New York – Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon has been discussing Slovenia’s bid for a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2024-2025 at the 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear W...

Ljubljana – On an annual level, at-home consumption of beer in Slovenia is some 26.4 litres per capita, according to the data from the Statistics Office released on Tuesday ahead of International Beer Day, a celebration for beer-lovers, brewers...

Ljubljana – A total of 2,625 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Slovenia on Monday, which is more than 300 fewer compared to a week ago, as the downward trend continues. According to the Health Ministry, 89 patients were hospitalised becaus...

Maribor – A ceremony was held in Maribor on Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday in memory of the Nazi genocide against the Roma and Sinti. As part of the event entitled The Night When Violins Went Silent, French documentary The Forgotten Gen...

Ljubljana – The share of EU funds Slovenia has drawn for health projects is rather low, Health Minister Daniel Bešič Loredan told the press on Tuesday. He said the ministry would not be looking for the culprits, but rather focus on phasing as...

Ljubljana – Preparations for renovation works on the main wing of the UKC Ljubljana medical centre are under way, but alleged irregularities may be a stumbling block to the long-anticipated upgrade of Slovenia’s main hospital worth over E...

Ljubljana – The government decided on Tuesday to accept a donation of 1,400 doses of a monkeypox vaccine from the European Commission. The Jynneos (Imvanex) vaccine is the most appropriate vaccine against monkeypox, according to the European Me...

Ljubljana – The fish kill that occurred in the stream Glinščica in Ljubljana on Monday is most likely a result of cement milk pollution, as the tests have shown that the cause was not too low a pH or a lack of oxygen in the water. “The ...

Kranj – A bust of Alphonse de Lamartine, a 19th-century French author, poet and statesman, was unveiled in Kranj on Tuesday, joining another four busts in the city’s park honouring Slovenian poet France Prešeren (1800-1849) and his conte...

Ljubljana – The government released a list of 29 IT course providers across the country that are included in the digital vouchers scheme for people over 55 on Tuesday. The courses will be free of charge and a precondition for the over-55s to re...