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Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:11:46 +0000
Digitalisation and AI in focus at Slovenia Expo pavilion next week
Dubai – A delegation of 36 Slovenian business representatives of 19 companies is heading to Dubai on Sunday for a three-day visit of the Expo show focussing on digitalisation and artificial intelligence. The country’s administration minis...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:10:27 +0000
Coronavirus cases continue to decline
Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 783 new coronavirus cases for Saturday, a decline of 30% from the same day a week before, as 14 patients with Covid-19 died and hospitalisations kept falling, fresh government figures show. This morning 883 patients ...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:09:32 +0000
Two ministers in for grilling as MPs convene multi-day session
Ljubljana – The National Assembly is meeting for an eventful plenary session tomorrow that will culminate on Friday and next Monday with debates and votes on the opposition-sponsored motions to oust Environment Minister Andrej Vizjak and Interi...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:08:25 +0000
European Parliament to vote on Slovenia rule of law resolution Thursday
Strasbourg – The European Parliament will take a vote on a resolution on fundamental rights and rule of law in Slovenia at the plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday. If they support it, MEPs will express deep concern over deep polarisation ...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:07:20 +0000
Handful of 3rd country doctors get their qualifications recognised this year
Ljubljana – The Health Ministry has approved five of the 34 applications for recognition of professional qualifications of doctors from third countries that have ben submitted this year, and eight of the 42 applications submitted last year. Und...

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:05:58 +0000
EU ministers seek consensus on fishing quotas
Brussels – As the last session of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council under the Slovenian EU presidency got under way on Sunday in a bid to reach a political agreement on the fishing quotas for 2022, Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek said...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:15:18 +0000
Ministry notes new confirmations of Slovenia’s credit rating
Ljubljana – The credit rating agencies S&P Global and DBRS Morningstar have confirmed Slovenia’s credit rating, the Finance Ministry has announced. S&P Global confirmed the credit rating at AA- with a stable outlook and DBRS Morni...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:14:50 +0000
Cross-country skier Lampič third in World Cup in Davos
Davos – Slovenian cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič finished third in the women’s World Cup freestyle sprint event is Davos, Switzerland on Saturday to earn her first podium finish in the current season, as Maja Dahlqvist of Sweden sc...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:14:10 +0000
ALDE decides SMC’s membership effectively ended with merger
Rome – The council of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) discussed on Saturday the merger of the Slovenian coalition Modern Centre Party (SMC) with the Economically Active Party (GAS) into Concretely. It decided that this ...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 23:12:39 +0000
Missing Turkish migrant girl found dead in Dragonja River
Koper – A 10-year-old Turkish girl who went missing after she fell into the swollen Dragonja on the Slovenian-Croatian on Thursday evening and got swept downstream as her mother was carrying her on her shoulders across the river, was found dead...



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