Ljubljana – Alfi, Slovenia’s largest private equity fund, completed the takeover of hardware retail company Merkur Trgovina on Wednesday and has already appointed a new management team with Jure Kapetan as director general, Merkur said in...

Ljubljana – Commercial channel KANAL A hosted on Tuesday evening the first televised debate between PM Janez Janša and Robert Golob, who are considered to be the main rivals in the upcoming general election. The debate, also featuring the lead...

Ljubljana – Coronavirus cases in Slovenia continued to decline as 1,604 infections were confirmed on Tuesday, down by 30% on the same day a week ago. Four people with Covid died yesterday, Health Ministry data shows. Hospitalisations decreased ...

Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor received in Ljubljana on Wednesday representatives of Zedinjena Slovenija (United Slovenia), the umbrella organisation of Slovenians in Argentina. The organisation’s president Jure Komar and secretary Mar...

Ljubljana – The Tour of Slovenia, the largest road cycling race in the country, will see its 28th iteration in mid-June, this time with live spectators. Running for almost 800 kilometres, the five-stage race will again attract the greatest name...

Ljubljana – The 70th Ljubljana Festival will bring over 80 classical music concerts, opera and ballet performances and more this summer. It will open with Summer Night – Power to Words, a tribute to Slovenian pop song lyrics from the 1960...

Ljubljana – Economy Ministry State Secretary Simon Zajc told the Days of the Slovenian Wood Industry on Wednesday that the government would step up support for the wood industry to help improve the sector’s sales revenue and increase the ...

Velenje – The strike at Gorenje, a home appliances manufacturer owned by Chinese group Hisense, which was scheduled for Thursday has been cancelled as the two sides reached agreement on two of several strike demands, Hisense Europe said in a pr...

Ljubljana – The national Covid tracker Covid-19 Sledilnik has received the top award for contribution beneficial to society at the 10th Brumen biennial of Slovenian design in Ljubljana on Wednesday evening. The online tracker has shown that des...

Ljubljana – Masks will no longer be mandatory in public spaces as of Thursday under a government decision that keeps the mask mandate only in hospital and care facilities. Mask use is still recommended, especially for the elderly and those with...