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Tue, 24 May 2022 21:18:05 +0000
Maribor mayor charged with causing slight injury
Maribor – Maribor Mayor Saša Arsenovič has been charged by police with inflicting slight bodily injury on a 13-year-old boy over alleged vandalism, an incident over which the mayor does not plan to resign. The police told the newspaper on Tue...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:17:13 +0000
Dnevnik congratulating RTV journalists on their courage
Ljubljana – RTV Slovenija journalists were silent for a long time. They issued protest letters, opposed certain appointments, but they did not actually stand up. Now, they should be congratulated for their courage to stage a strike even though ...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:16:36 +0000
First case of monkeypox confirmed in Slovenia
Ljubljana – The first case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Slovenia in a man who arrived from the Canary Islands. The patient, who developed the symptoms after arriving in Slovenia, is doing well, the country’s chief epidemiologist Mar...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:15:49 +0000
British Airways returning to Ljubljana airport
Brnik – British Airways, the UK’s flag carrier, is resuming flights from Ljubljana Airport to London Heathrow on Tuesday. The flights will have an earlier start compared to last season and will be more frequent. Traffic at Ljubljana Airpo...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:15:18 +0000
Covid-19: 575 new cases, no deaths on Monday
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded 575 cases of coronavirus on Monday, a fifth fewer than a week ago, and no deaths, it follows from data released by the Health Ministry. A total of 43 patients are being treated in hospitals for Covid-19 as their ma...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:14:46 +0000
Freedom Movement, SocDems and Left sign coalition agreement
Ljubljana – The leaders of the Freedom Movement, Social Democrats and the Left signed the coalition agreement on Tuesday, exactly a month since the general election, with Prime Minister-designate Robert Golob commenting that the “speed th...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:14:15 +0000
Higher Court upholds suspended sentence for Janša over insulting tweet
Ljubljana – The Celje Higher Court upheld on Tuesday a three-month suspended prison sentence with one year probation against outgoing Prime Minister Janez Janša for calling two journalists “washed up prostitutes” in a 2016 tweet. T...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:13:33 +0000
To lower food prices, Slovenian farmers can count on EUR 5m
Brussels – EU member states will try to cushion food inflation by providing financial aid to farmers. Slovenia will have EUR 5.1 million at its disposal, of which EUR 1.7 million in EU funds, outgoing Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek said ...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:13:01 +0000
President signs off on diplomatic appointments, recalls
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor has signed off on the recalls of five ambassadors and the appointment of three new ambassadors under a proposal made by the government right before the end of its term. The decrees were published in the Officia...

Tue, 24 May 2022 21:12:26 +0000
Kačič gets new term at helm of University of Maribor
Maribor – Zdravko Kačič has been re-elected rector of the University of Maribor for a second four-year term, having been the only candidate for the post. Less than a tenth of the almost 15,800 eligible voters cast their votes, whereby the vas...



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