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Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:12:33 +0000
Protest held against legalisation of gay marriage, adoptions
Ljubljana – A conservative coalition of NGOs that advocate traditional family rights staged a protest in front of the National Assembly on Tuesday in advance of a vote to amendments to the family code that will legalise gay marriage and adoptio...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:11:45 +0000
PM says nationalisation of energy company possible
Ljubljana – While MPs are debating the revised budget for 2022 on Tuesday, Prime Minister Robert Golob said that the draft document was a stepping stone to ensure that Slovenia survives the current energy crisis as unscathed as possible. To gua...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:11:00 +0000
Old building catches fire, no injured but almost 70 evacuated
Kranj – A large deserted building in the city of Kranj caught fire on Monday at around 11:30pm, but the fire has already been largely put out. There were no injured but 67 locals were evacuated, with damage caused to several near-by buildings, ...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:10:06 +0000
No major drop in food waste total in Slovenia in 2021
Ljubljana – An average person in Slovenia threw away 68 kilograms of food last year, while the total amount of discarded food was 143,254 tonnes, which is only 0.2% less than the year before. Households produced over half of the total food wast...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:09:41 +0000
Covid daily count highest since March
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded 3,878 positive coronavirus tests on Monday, which is the largest daily count since March and about 400 more cases than were detected a week ago. According to the Health Ministry, 81 Covid patients were treated at r...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:09:04 +0000
Opposition feels revised budget not development-oriented
Ljubljana – A lack of focus on development, a continuing deficit and the annulling of parts of income tax reform were the chief grievances of the opposition as parliament discussed the supplementary budget for 2022 on Tuesday. The coalition ins...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:08:36 +0000
EU’s energy ministers, including Slovenia’s, call for gas price cap
Brussels – Energy ministers from over ten EU member states, including Slovenia, have requested for the European Commission to put forward a proposal on a price cap on natural gas, foreign media report. The ministers wish to discuss the proposal...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:08:10 +0000
European Commission closely following developments at RTV Slovenija
Brussels – The European Commission has commented on Monday’s strike at RTV Slovenija by saying it “continues to follow the developments closely as well as the media situation in Slovenia more generally”. It pointed to the rece...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:07:47 +0000
Maribor gets 400 new rental flats
Maribor – The Housing Fund inaugurated a new neighbourhood of 400 rental flats, including 60 assisted living flats, in Maribor on Tuesday, an investment worth EUR 51 million. The flats in the neighbourhood Pod Pekrsko Gorco, spanning from 35 to...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 21:07:21 +0000
Parliamentary speaker in Tokyo for Abe’s funeral
Tokyo – National Assembly Speaker Urška Klakočar Zupančič is paying a visit to Japan until Thursday, as part of which she attended on Tuesday the funeral of Shinzo Abe, the ex-Japanese prime minister who was assassinated in early July. As h...



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