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Wed, 2 Apr 2025 19:42:38 +0200Key health reform bill in place
The Slovenian parliament has passed a reform Health Services Act, a cornerstone of the government's health reform efforts which will end the widespread practice of doctors working in both the public and private sectors. The clear separation between p...
Wed, 2 Apr 2025 15:47:09 +0200Pension reform blueprint confirmed
Slovenians will work longer but their state pensions as a share of income will rise under a pension reform blueprint confirmed by social partners that kickstarts the legislative process. Under an agreement penned on 2 April, the retirement age will r...
Tue, 1 Apr 2025 19:11:52 +0200Shared history honoured as Australia and Slovenia remember WWII hero
Eighty years after his life was saved by Slovenian villagers and resistance fighters, an Australian pilot has been honoured at the very site where his plane went down in the dying days of the Second World War. One of many allied fliers who flew sorti...
Tue, 1 Apr 2025 15:18:01 +0200Gamifying urban mobility
More than half of trips people make every day are shorter than two kilometres, so why not walk or cycle for at least some of them? That is the idea behind a national initiative dubbed Let's Bike to Work Full of Momentum, which is returning this sprin...
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:11:05 +0200Lourdes to cover works by disgraced Slovenian priest
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, France, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for Catholics, has started covering up works by Slovenian priest and artist Marko Rupnik amid an ongoing investigation of allegations that he brutally sexu...