Ljubljana – Another 279 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Wednesday, a bank holiday, as the 7-day average of new cases dropped to 855 and the 14-day notification rate per 100,000 of the population dropped to 640, data from t...

Ljubljana – The newspaper Dnevnik writes about alleged wrongdoing involving the lease of farmland that is linked to the scandal involving outgoing Agriculture Minister Jože Pogoršek under the headline Lucky for NSi Pogoršek Won’t Be MP...

Ljubljana – Cedevita Olimpija ended its winning streak in the EuroCup Basketball competition by losing to Frutti Extra Bursaspor of Turkey 83:85 to the disappointment of the capacity crowd in Ljubljana’s Stožice Arena on Wednesday evenin...

Ljubljana/Brussels – SocDems vice president Matjaž Nemec is to fill the European Parliament seat to be vacated by the party’s head Tanja Fajon as she starts her term in the Slovenian National Assembly, which was entrusted to her at last ...

Ljubljana – The government has extended the validity of reduced excise duties on electricity, motor fuels, heating oil and natural gas for heating for three more months until 31 July. The reduced excise duties on energy products first kicked in...

Ljubljana – The government on Thursday raised the funds allocated for the purchase of relocatable communication and information systems for the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) from EUR 12.8 million to EUR 30.4 million, VAT included. A press releas...

Ljubljana/Brussels – The government adopted and forwarded to the European Commission on Thursday the Stability Programme and the National Reform Programme for 2022. Citing the recent general election and major uncertainty in light of the Ukrain...

Ljubljana – The Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD) has downgraded its growth forecast for Slovenia for this year from 4.7% to 4.2%. The new figures were disclosed by Finance Minister Andrej Šircelj on Thursday after the...

Brussels – Eight Slovenian cities applied for the European Commission’s Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities 2030 Mission, and three of them, Ljubljana, Kranj and Velenje, have been chosen to participate in the project, featuring in total 100...

Berlin – President Borut Pahor held working talks with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on Thursday to discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine and exchange views on the situation in the Western Balkans. Pahor also...