Renče – More than 1,000 firefighters and more than 260 foresters are still on the ground as the fire in the Kras region in western Slovenia continues to rage. Several helicopters, a Pilatus military aircraft and a Croatian Canadair water bombe...

Ljubljana – Dnevnik says in Saturday’s commentary that the parliamentary speaker could have acted economically and call the presidential and local elections for the same date, noting that Slovenia is probably also in for a series of refer...

Ljubljana – Vojko Volk, a seasoned diplomat and advisor to Prime Minister Robert Golob, has told Večer that by entering the Schengen Area, Croatia would, legally speaking, recognise the borders of the countries that are already members of the ...

Kidričevo – Boxmark Leather, the Kidričevo-based car upholstery maker which more than halved its workforce during the Covid epidemic, saw its sales drop accordingly last year, as it generated EUR 52 million in revenue, almost 43% less than in...

Ljubljana – Some EUR 11.7 billion was earmarked for social protection programmes in Slovenia in 2020, which is 9.2% more than in 2019, with most of it being allocated for old age- and illness-related programmes and healthcare. Social protection...

Bovec – The 27th annual get-together of the Democratic Party (SDS) started on Saturday at the Bovec airstrip, with SDS president Janez Janša addressing the event. He expressed the belief that the candidate supported by the SDS will win this ye...

Ljubljana – The newspaper Delo comments on the Kras wildfire, praising firefighters for their massive effort and noting that it must not be forgotten after the fire is put out as the status of voluntary firefighters remains unregulated. Nothing...

Mojstrana – Rescuers have been looking for two French teenagers who went missing on Thursday after having split from their group. They were last seen in the Mlince area in the direction of the Dovška Baba peak in the Western Karawanks. The sea...

Ljubljana – Andriy Taran, Ukraine’s new ambassador, presented his credentials to President Borut Pahor on Friday, thus formally starting his service in Slovenia. Taran, a former Ukrainian defence minister, succeeds as ambassador Mykhailo ...

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s largest banks, NLB and NKBM, have announced they will stop charging negative interest rates on large deposits on the accounts of individuals and legal entities starting from 1 August, after the ECB raised its key in...