Slovenia Times
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:40:33 +0000Ljubljana and Sarajevo become twin towns
Sarajevo – Mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković and Mayor of Sarajevo Benjamina Karić signed an agreement on the Slovenian and Bosnian capitals becoming twin towns as the pair met in Sarajevo on Friday, the Ljubljana municipality said in a relea...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:40:03 +0000Gap between young and old widening
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s society is ageing quite significantly, shows data released by the Statistics Office for International Youth Day, observed on Friday. The number of those between the ages of 15 and 29 dropped by 15% over the past dec...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:39:36 +0000Brežice festival hosting six early music concerts
Brežice – Brežice Seviqc, an internationally renowned festival of early music, will get under way at the Devil’s Tower near spa town Dolenjske Toplice on Friday with a concert by Serbian lutenist Andrej Jovanić. The festival will take ...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:38:49 +0000Salus reports lower H1 profit on higher revenue
Ljubljana – Salus, the Ljubljana-based pharmaceutical wholesaler, generated EUR 247 million in sales revenue in the first half of the year, an increase of 14% on the same period a year ago. Net profit was down by 13% to EUR 6.4 million, which t...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:38:17 +0000Hop harvest likely to be much lower than last year
Žalec – This year’s hops harvest is expected to be much worse that last year’s as preliminary estimate shows that the figure will stand at some 1,300 tonnes, down 40% year-on-year due to unfavourable weather conditions. Hops expert...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:37:44 +0000Covid figures slightly down in weekly comparison
Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 1,387 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, down by 4% week-on-week, as the two-week epidemic decline seems to be flattening. Another two Covid-19 patients died, the latest Health Ministry data shows. The number of peop...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:37:19 +0000Ukrainian community opposes Netrebko’s Ljubljana concert
Ljubljana – The Ukrainian community in Slovenia has called on the organiser of the Ljubljana Festival to cancel the concert by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko scheduled for later this month in a petition that has been signed by more than 700 peop...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:36:46 +0000Govt to introduce food allowance if necessary, PM says
Ljubljana – The government might introduce a food allowance in the autumn if the soft measures fail to do their job, Prime Minister Robert Golob indicated on Friday. “In October, we will see whether more rigorous measures will be needed a...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:36:07 +0000Golob announces prompt renovation of country’s leading theatre
Ljubljana – Prime Minister Robert Golob announced on Friday a prompt start of renovation works at SNG Drama in Ljubljana. Visiting the country’s leading theatre in the company of Culture Minister Asta Vrečko after delayed renovation prep...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:35:20 +0000Court allows culling of 222 bears
Ljubljana – An environmental organisation has lost a legal battle against the Environment Ministry’s decision to allow the culling of 222 brown bears in Slovenia this year, by the end of September. The Ministry of the Environment and Spat...