Ljubljana – Slovenians have so far redeemed 76% of tourist vouchers issued in 2020 and 70% of the 2021 vouchers that can be used in a variety of fields. Both types of vouchers are valid until the end of June, with EUR 86 million yet to be spent...

Ljubljana – A concert dubbed Subalpine Sevdah will be held at the Križanke open-air venue tonight to mark 30 years since the arrival of refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two acts merging Bosnian Sevdah music with jazz and rock rhythms will...

Krško – Electricity and gas retailer Gen-I has issued a 12-month commercial paper worth EUR 60 million as an instrument to finance working capital and disperse short-term financing. The initially targeted EUR 50 million issue was extended by E...

Ljubljana – More than 6,000 final-year secondary school students will sweat over an essay in their mother tongue and some 42,000 6th and 9th class primary school children will write a Slovenian test as nation-wide exams get under way on Wednesd...

Brežice/Ljubljana – Economy Ministry Zdravko Počivalšek has announced that the government will check the latest developments on the fuel market and act if need be, saying that the recent decision to lift the cap on retail fuel prices was a r...

Ljubljana – The Covid-19 epidemic initially changed people’s travel habits making roads less congested, however traffic on Slovenian motorways has already almost returned to pre-pandemic levels as restrictions have been almost fully lifte...

Ljubljana – Slovenia reported 1,643 new cases of coronavirus for Tuesday, an increase of more than 40% over the week before. Hospital figures declined slightly, Health Ministry data show. Seventy people were treated in hospital with Covid-19 as...

Ljubljana – Outgoing Defence Minister Matej Tonin was adamant on Wednesday the planned EUR 343.4 million purchase of 45 Boxer armoured vehicles through OCCAR would be wrapped up before the new government takes over. Tonin invited the presumptiv...

Ljubljana – Around a hundred people gathered outside an office tower housing the UK Embassy in Ljubljana on Wednesday to support WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and protest against a UK court’s decision to allow his extradition to the US...

Ljubljana – The Slovenian central bank will adjust its macroprudential policy as risks to financial stability stemming from the property market are increasing. It will however give banks more discretion over who they lend money to, while requir...