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Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:02:21 +0000
Gatherings of up to 100 people allowed again and outdoor hospitality reopens
Ljubljana – Slovenians can look forward to partial easement of two of the perhaps most disapproved pandemic restrictions on Monday. The months-long assemblies ban will be abolished, as gatherings of up to 100 people will be allowed, and outdoor...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:58:03 +0000
Finance finds planned tax reform unambitious
Ljubljana – The business newspaper Finance believes the tax reform drafted by the Finance Ministry is far from ambitious, even though it says in its commentary on Monday that any reform is better than none. The proposal has not left the ministr...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:56:10 +0000
Poll indicates third of Slovenians want to get vaccinated as soon as possible
Ljubljana – A third of respondents in the most recent Parsifal public opinion poll commissioned by Nova24TV have said they will get vaccinated for coronavirus as soon as possible. The share is lower than in January, when 47% said they would get...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:54:50 +0000
Pandemic slashes Q1 passenger numbers at Ljubljana airport
Brnik – The number of people travelling through Slovenia’s biggest airport in the first quarter of this year was only a tenth of that recorded in the first quarter of last year, which was in the most part still unaffected by the coronavir...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:51:33 +0000
New head of EU Representation in Slovenia says recovery plan should be forward-looking
Ljubljana – Jerneja Jug Jerše, the new head of the European Commission’s Representation in Slovenia, considers a national recovery and resilience plan an opportunity for a country to step up. The Commission will borrow funds that will ha...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:50:03 +0000
Rally against Covid measures again held in Maribor
Maribor – For the third Saturday in a row, a crowd of more than 100 gathered in Maribor today to protest over Covid-19 vaccination and mandatory mask-wearing. Many of those addressing the rally doubted the existence of the novel coronavirus, cl...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:48:24 +0000
Trstenjak wins gold at European Judo Championships, Leški bronze
Lisbon – Slovenian judoka Tina Trstenjak won gold at the European Judo Championships 2021 in the women’s 63 kg event in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday. She won against Russia’s Daria Davydova. Fellow Slovenian judoka Andreja Leški go...

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:45:41 +0000
Police visited STA chief supervisor due to a number of reports
Ljubljana – The police is leading an investigation to determine whether there are elements of suspected criminal acts prosecutable ex officio based on allegations of irregularities regarding the STA. Investigators visited the STA chief supervis...

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 05:59:00 +0000
One of Slovenia’s bestselling books gets sequel
Ljubljana – Goran Vojnović has written a sequel to his bestselling debut novel Čefurji Raus! after 13 years. Đorđić se Vrača (Đorđić Returns) is no longer a story about Slovenians and immigrants from the former Yugoslavia and their chi...

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 05:27:00 +0000
Ljubljana Zoo welcomes baby chimp
Ljubljana – Ljubljana Zoo has welcomed a newcomer to its midst as a baby chimpanzee named Tai was born in mid-January. Crested geckos, black-tufted marmosets, a species of New World monkeys, kangaroos and meerkats have also seen the arrival of ...



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