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Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:12:15 +0000
High energy prices force food company into suspension
Pivka – Slovenian companies have been sounding the alarm over high electricity prices for months, warning that production may become unviable for energy-intensive industries. One company, the fish processing firm Delamaris, has decided to suspe...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:11:09 +0000
TV series based on best-selling crime novels returning
Ljubljana – Crime stories aficionados will get a chance to watch another two seasons of a popular TV series based on Tadej Golob’s best-selling crime novels as Leninov Park (Lenin’s Park) premieres on TV Slovenija on Sunday, to be f...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:09:49 +0000
Pahor not to attend Olympic Games opening due to pandemic
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor announced on Wednesday he would not attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on 4 February due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Pahor received Chinese Ambassador to Ljubljana Wang Shunqin tod...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:08:53 +0000
Slovenian scientists make spin liquid breakthrough
Ljubljana – A group of physicists at the Jožef Stefan Institute confirmed the spin liquid state even at absolute zero temperatures, as first predicted by Swiss physicist G.H. Wannier in 1950, but his wish for experimental confirmation has rema...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:07:57 +0000
Minister condemns violence against health workers
Ljubljana – Health Minister Janez Poklukar condemned at a press conference on Wednesday the verbal and physical violence that health workers and experts who publicly promote vaccination have recently been subject to. He said violence would not ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:06:47 +0000
Education, culture ministers present achievements of EU presidency
Ljubljana – Education Minister Simona Kustec and Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti presented on Wednesday the key achievements of the Slovenian EU presidency, with Kustec noting the achievements in the field of the European Research Area and the ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:05:42 +0000
European Year of Youth will be about cooperation, minister says
Ljubljana – Education Minister Simona Kustec said that this year’s European Year of Youth will be about finding solutions for the future together with young people, who are the “bearers of change and the creators of tomorrow”....

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:04:47 +0000
Minimum wage to rise by 4.9%
Ljubljana – The statutory minimum wage in Slovenia is to increase by 4.9% to EUR 1,074 gross as of 1 January, reflecting the increase in inflation last year, the Labour Ministry has announced. Minister Janez Cigler Kralj decided that the minimu...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:03:22 +0000
Minister calls for organisational changes in face of Omicron spread
Ljubljana – Health Minister Janez Poklukar on Wednesday urged those in charge of critical infrastructure, companies and the rest of society to organise work and other processes in a way to minimise contact among people so as to prevent certain ...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:02:27 +0000
The Economist ranks Slovenia 2nd among 23 OECD countries in dealing with pandemic
Ljubljana – Slovenia ranked second among 23 selected member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in terms of how well it has coped with the economic aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, according to...



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