Ljubljana – Foreign Ministry State Secretary Gašper Dovžan took part in what is considered the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe, as the conference executive board held a constitutive meeting on Wednesday. Tasked with overseein...

Ljubljana – Slovenia is allegedly the only EU member to have failed to send its contribution for Commission’s second rule of law report by now, unofficial sources say. The deadline for member states to do so was 8 March. Slovenia’s ...

Ljubljana – The government has shortened the curfew from between 9pm and 6am to between 10pm and 5pm, and imposed a ban on movement into and out of three regions with the highest coronavirus infection rates. Movement is being restricted to with...

Ljubljana – The Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD) has upgraded its economic growth forecast for Slovenia for this year to 4.6%, to be followed by a 4.4% growth in 2022 and 3.3% in 2023. IMAD, whose forecasts are used as...

Ljubljana – The environment and economy ministries have withdrawn a planned provision allowing construction of manufacturing facilities which use hazardous materials in water protected areas. The decision was welcomed by the Greens Slovenia par...

Ljubljana – The German software company LeanIX has taken over the Slovenian-US owned Cleanshelf, a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) management provider. By acquiring the San Francisco-based Cleanshelf, LeanIX will become the leading provide...

Ljubljana – Representatives of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) presented on Wednesday the initiative’s key achievements since June 2020 when Slovenia took over the year-long EUSAIR presidency. The stint at the ...

Ljubljana – Lab4Pay, a Slovenian fintech startup, has launched a point-of-sale (POS) terminal that vendors can use for traditional payment methods as well as digital payments such as cryptocurrency. The Elly POS accepts credit and debit cards a...

Ljubljana – The national coordinator of vaccination logistics, Jelko Kacin, says it is realistic to expect that 70% of Slovenia’s population, or all adult residents, would be vaccinated by the summer, as the country expects to receive mor...

Slovenj Gradec – The government is hoping to find a new investor for a location in Slovenj Gradec that the US company Adient plans to shut down at the end of the year at a loss of 430 jobs. “I’m optimistic, we have several intereste...