Slovenia has been planning an extension to the National and University Library (NUK) for decades, but now NUK II, as the project is known, is to come to life at last with construction set to begin in 2023. Visiting NUK on 29 November, Prime Minister ...

Joco Žnidaršič, an award-winning Slovenian photographer who was photo editor at the newspaper Delo for 24 years until his retirement in 1998, died on 28 November aged 84. His iconic photographs include that of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet le...

Slovenia’s largest natural gas trader Geoplin has announced it has received an extension of a liquidity loan agreement from its majority shareholder, the energy group Petrol, and will not need a capital injection from the state in the current m...

A senior member of the opposition Democratic Party (SDS) has triggered a rare rebuke from Germany after a defeat his party suffered in a referendum on 27 November prompted him to compare the situation in Slovenia to that in Germany the year that Adol...

The Kanin mountain range has long been a haven for speleology and hydrological research. The latest findings show that more than one tenth of the world’s known caves deeper than 1,000 metres are located there. The members of seven Slovenian cav...

The National Assembly passed a bill on 28 November that reverses major portions of an income tax reform adopted earlier this year under the previous government. Most notably, a progressive increase in the general tax relief for all earners has been s...

Animateka, the international festival of animated film which is currently in its 19th year, will put the spotlight on French film as it takes place in Ljubljana between 28 November and 4 December. A selection of the best French animations and best st...

Slovenia’s ruling coalition has deflected a major challenge by the opposition as voters confirmed three laws in a referendum on 27 November that was billed as a vote of confidence in the left-liberal government. Challenged by the Democrats (SDS...

Life in the Grey Zone (Življenje v Sivi Coni), written by a doctor who worked at the Covid ward of the University Medical Centre in Ljubljana, has been declared book of the year at the Slovenian Book Fair after becoming an overnight bestseller. A yo...

Japanese companies are very interested in doing business with companies in Slovenia, including by investing, according to Naritaka Nakaishi, director-general of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) European office. Much depends on the business e...