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Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:14:49 +0000
Slovenia make it to semi-finals of Olympic basketball tournament
Tokyo – Slovenia have advanced to the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics basketball tournament in a historic feat as it won 94:70 against Germany on Tuesday. This is the first time the Slovenian men’s basketball team is competing at the Ga...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:12:51 +0000
Iberia airline connecting Ljubljana and Madrid in August
Brnik – Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport has a new flight connection to Madrid since Monday, operated by the Spanish air carrier Iberia. It will fly to the Spanish capital twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays, until the end of August. Airport op...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 08:10:13 +0000
Dnevnik slams Slovenia’s Covid status checking system
Ljubljana – The newspaper Dnevnik offers congestions at Slovenia’s border crossings with Croatia last weekend as a proof in lambasting Slovenia’s management of the coronavirus epidemic and in particular the system used to check Covi...

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:50:55 +0000
Large carnivores presented at new centre in Pivka
Pivka – A centre will open in Pivka on Monday presenting three species of large carnivores living in Slovenia – the brown bear, wolf and lynx. Center Dina is a continuation of a European project Carnivora Dinarica, aimed at protecting the...

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:46:33 +0000
Brussels clears Slovenia’s EUR 22.8m scheme to support businesses
Brussels – The European Commission has approved a EUR 22.8 million worth Slovenian scheme to support companies in various sectors affected by the coronavirus outbreak and the restrictions implemented to limit the spread of the virus. In a press...

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 18:45:34 +0000
Telemach suing Telekom Slovenije for almost EUR 30m
Ljubljana – The telecommunications provider Telemach has filed a lawsuit at the Ljubljana District Court against telecoms incumbent Telekom Slovenije over alleged violations of regulatory decisions, demanding the payment of EUR 28.796 million i...

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:18:34 +0000
30th TrNOVfest festival begins in Ljubljana
Ljubljana – The 30th TrNOVfest festival, the successor to the Trnfest summer festival in Ljubljana’s Trnovo borough, is getting under way tonight, to feature concerts, cabaret evenings and other artistic performances throughout August. Th...

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:14:30 +0000
Coronavirus case count up for the 5th day running
Ljubljana – A total of 31 people tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, the fifth straight day that the daily case count was up compared with the same day a week ago. Data released by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) show that...

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:10:46 +0000
Stress tests affirm stability of Slovenian banking system
Ljubljana/Frankfurt – Stress tests conducted by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Banka Slovenije have confirmed the stability of the Slovenian banking system, pointing out Slovenian banks would fare well even under unfavourable economic scen...

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:25:20 +0000
Finance says latest emergency act is ambiguous
Ljubljana – The newspaper Finance suggests in Monday’s commentary that the latest emergency act may not be very helpful because it is rather ambiguous about who and in what circumstances is eligible for state aid. While the government ext...



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