Ljubljana – Slovenian families have contracted in size over the past 40 years. The number of those living alone has more than doubled and the number of childless families has risen by nearly a half, shows data released by the Statistics Office ...

Ljubljana – Gender balance targets were being met at the end of April in 30% of the 56 state-owned and listed companies monitored by the Directors’ Association and Deloitte Slovenia as part of the 40/33/2026 initiative. On average, the co...

Ljubljana – Slovenia met 55.5% of its energy demand using domestic sources in 2020, the rest was imported. The main source of electricity was by the country’s sole nuclear power plant in Krško. Some 81% of natural gas and 25% of petroleu...

Bled – Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Kalifa al Tani starts a two-day official visit to Slovenia on Sunday at the invitation of President Borut Pahor. He will be accompanied by a sizeable government delegation and gas supplies are expected to ...

Ljubljana – The planned construction of a new women’s prison in Ig, south of Ljubljana, could be delayed after the Justice Ministry declared that the sole bid for construction works exceeded the available budget amidst soaring prices of c...

Ljubljana – Senior officials spoke in favour of increased defence spending, including the latest purchase of Boxer armoured personnel vehicles, in the face of heightened security risks at a ceremony Sunday marking Slovenian Armed Forces Day. &#...

Koper – The newspaper Primorske Novice suggests that under the outgoing government, the police has been abused for political purposes in a similar ways communist authorities persecuted post-WWII those who had different beliefs than the ruling e...

Slovenska Bistrica – Impol, a leading Slovenian aluminium producer, recorded EUR 845 million in revenue in 2021, up 45% from 2020. Apart from sales going up by almost 20%, a reason for this is an increase in aluminium prices. Net profit surged ...

Ljubljana – Despite calls for ambitious EU reforms, or perhaps even changes to the EU’s core treaties, which marked the conclusion of the Conference on the Future of Europe in recent days, Slovenian experts on international relations and ...

Ljubljana – As the future coalition partners are expected to initial a coalition agreement on Saturday, some details from the document have already leaked out. The agreement envisages changes in the pension and healthcare system, and there is a...