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Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:59:34 +0000
Nine years after Drava floods, courts still processing claims
Maribor – It will be exactly nine years at the beginning of November since the Drava river flooded the majority of its course in Slovenia to leave extensive damage to homes and businesses. Damage lawsuits filed against the Austrian power utilit...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:59:03 +0000
Kadunc takes over as STA acting director
Ljubljana – Igor Kadunc, former director general of the public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, takes over as the acting director at the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) on Sunday. He stressed that ensuring financial stability of the STA would be his pri...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:58:27 +0000
1,663 new coronavirus infections recorded on Saturday as positivity rate tops 40%
Ljubljana – A total of 1,663 new coronavirus were recorded in Slovenia on Saturday for a positivity rate of 42%, fresh data by the National Institute of Public Health show. The estimated number of active infections rose to 27,686. The 7-day ave...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:58:03 +0000
Slovenia celebrates Reformation Day
Ljubljana – Slovenia is celebrating Reformation Day on Sunday, a public holiday that marks more than just the start of the Reformation Movement in 1517, it also celebrates the beginnings of the Slovenian language. In line with demands that reli...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:04:14 +0000
Mobile banking outpacing online banking
Ljubljana – Mobile banking apps are being used by more and more Slovenians, the number of mobile bank users among natural persons having already surpassed the number of online banking users by the middle of this year. In the second quarter, a t...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:03:49 +0000
Delo: Large polluters need to be stopped
Ljubljana – Delo points the finger at G20 nations as it argues in Saturday’s commentary that the onus is on the biggest polluters when it comes to keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. “It is clear who must do the most &...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:02:12 +0000
Language and culture in focus as minister visits minority in Austria
Klagenfurt – Minister for Slovenians Abroad Helena Jaklitsch paid a visit Friday to the Slovenian minority in Gailtal/Zilja, a valley in Carinthia. The preservation of Slovenian language and culture as well as bilingual education were in the fo...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:01:45 +0000
Positivity rate nears 40% as almost 3,000 new cases recorded
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded 2,985 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the second highest daily figure in the current wave, as more than 39% of all PCR tests came back positive, show data by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). Hospita...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:00:55 +0000
Fmr president accuses govt of being undemocratic
Sevnica – Milan Kučan, Slovenia’s former president, has accused the current government of being undemocratic as he told a ceremony Saturday that the next election will “decide about the return of democracy”. He said Slovenian...

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:00:03 +0000
Dnevnik reserved about COP26
Ljubljana – Looking at the start of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), Dnevnik expresses reservations in Saturday’s commentary about the probability of success. Every country is entering the talks with its own interests, which are ...



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