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Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:14:55 +0000
Freedom Movement condemns Mahnič’s “radical Islamist” tweet
Ljubljana – The Freedom Movement party has condemned in the strongest terms a tweet by Žan Mahnič, the state secretary for national security at the prime minister’s office, which labelled one of their candidates, Faila Pašić, a “...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:13:34 +0000
Reporter says Janša alienating himself from potential voters
Ljubljana – Reporter says in its latest editorial, as it comments on the election campaign, that Prime Minister Janez Janša is one of those unsympathetic politicians who has yet to show up in a televised debate as the campaign enters the last ...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:12:50 +0000
Film on Slovenian language in Austria wins audience award in Graz
Graz – Verschwinden (Vanishing), a documentary by Andrina Mračnikar, the Austrian director and screenwriter of Slovenian descent, about the Slovenian language disappearing from everyday life in Carinthia, has won the audience award at the Diag...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:11:59 +0000
Minister says mask mandate could be lifted this week
Ljubljana – As the advisory task force for Covid-19 will again discuss on Monday mandatory wearing of protective masks in enclosed spaces, Health Minister Janez Poklukar announced the possibility of the mandate being lifted this week, with the ...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:11:17 +0000
Covid remains in retreat as hospitalisations rise
Ljubljana – A total of 528 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Sunday, less than two-thirds of the figure reported a week ago, as Covid-19 hospitalisations increased and three more people died, Health Ministry data shows. A to...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:10:41 +0000
Constitutional Court annuls pay ceiling rise for doctors
Ljubljana – The Constitutional Court has annulled a provision in the latest Covid relief law that raises the pay ceiling in the single public sector wage system only for doctors and dentists. The trade unions which petitioned the court to exami...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:09:20 +0000
Govt to provide digital equipment to Ukrainian civilians
Ljubljana – The government has set aside EUR 174,000 for the purchase of digital technology and equipment intended for Ukrainian civilians. It also confirmed Slovenia’s participation in NATO’s enhanced forward presence in Slovakia. ...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:08:23 +0000
Election debate focusses on situation in culture
Ljubljana – Eleven parties contesting the upcoming general election participated in a debate about their arts and culture platforms held by a group of cultural NGOs in the Kino Šiška arts centre on Monday. They focused on four themes: the leg...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:07:36 +0000
Writer and politician Tavčar’s home to become medical and tourism centre
Visoko – The Visoko Manor, once home to Slovenian author, politician and Ljubljana mayor Ivan Tavčar (1851-1923), is being renovated with plans to set up a rehabilitation centre and secure tourist accommodation to revive the local economy and ...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:07:00 +0000
Slovenian subsidiary of Sberbank gets new supervisors
Ljubljana – The shareholders of the Slovenian subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank, which was acquired by Slovenia’s largest bank NLB in March, formally decided on Monday to rename the subsidiary N Banka. N Banka will also get a new visu...



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