribor opera and ballet house on Friday evening. Clug’s reinvention of the first ballet will...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:15:45 +0000
Lowest weekday Covid count since late February
Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 1,860 coronavirus cases on Thursday, the lowest weekday figure since late February. Hospitalisations fell as well, but four patients with Covid-19 died, Health Ministry data shows. As of this morning 168 patients wer...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:15:20 +0000
Slovenia promoting tourism in Italy with NFTs
Milan – Slovenia dipped its toes in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a type of cryptographic assets on the blockchain, as a promotional tool at the Dubai Expo last year. Now, it has levered the technology to promote tourism in Italy. At the outset o...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:14:51 +0000
Asylum seekers note double standards for refugees
Ljubljana – The way refugees from Ukraine have been taken in in Slovenia is more humane and sensible than procedures involving refugees from other countries, reads an open letter by a group of asylum seekers. Ukrainian refugees are dealing with...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:14:27 +0000
Largest solar power plant in Slovenia opens near Hrastnik
Hrastnik – The state-owned power utility HSE launched on Friday a 3.036-megawatt solar power plant in a rehabilitated and closed section of the Prapretno landfill near Hrastnik. The largest facility of the kind in the country, worth EUR 2.5 mil...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:13:59 +0000
Voting from Russia will not be possible
Ljubljana – The National Electoral Commission (DVK) has decided that there will be no organised polling station at the Slovenian Embassy in Moscow for the 24 April general election in Slovenia. Voting by mail from Russia will not be possible, e...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:13:36 +0000
Rail operator SŽ acquires 50% stake in Nomago group
Ljubljana – National rail company Slovenske Železnice (SŽ) and coach group Nomago have signed a contract under which SŽ acquired 50% of Nomago, with an option to buy the entire stake until the end of 2024. The deal still needs clearance from...

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:13:11 +0000
Awards given out as Week of Slovenian Drama closes
Kranj – Solo, a theatre production directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac for Maska Ljubljana and Mladinsko Theatre, won the Šelih Award for best production among eight competing productions at the 52nd Week of Slovenian Drama, which closed in Kranj ...



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