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Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:56:10 +0000
Deceased smoker’s family receives damages as doctor failed to diagnose cancer
Nova Gorica – The family of a 56-year-old who died of lung cancer almost ten years ago will receive EUR 77,000 in damages after his pulmonologist at the Nova Gorica hospital failed to diagnose him with lung cancer, several Slovenian newspapers ...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:55:07 +0000
Art Stays festival kicks off in Ptuj
Ptuj – The 20th contemporary art festival Art Stays will get underway in the medieval town of Ptuj, north-east, on Thursday featuring a plethora of Slovenian and foreign masters, such as Yoko Ono, as well as up-and-coming artists. Under the tit...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:54:41 +0000
New Covid cases up by 63% on a weekly basis
Ljubljana – A total of 1,627 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia on Wednesday in what is a 63% increase on a weekly basis, as hospital numbers rose following more than two weeks of rapid case growth. The number of hospitalised p...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:54:12 +0000
Slovenia’s Černivec becomes first woman GM in British basketball
London – Slovenian Vanja Černivec has become the first woman general manager in British women’s basketball, as she has been appointed to the post in the London Lions women’s basketball team, the reigning champions of the Women̵...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:53:39 +0000
NSi urges govt to adopt emergency law to fight price hikes
Ljubljana – New Slovenia (NSi) has called on the government to immediately draft an emergency law to fight the looming increases in the prices of energy and food, fight inflation and help businesses. The opposition party is also critical of the...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:52:42 +0000
Petrol to raise electricity, gas bills in September
Ljubljana – Petrol, Slovenia’s second largest electricity provider and fourth largest gas provider, will increase prices in September, following suit of the competition. Prices are expected to rise further next year. The price of electric...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:52:20 +0000
Tadej Pogačar takes yellow jersey in Tour de France
Metz – Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar won the sixth stage of the Tour de France to claim the yellow jersey of the overall leader in what is the 7th stage win at the world’s most prestigious road cycling race for the 23-year-old defending...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:51:58 +0000
Friday protesters against reappointment of state attorney general
Ljubljana – Friday protesters expressed indignation over the Justice Ministry’s nomination of Jurij Groznik for re-appointment as state attorney general. They believe him to be responsible for several lawsuits with which the previous gove...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:51:29 +0000
New car sales down by 17% in H1
Ljubljana – Nearly 30,000 cars and vans were registered in Slovenia for the first time in the first half of the year, a decrease of 17.43% from the same period last year, data from the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce shows. According to the newsp...

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:51:06 +0000
Ex-govt communications chief on course to head TV Slovenija
Ljubljana – Uroš Urbanija, the former director of the Government Communication Office, has been endorsed by the RTV Slovenija programme council for appointment as TV Slovenija director, the TV arm of the Slovenian public broadcaster. RTV Slove...



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