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Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:59:51 +0000
Slovenia up two spots in UN e-government survey
Ljubljana – Slovenia ranks 21st among 193 countries in the latest United Nations e-government survey 2022. The country gained two spots compared to 2020, showing progress in all components of the survey, the Public Administration Ministry said ...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:56:34 +0000
Opposition motion on parental protection voted down
Ljubljana – The National Assembly rejected the opposition-sponsored changes to the parental protection and family benefits act with which the Democrats (SDS) wanted to introduce a universal child benefit that would not be means tested. The gove...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:55:55 +0000
Covid case count continues to rise steadily
Ljubljana – A total of 3,981 positive coronavirus tests were logged in Slovenia on Monday, a new record since March but only marginally more than last Monday. 89 Covid patients were treated at regular hospital wards on Monday and 21 were in int...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:55:23 +0000
Bosnia elections indicate time right for civic ideas, says pundit
Ljubljana – Faris Kočan, a researcher at the Centre of International Relations at the Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences, believes the results of the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina available so far indicate time may have come fo...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:54:48 +0000
Banka Slovenije says financial system stable, but risks elevated
Ljubljana – Banka Slovenije deems Slovenia’s financial system stable, but “the expected deterioration in economic conditions and inflation persisting at high levels means systemic risks to financial stability are elevated”, vi...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:54:06 +0000
Slovenia reserved about Ukraine’s joining NATO
Vitanje – Slovenia is reserved about Ukraine’s joining NATO due to major security risks involved, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon told reporters on Tuesday. “If NATO were to take a decision to admit Ukraine as member, it could be a cle...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:53:17 +0000
National Assembly codifies same-sex marriage, adoption
Ljubljana – The National Assembly signed same-sex marriage and adoptions into law by passing changes to the family code by 48 votes in favour and 29 against on Tuesday, capping decades of efforts by LGBT+ groups and activists to end discriminat...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:52:08 +0000
Proposal to allow mayors to serve as MPs rejected
Ljubljana – The National Assembly has voted down a proposal by the National Council, the upper chamber of parliament, to reverse the ban on mayors serving as MPs. In proposing the overturn in November last year, councillors argued the ban had n...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:51:37 +0000
Minister presents Slovenia’s proposals on energy markets
Luxembourg – Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič presented a letter in which Slovenia proposes measures to regulate the EU’s energy market as he attended a session with his EU counterparts in Luxembourg on Tuesday. He stressed the need ...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:51:05 +0000
President Pahor to visit Steinmeier on 13 October
Berlin – President Borut Pahor will visit his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on 13 October, the president’s office said, for what is most likely his last meeting with the German head of state before his term ends. Over the yea...



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