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Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:13:27 +0000
Transit passengers need to produce Covid certificate after 29 August
Ljubljana – Passengers transiting through Slovenia are not required to produce a Covid certificate only until 29 August, the government decided on Friday, extending its previous decision regarding transit passengers by a week. To enter Slovenia...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:11:15 +0000
Opposition wants parliament to discuss developments at Pošta Slovenije
Ljubljana – The deputy group of the opposition Social Democrats (SD) will request a session of the parliamentary Commission for Public Finance Oversight to discuss management of national postal company Pošta Slovenije. The announcement comes a...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:10:15 +0000
President Pahor to attend Crimea conference on Monday
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor will be in Kyiv on Monday to attend an international conference dedicated to Russia’s unlawful annexation of the Crimea in 2014, at which a joint declaration will be adopted and the Crimea Platform formed...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:09:19 +0000
Public broadcaster TV Slovenija director Natalija Gorščak dismissed
Ljubljana – The director general of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija Andrej Grah Whatmough has dismissed Natalija Gorščak, the director of TV programmes, after accusing her of violating bylaws and allowing ratings to plummet. Gorščak, who i...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:40:10 +0000
Stand-up comedy festival Panč launches at Ljubljana Castle
Ljubljana – The Panč stand-up comedy festival starts tonight at Ljubljana Castle, as some of the biggest names in Slovenian stand-up will take to the stage on Friday and Saturday. The festival will host some international comedians as well, an...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:38:55 +0000
Slovenia donates firefighting equipment to N Macedonia
Ljubljana – Slovenia dispatched EUR 76,000-worth of firefighting equipment to North Macedonia on Friday. The shipment includes special firefighting backpacks, chainsaws and firebrooms, the Foreign Ministry said. Slovenian firefighters recently ...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:37:19 +0000
Rapid testing remains free for certain sectors
Ljubljana – Slovenia was expected to phase out on Monday free rapid testing for all but the most high-risk professions, but the government has now changed course. Employees in healthcare, education, retail and the events industry will continue ...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:36:27 +0000
Logar promises Austria full transparency about nuclear plans
Ljubljana – Foreign Minister Anže Logar assured his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg on Friday that Slovenia would be completely transparent about its plans to build a second unit at the Krško nuclear power station, in particular w...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:35:29 +0000
Consumer confidence worsens further in August
Ljubljana – Consumer confidence in Slovenia deteriorated for the second month in a row in August as the relevant indicator was down by two percentage points compared to July. It was still higher than the long-term average though, by one point. ...

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:25:07 +0000
Mladi Levi ambitious despite epidemic, founder’s death
Ljubljana – Several venues in Ljubljana will host from today until 29 August the 24th Mladi Levi (Young Lions) international festival, which the organisers have billed as ambitious despite the epidemic and the recent death of its founder Nevenk...



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