Ljubljana – Anti-government protestors gathered in Republic Square in Ljubljana on Friday evening, announcing they had filed a criminal complaint over corruption against PM Janez Janša earlier in the day, to coincide with his birthday. Every J...

Ljubljana – The government’s decision that civil servants will need to be either Covid-19 reconvalescent or vaccinated as of 1 October to work at the office faces pushback. The Trade Union of State Bodies said it would challenge the new r...

Zagreb – Barbara Antolić Vupora, the Croatian MP of Slovenian descent, has appealed to fellow ethnic Slovenians in Croatia to declare themselves so in the ongoing census to ensure their grandchildren enjoy at least the same standard of minorit...

Podlehnik/Koper – One migrant died and four were injured when a car transporting nine illegal migrants from Pakistan crashed while fleeing from the police south of Ptuj, eastern Slovenia, on Friday. Police tried to pull over the vehicle near th...

Ljubljana – Three persons were injured in a shooting in a bar at the BTC shopping district in Ljubljana on Friday afternoon, police said. Two were injured with fire arms and the third sustained a blow with an object. All three were taken to hos...

Strasbourg – The situation in Slovenia is not like in Hungary yet, but there are reasons for concern, the head of the European Parliament’s democracy monitoring group, Sophie in ‘t Veld, has told the STA in an interview. The group i...

Ljubljana – The European Commission paid out the first, EUR 231 million batch of EU funds to Slovenia on Friday as part of the recovery and resilience plan, which is 13% of the total amount Slovenia is to receive. The money will be allocated fo...

Trieste – Slofest, a festival of Slovenian culture in Italy, kicked off in Trieste on Friday to bring three days of programme presenting all activities of the Slovenian community in Italy: culture, art, sports and creativity. Schools are partic...

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s daily coronavirus count topped 1,000 for the fourth day running as 1,143 new cases were reported for Thursday, to push the 7-day average to 1,017, up by 20 from the previous day. According to the National Institute ...

Brussels – The Slovenian capital of Ljubljana is among the seven shortlisted cities vying for the title of the 2022 European Capital of Smart Tourism, the European Commission has announced. Ljubljana is in the company of Bordeaux, Copenhagen, D...