Ljubljana – While a major wildfire in the NW part of the Kras region was brought under control on Monday, new fires broke out in the area today, in particular in the Miren-Opatje Selo area with the fire spreading across the border to Italy. Mor...

Portorož – The Portorož Auditorium will host tonight a concert by the European Spirit of Youth Orchestra (ESYO). Organized by the Italian community in Slovenia, the concert will commemorate the composer Giuseppe Tartini’s 330th annivers...

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Robert Golob has called on the presidents of the European Commission and Council for Bosnia-Herzegovina to be granted the EU candidate country status based on the fulfilment of realistic conditions. He said the EU mus...

Ljubljana – The Ljubljana Higher Court has annulled a ruling by the Ljubljana District Court sentencing orthopaedic surgeon Gregor Kavčič of the Novo Mesto hospital to three years in prison for allegedly accepting bribes from a medical suppli...

Ljubljana – The national advisory committee on immunization has recommended a second booster shot of a Covid-19 vaccine in particular to vulnerable patients, care home residents and those aged over 80, while recommending it to everyone over 60....

Ljubljana – A total of 2,764 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Slovenia on Monday in what is a 17% increase over the same day a week ago, and the highest daily case count since 4 April. Hospitalisations continue to increase on a weekly ...

Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor and Prime Minister Robert Golob hailed the start of EU accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia on Tuesday with Pahor calling it one of the few pieces of good news recently, and Golob describing it as &...

Ljubljana – The Government Office for Development and EU Cohesion Policy has addressed to the EEA and Norway Grants a request that some half a million of unused funds be made available to Slovenian NGOs involved in human rights, migrations, rul...

Koper – Environment Minister Uroš Brežan met the mayors of coastal communities in Koper on Tuesday to discuss severe water shortages in the region. They agreed the mayors would put forward measures to save drinking water to prevent rationing....

Ljubljana – Following the government’s announcement that the state will buy the country’s entire wheat output to ensure food security, the Agency for Commodity Reserves published a call on Tuesday to purchase 40,000 tonnes of wheat ...