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Tue, 11 May 2021 19:05:16 +0000
Nearly half unwilling to be vaccinated, survey finds
Ljubljana – Three-quarters of respondents in a survey supported by the pollster Valicon and the Covid-19 tracker community are somewhat worried about the epidemic, but almost half are still unwilling to be vaccinated. The main reason for people...

Tue, 11 May 2021 19:04:10 +0000
491 new cases confirmed on Monday for a 45% weekly drop
Ljubljana, 11 May – A total of 491 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in 3,642 PCR tests on Monday, a 45% drop compared to the week before, while the rolling seven-day average is down to 549, which means Slovenia can enter the milder, yell...

Tue, 11 May 2021 19:02:23 +0000
NLB bank more than trebles Q1 net profit
Ljubljana – NLB, Slovenia’s largest banking group, reported a net profit of EUR 64.6 million for the first quarter of the year, about 3.5-fold the figure posted in the same period a year ago (EUR 18.3 million). According to a regulatory f...

Tue, 11 May 2021 19:01:32 +0000
Podgoršek presents priorities of EU presidency to Kyriakides
Ljubljana/Brussels – Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek discussed Slovenia’s EU presidency priorities concerning food safety, and animals and plants with European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides via videoconference on Tuesday. Th...

Tue, 11 May 2021 19:00:17 +0000
Jakov Fak among ambassadors of IBU environmental project
Ljubljana – The most successful Slovenian biathlete Jakov Fak has been appointed one of the ten ambassadors of International Biathlon Union’s (IBU) Biathlon Climate Challenge, an environmental project that aims to plant 100,000 trees as p...

Tue, 11 May 2021 18:57:49 +0000
Minister says she’s done everything to appoint EU delegated prosecutors
Brussels – Following several calls to speed up appointment of Slovenia’s two delegated European prosecutors, Justice Minister Lilijana Kozlovič says she has done all in her power, while it is now on the government as a whole to act. The ...

Tue, 11 May 2021 18:56:51 +0000
Flixbus’s Ljubljana-Belgrade line back after more than a year
Ljubljana – The bus operator Flixbus is relaunching its bus route from Slovenia to Serbia after more than a year of inactivity. Starting on May 20, its coaches will be taking passengers on the Ljubljana-Belgrade route four times a week, while a...

Tue, 11 May 2021 18:55:22 +0000
Michelin-starred chef to cook for Slovenia’s EU presidency guests
Brdo pri Kranju – Distinguished Slovenian chef Tomaž Kavčič will be in charge of cuisine at all top-level events during the upcoming Slovenian presidency of the Council of the EU, which makes Slovenia the first country to entrust such a job ...

Tue, 11 May 2021 18:52:44 +0000
EUSAIR strategy forum marks end of Slovenia’s AII presidency
Portorož – Slovenia is concluding its third presidency of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative (AII). On this occasion, the Izola Declaration was adopted at the EUSAIR strategy forum in Portorož on Tuesday, underlining the European perspective ...

Mon, 10 May 2021 18:46:49 +0000
Janša presenting EU presidency priorities in Athens
Athens – Prime Minister Janez Janša presented the priorities of the upcoming Slovenian EU presidency at the Delphi Economic Forum in Athens on Monday before meeting his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis and European Commission Vice Preside...



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