Slovenia's tourist destinations attracted almost 2.6 million visitors in the first half of the year, 4.5% more than in the same period last year. They spent 6.4 million nights in tourist accommodation facilities or 2.2% more than last year. Visitors ...

Having raged for months, the controversy over a mega concert planned in Ljubljana's central park has been resolved after Magnifico, the pop star at the centre of the storm, announced he will move the event to a golf course on the outskirts of the cit...

Slovenia has been urged to ensure appropriate financing of the public broadcaster RTV Slovenija and to finalise measures to raise the salaries of judges and prosecutors as mandated by the Constitutional Court in the annual Rule of Law Report released...

The Slovenian subsidiary of the French car maker Renault will start producing a redesigned version of the electric Twingo model in 2026 under a memorandum of understanding signed by the government and Renault. Initially, the Novo Mesto plant Revoz wi...

Ana Gros, captain of the national women's handball team, and canoe slalom Olympic champion Benjamin Savšek will serve as Slovenia's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Paris on 26 July. Announcing the decision, the Sl...

A Briton first attracted to Slovenia by a 300-year-old sausage-curing cabin before spending a decade visiting and five years living here has packed his adventures and insights about the country in a captivating travel memoir titled Dormice & Moon...

A part of an extended family whose home was damaged in last year's devastating floods have become the first to accept the keys to their new home almost a year after the disaster, thanks to a private donation. Courtesy of 41 private donors headed by P...

Fresh from winning his third Tour de France title, Tadej Pogačar will not compete in the Paris Olympics. Announcing the decision on 22 July, the Slovenian Olympic Committee cited the rider's fatigue as the reason. Pogačar was supposed to enter the ...

Slovenian health workers have been raising the alarm about an increasing number of violent incidents they face at work. They have now put forward a legislative proposal to amend the criminal code with a new criminal offence of assault on a health wor...

Determined to put an end to rowdy behaviour, boozing in public spaces and towel beach reservations, the seaside town of Piran has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the rules of etiquette among its many visitors. If the campaign and warnings p...

Slovenian road cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar won his third Tour de France title after a third straight stage win, becoming the first rider after Marco Pantani in 1998 to win both the Tour and the Giro d'Italia in the same year. Winning the final s...

The Kolpa is a river that forms a natural border between southeast Slovenia and northwest Croatia. One of Slovenia's best-preserved rivers, it is popular with bathers and fishermen, but urbanisation, tourism and climate change have taken their toll. ...

Slovenia's cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar made history yet again, winning his fifth mountain victory at this year's Tour de France, something last achieved by another great, Gino Bartali, 76 years ago. Pogačar, a 25-year-old UAE Team Emirates ride...

After a prolonged spell of dry and hot weather, parts of Slovenia were hit by storms with heavy rain and strong winds. In particular in the north, several buildings and roads were flooded or blocked by landslides and rescue teams were busy helping yo...

Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) collected his fourth stage win at this year's Tour de France from Embrun to Isola 2000 in the Alps to extend his overall lead ahead of Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) to 5:03 minutes. Poga...

A wildfire that engulfed around 150 hectares of forest on Mount Trstelj in the Kras region in western Slovenia has been localised and is fully under control. "We currently have the fire fully under control," said Blaž Rogelja, the commander of the K...

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bilateral security agreement as they met on the sidelines of a meeting of the European Political Community in Oxford, UK on 18 July. "Today is a special day in ...

Two years after the western region of Kras was hit by the most devastating blaze in the country's history, a large wildfire broke out on 18 July in nearly the same area, prompting a national response involving multiple aircraft and dozens of fire bri...

One of the world's most famous wine regions, Bordeaux may soon add a red grape variety grown in southwest Slovenia to the list allowed in its wines to counter the effect of climate change. Refošk, known as refosco in Italian, is a grape family that ...

Slovenian athletes will travel to the Paris Olympics with a medical team that will provide them with quality care to ensure they are in the best possible shape. They are confident the Games may well be one of the more successful. Slovenians will be c...

After months of talks on public sector pay reform, the government and trade unions have signed a tentative agreement to set out the points they have managed to agree on, but many thorny issues are yet to be tackled. The non-binding document provides ...

Slovenia's natural gas wholesaler Geoplin and the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan - SOCAR have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in gas supply as Slovenia seeks to make its supplies more reliable and diversified. The memorandum was ...

The Croatian retailer Studenac has signed a contract to acquire the Šentjur-based grocery chain Kea in a bid to enter the Slovenian retail market. The deal still has to be cleared by the Slovenian market regulator. Kea, which has own stores but also...

Hartenberg Holding, an investment company co-owned by former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, has become the sole owner of Adria Tehnika, an aircraft maintenance company that used to be part of the now defunct Slovenian flag carrier. Hartenberg Ho...

Anita Ogulin, a highly respected humanitarian who dedicated her life to helping and fighting the cause of those in need, in particular children, has died aged 72 after struggling with cancer. Born to a partially sighted mother and totally blind fathe...

NLB, Slovenia's leading bank, has raised its voluntary takeover bid for the Austrian Addiko Bank from €20 to €22 per share, reduced by the amount of any dividend between the announcement of the bid and settlement. This values the Austrian bank at...

