Ljubljana – Those who have been fully vaccinated will see the validity of their Covid pass reduced from a year to nine months from February under a regulation adopted by the Slovenian government on Friday. A booster shot extends the validity of...

Ljubljana – Many Slovenians have received in their mail boxes a letter in which PM Janez Janša thanks them for getting vaccinated against Covid-19 while urging the unvaccinated residents to kindly consider getting a jab. “Let this be you...

Brussels – Prime Minister Janez Janša gifted on Thursday folding touring skis produced by Slovenia’s Elan to French President Emanuel Macron as Slovenia symbolically handed over the EU Council presidency to France. The Ibex Tactix Carbon...

Ljubljana – Environment Minister Andrej Vizjak faces a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday over the statements he made in a leaked conversation with a spa company boss 14 years ago, with the opposition also having several other grievance...

Ljubljana – The downward trend in new coronavirus cases continued in both weekly and daily comparisons in Slovenia on Thursday, with a total of 1,278 new cases detected. There are now an estimated 19,395 active cases in the country, according t...

Celje – The police apprehended a 34-year-old Bosnian man on Wednesday, who is suspected of smuggling 13 Pakistani nationals into Slovenia in August, for a fee and in conditions unworthy of human life, before leaving them stranded on a motorway ...

Ljubljana – The Slovenian Olympic Committee (OKS) launched on Friday a campaign to raise awareness about the need to preserve glaciers, in which a piece of the glacier from Mt Triglav will be brought to Beijing and displayed there during the Wi...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly will vote on the appointments to the programming council and supervisory board of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija at an extraordinary session, after Speaker Igor Zorčič refused to put them to a vote on Thurs...

Oslo – Foreign Minister Anže Logar visited Norway on Friday to meet his counterpart Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt. The pair discussed opportunities to further strengthen cooperation. Slovenia’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Securi...

Bohinjska Bistrica – Ten years after ski lifts came to a halt on Kobla in the Julian Alps, skiing was re-launched last weekend on Kozji Hrbet ski slopes with one ski lift, in what is the first step in the planned revival and expansion of the Ko...