Slovenian police processed almost 21,500 illegal attempts at border crossing in the fist ten months of this year, a 160% rise compared to the same period last year. The increase continues to be driven by immigrants from Burundi, India and Cuba, who c...

The opposition Democrats (SDS) have upset government plans to reverse major portions of the previous government’s income tax cuts by tabling a request for a referendum just before the National Assembly was due to take a vote on the government b...

Slovenia could be one of the first European countries to eliminate cervical cancer, according to the Ljubljana Oncology Institute, the country’s main cancer treatment centre. It has already achieved the target cancer screening rate and pre-canc...

The first Slovenian Christmas movie, The Beanie by director Slobodan Maksimović, has hit cinemas around Slovenia just in time for the Christmas season. The Beanie tells the story of nine-year-old Erik, who is staying in a youth home but all he wants...

Slovenia squandered their chances of advancing to the semi-finals of the European Women’s Handball Championship, having lost 25:29 (14:14) at the hands of Hungary on 16 November. The team has nevertheless exceeded expectations. This was the sec...

Slovenia has withdrawn from the Energy Charter Treaty, an international accord providing legal protection for foreign investments in the energy sector. The government adopted the initiative to withdraw on 10 November, saying the treaty was outdated a...

Slovenia has secured natural gas from Algeria that will cover a third of the country’s needs in the next three years under an agreement signed by Geoplin, Slovenia’s largest energy trader, and Algerian state-owned energy firm Sonatrach. T...

BirdLife Slovenia, a non-governmental organisation, has collected €45,000 in a campaign to protect the forest habitat of some of the most endangered forest bird species. It plans to buy 10 hectares of forest, which will be left unmanaged. More than...

Slovenia’s gross domestic product contracted by 1.4% in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter. Growth slowed to a seasonally adjusted 3.9% at the annual level from 7.9% in the previous quarter, Statistics Office data s...

The Slovenia Times portal and brand have been acquired by the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) in agreement with its previous owner. The STA has long sought to move beyond its core, subscriber-only English news wire to share its reporting with a broader ...