Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor has expanded his initiative for cooperation among political parties with a call for a meeting of leaders of all parliamentary parties. He would like to measure support for his proposal that parties reach a cons...

Ljubljana – The parliamentary Home Affairs Committee discussed on Monday integrity at the Court of Audit and the conduct by its president Tomaž Vesel in the wake of alleged conflict of interest caused by his work at FIFA. The session was boyco...

Vienna – A law providing an EUR 4 million donation to the Austrian province of Carinthia as promised by the federal government on the centenary of the Carinthian plebiscite last year was also published in the Slovenian language on Monday in wha...

Ljubljana – Slovenian clothes retailer Sportina is in talks with telecommunications group United Group to enter strategic cooperation in the field of online shopping. It thus denied the business newspaper Finance’s report that United Grou...

Ljubljana – Public broadcaster RTV Slovenija director general Igor Kadunc announced on Monday that he would appeal against the appointment of Andrej Grah Whatmough as his successor. He told the STA that laws should be observed the way they had ...

Ljubljana – The parliamentary Labour Committee is discussing the eighth economic stimulus bill, worth around EUR 320 million. Labour Minister Janez Cigler Kralj said that with the bill, the government wanted to find the middle ground with socia...

Ljubljana – After protests calling against closure of schools in black-tiered regions were held in a number of towns this weekend, calls for reopening of schools from a several stakeholders continued on Monday. The Headteachers’ Associati...

Ljubljana – After a very rough year that saw the coronavirus pandemic halve tourist arrivals, Slovenia’s tourism sector is in for another demanding year in 2021. However, the country holds the title the European Region of Gastronomy this ...

Brussels – Slovenia has used 83.5% of the Covid-19 vaccine vials it has received so far, which puts it in the fifth place among the 15 European countries for which data are available in the relevant tracker launched by the European Centre for D...

Ljubljana – The parliamentary Labour Committee is expected to approve the new coronavirus crisis stimulus bill on Monday. The government-proposed bill brings EUR 320 million in aid, with employers eagerly awaiting the extension of the furlough ...