Ljubljana – Roman Uranjek, one of the founders of two the most influential Slovenian contemporary arts collectives, Irwin and Neue Slowenische Kunst, has died aged 60, several media have reported. Born in Trbovlje in 1961, Uranjek entered the a...

Ljubljana – Panč, a festival of stand-up comedy, kicks off at Ljubljana Castle on Sunday bringing performances by 31 comedians from Europe, Asia and Africa. Slovenian stand-up comedy mainstays such as Martina Ipša, Perica Jerković, Boris Kob...

Celje – Slovenia defeated Croatia 94:88 (25:25, 41:46, 77:72) in the final friendly before the start of EuroBasket 2022 to affirm their status as one of the main contenders for gold. Vlatko Čančar was the top scorer with 21 points, with the C...

Munich – Anja Osterman finished third in the women’s 500-metre kayak event at the European Championship on Sunday, to add bronze to the silver she won in the 200-metre event the day before. As the competitors crossed the finish line Oster...

Munich – Darko Jorgić won silver at the European Table Tennis Championship on Sunday, the best result ever for a Slovenian table tennis player. Jorgić, ranked eighth in the world, lost 1:4 (10:12, 14:12, 11:8, 11:9, 11:2) to Germany’s D...

Ljubljana – The newspaper Dnevnik is critical in its commentary on Saturday of the strategy put forward by the National Institute for Public Health (NIJZ) to cope with the coronavirus in autumn and winter. It suggests the strategy should be mor...

Ljubljana – The government has decided to subsidise agricultural reproductive material to help farmers overcome the high cost of energy. Some 43,000 farms will be eligible for a total of EUR 15 million funds earmarked at a correspondence sessio...

Ljubljana – The German-based Scope ratings agency has affirmed A/Stable long-term credit ratings for Slovenia. Slovenia is a wealthy and resilient economy with favourable market access and debt profile, and a prudent fiscal policy, but it faces...

Gornja Radgona – As many as 1,750 exhibitors from more than 30 countries are taking part in the 60th Agra agriculture trade fair, which opened on Saturday in Gornja Radgona in the pre-pandemic format and with Japan as the partner country. It ce...

Munich – Slovenian Anja Osterman won silver in the women’s kayak single 200 metre race at the multisport European Championships in Munich on Saturday. Osterman was 0.213 seconds slower than the gold medallist Emma Jorgensen of Denmark. Th...