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Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:50:41 +0000
Pride Parade festival holds mirror up to politicians
Ljubljana – The 2022 Pride Parade festival, which starts on Friday, will hold a mirror up to politicians and hold the new coalition and government to their election promises, said Simona Muršec, head of the Pride Parade Association. Bringing m...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:49:51 +0000
Hailstorms leave destruction behind in parts of the country
Celje/Novo Mesto/Slovenj Gradec – Fierce storms with strong winds, downpours and hail stones that in some parts reached the size of a tennis ball left a trail of destruction as they moved across central parts of Slovenia late on Thursday, damag...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:49:23 +0000
Police trade unions welcome appointment of new commissioner
Ljubljana – The two police trade unions have welcomed the appointment of Boštjan Lindav as acting police commissioner, praising him as a top expert and a person of great ethic and professional integrity. “He is a career police officer wh...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:48:57 +0000
Jobless total drops below 56,000
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s jobless total stood at 55,854 in May, down 3.8% from April and 25.7% from the year before. This is the lowest figure since 1990, the Employment Service said on Friday. Just under 4,000 were registered as newly unemp...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:48:28 +0000
Three presidents urge acceleration of EU talks for W Balkans
Brijuni – The presidents of Slovenia, Croatia and Austria urged accelerating EU accession talks with Western Balkan countries and condemned the war in Ukraine, which they believe cannot be resolved diplomatically at the moment. At their annual ...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:47:53 +0000
Parliamentary speaker visits Ukrainian children in Postojna
Postojna – National Assembly Speaker Urška Klakočar Zupančič visited on Friday the children from a Luhansk orphanage who are temporarily staying in the village of Slavina near Postojna. She said she would strive for their integration and fo...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:47:10 +0000
Three state-owned electricity companies get new supervisors
Ljubljana – The government dismissed at Friday’s correspondence session the supervisors at three state-owned electricity companies, ELES, Borzen and SODO, as well as at DRI, a consulting and engineering company specialised in infrastructu...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:46:36 +0000
Slovenia logs 255 new Covid cases on Thursday
Ljubljana – Slovenia reported 255 new coronavirus cases for Thursday, down 31 on the day before and 39 in weekly comparison, shows data by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). No additional Covid-related deaths were reported. The NIJ...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:46:13 +0000
Delo examines fight against sexual abuse by clergy
Ljubljana – Delo writes about the battle against sexual abuse by the clergy in Friday’s commentary headlined Even in Italy Things Moved. The newspaper finds “cover-up, the hiding of the perpetrators went on for so long all the wrong...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:45:39 +0000
Event marks 77th anniversary of US Army ski race on Mt Mangart
Bovec – A special ceremony on Friday marked 77 years since the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army held a ski race on the slopes of Mt Mangart. The event was followed in the evening by the Slovenian premiere of American filmmaker Chris Anthon...



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