Ljubljana – Vaccination against the flu will be free of charge for all Slovenian residents with health insurance this season after it was already free last season, the Health Ministry has told the STA. The National Institute of Public Health ha...

Ljubljana – A total of 153,000 terajoules (TJ) of energy was produced in Slovenia last year, which is 4% more than in 2019, while final consumption was down by 9% to 188,000 TJ. The share of energy from renewable sources in final consumption wa...

Ljubljana – Slovenian energy group Petrol has completed the acquisition of an outright stake in Croatian fuel retailer Crodux after having fulfilled all suspensive conditions. This is the company’s largest acquisition in a decade and it a...

Ljubljana – Representatives of farmers have warned that the situation in the Slovenian agriculture sector is worrying as inputs are more expensive while the prices of agricultural products are stagnating. The situation is worst in the productio...

Luxembourg – Controls on Schengen borders can be extended beyond six months because threats to public policy or internal security are not necessarily limited in time, an advocate general of the European Court of Justice says in his opinion rega...

Ljubljana – The police and Interior Minister Aleš Hojs have rejected the allegation that excessive force was used to disperse Tuesday’s protest and rioting against coronavirus measures in Ljubljana, as an NGO urged MPs to open a parliame...

Brdo pri Kranju – The leaders of EU and Western Balkan countries confirmed the Western Balkans’ EU perspective and commitment to enlargement as EU leaders adopted the Brdo Declaration in Brdo pri Kranju on Wednesday. However, the summit b...

Ljubljana – The centre-left opposition has demanded convening an emergency session of the National Assembly in the wake of what they described as “a state of war” unfolding in Ljubljana yesterday, repeating their call for a snap ele...

Brdo pri Kranju/Ljubljana – PM Janez Janša disagrees with the claim that Slovenia is setting a poor example to EU candidates by suspending the funding of the STA and not respecting media freedom. But European Commission President Ursula von de...

Ljubljana – Slovenia confirmed 1,208 new cases of coronavirus for Tuesday, a slight drop on the week before and the continuation of a slowly declining trend. The test positivity rate was under 20%, show the latest data by the National Institute...