Ljubljana – Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates), fresh from his win of the Tour de France, has taken the lead in the rankings of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for the second time in his brief professional career. Another S...

Brussels – The European Commission is scheduled to release its second Rule of Law Report on Tuesday. It is expected Slovenia will hear expressions of concern over a delay in appointing European delegated prosecutors and online harassment of jou...

Ljubljana – The Infrastructure Ministry has issued an energy permit for the construction of the second unit at the Krško nuclear power station, a step that allows permitting procedures to begin and comes a week after the national climate strat...

Ljubljana – Turnover from the sale of goods in Slovenia declined in both wholesale and retail trade in 2020. It totalled EUR 26.2 billion, down 5.7% on 2019. Due to the lower mobility of the population, fuel sales revenue fell markedly, accordi...

Ljubljana – Nine new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia on Sunday, the fifth day in a row that cases dropped on a week-on-week basis. All the main indicators remained broadly unchanged, show the latest data by the National Institut...

Ljubljana/Maribor/Koper – Tadej Pogačar’s second Tour de France win dominates the front pages of Slovenian newspapers on Monday. Commentators hail him as one of the biggest sporting stars of all time and predict that the Slovenian team i...

Metlika/Cerklje ob Krki – A high-profile ceremony at the Prilozje air strip near the town of Metlika in the south-east of the country will mark the first Slovenia-Israel Friendship Day on Monday in memory of the joint fight against Nazism and F...

Paris – Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) has won the 108th Tour de France to become the youngest double winner of the world’s most prestigious cycling race. The 22-year-old also won the white jersey for the best young r...

Lausanne – Top seed Tamara Zidanšek, the French Open semi-finalist, won the WTA Lousanne Open in Switzerland on Sunday beating France’s Clara Burel in the finals after a good two hours with 4:6, 7:6 (5) and 6:1 for what is her first-ever...

Bordeaux – At 22 years of age Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar secured his second straight overall victory of the Tour de France by placing 8th in the penultimate stage, the time-trial between Libourne and Saint-Emilion. To win his second yellow ...