Prices of two top selling types of fuel at filling stations off the motorway network in Slovenia rose on 16 July after the government raised margins following appeals by fuel retailers to do so. Over the next two weeks regular petrol off motorways wi...

Slovenia has deployed two helicopters to North Macedonia for rescue assistance as the country is fighting a number of wildfires. The helicopters will stay in the country for five days. The government decided the previous evening to send two crewed he...

Slovenian cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar swooped two back-to-back Tour de France stage wins in the Pyrenees over the past weekend in a display of dominance to extend his overall lead. He seems poised to win his third Tour de France title, but he to...

A huge fire spread from a popular beach bar in the seaside resort of Portorož on 14 July, destroying the surrounding shops and bars before the firefighters were able to put it out. The police had to evacuate the beach, packed with tourists from Slov...

Researcher Matjaž Humar from Slovenia's Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS) has won a €150,000 Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for a project aiming to produce lasers from edible materials so they could be used as sensors ...

Two years after Slovenia's southwest region of Kras was hit by a devastating wildfire, efforts to restore the forests are in full swing, firefighters have obtained new gear and the country now has its own firefighting aircraft. The disastrous fire, w...

Tadej Pogačar delivered a stunning solo performance on the first summit finish at the Tour de France on 13 July to strengthen his grip on the yellow jersey in stage 14 as the classic race entered its decisive phase in the Pyrenees. For most of the 1...

Five Alpine ibexes that were kept in the Ljubljana Zoo have been released into the wild as part of an international conservation project that aims to help the wild Alpine ibex population. The Ljubljana Zoo was asked to take part in the project becaus...

Slovenia will field 90 athletes in the Paris Olympics, eleven athletes more than in the previous largest national team of 79 athletes, who competed in Athens in 2004. "It will not only be the largest but also a very gender-balanced team, with 44 fema...

Slovenian cycling star Primož Roglič is out of the Tour de France after suffering a nasty crash during stage 12 from Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot. The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe racer crashed some 12 kilometres before the finish line, falling on his...

The Novo Mesto-based pharma group Krka reported a 30% year-on-year increase in net profit for the first six months of the year just as the shareholders' meeting approved a record dividend payout. According to preliminary financials released on 11 Jul...

Slovenians stop feeling young at 44 and start feeling old at 57, according to a survey conducted by the market research company Mediana ahead of World Population Day, observed on 11 July. Compared to the average European, Slovenians stop feeling youn...

Slovenia will buy armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from the Finnish defence company Patria, having solicited offers from four countries for the planned purchase. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Robert Golob after meeting Finnish Presid...

The Ljubljana-based bread and pasta company Žito, owned since 2015 by the Croatian food group Podravka, has invested €9 million in renovating its bakery facility in Maribor which the company says is a step on the path of making it the largest bake...

The status of several Slovenian companies with state ownership is being changed under an updated state asset management strategy that the National Assembly passed on 10 July. The document also provides a basis for construction of affordable public ho...

As athletes are counting down to the Paris Olympic Games, the city of Novo Mesto is paying tribute to gymnast Leon Štukelj, the first Slovenian Olympic champion, who won his first two Olympic golds in Paris a century ago. Štukelj was born on 12 Nov...

As work on Slovenia's biggest infrastructure project, a new railway between the Koper port and the Divača junction, is slowly nearing its completion, the government has set out plans to start building a parallel track in 2026. The new single-track l...

The Ljubljana Stock Exchange has been seeing a sustained bullish trend. After gaining nearly 20% last year and another 26% in the first half of the year, the benchmark index SBI TOP passed the 1,600-point mark on 8 July to hit the highest value since...

The Ljubljana Zoo has lost its oldest resident, a charismatic 50-year-old Western Chimpanzee named Mojca. With her passing, elephant Ganga is now the most senior, at 49. Two weeks ago, the staff noticed Mojca had suddenly grown weak. The deterioratio...

Slovenia and Italy have succeeded with their joint bid for UNESCO to designate a Transboundary Biosphere Reserve in the Julian Alps, an area spanning 277,000 hectares in both countries. The new biosphere brings together the Slovenian Julian Alps Bios...

Bališ, a rock band bringing together ethnic Slovenians from the Austrian state of Carinthia, has recently released a cover version of Rock me Amadeus, the 1985 hit by late Austrian pop star Falco. Like all their songs, it is in a local dialect. The ...

Characterised by its white fleece with distinctive black spots, the belokranjska pramenka is a sheep breed indigenous to the southern region of Bela Krajina. Appreciated for the delicious meat, it is gaining popularity among breeders and steps have b...

Slovenia will not appear in the basketball tournament at the Paris Olympic Games, having been routed by Greece 68:96 in the semi-finals of the FIBA qualifying tournament in Piraeus. To qualify, they would have to win the tournament. Having already su...

Miran Pavlin, currently director of national teams at the Slovenian Football Association (NZS), will become technical director of Nottingham Forest as the first Slovenian to serve on the management of an English Premier League club. Pavlin, who playe...