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Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:54:48 +0000
Another bank introducing deposit fee
Ljubljana – UniCredit Banka Slovenija will join the five banks in Slovenia that have already introduced a fee on high deposits for individuals. The bank announced on Thursday that it will introduce it for all physical persons whose deposits exc...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:53:15 +0000
UEFA boss Aleksander Čeferin becomes Delo’s Person of 2021
Ljubljana – UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin was declared the newspaper Delo’s Person of the Year for 2021 on Thursday for “suppressing in a swift action the plan of the richest clubs to establish a super-league and thus destroy t...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:51:46 +0000
Over 3,800 new cases added to Slovenia’s Covid count
Ljubljana – A total of 3,829 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Wednesday, an increase of 124% on the same day a week ago, as hospital data remained broadly stable and five Covid-19 patients died, government data shows. A tot...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:50:34 +0000
Power utility GEN posts record profits
Ljubljana – The GEN energy group is estimated to have generated a record net profit of EUR 80 million last year, around 25% more than the year before, with turnover up 36% to EUR 3 billion. The group highlighted its reliability despite market d...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:49:18 +0000
Coalition proposes new pension rise system
Ljubljana – The coalition has filed an amendment to the proposed legislative changes with which the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS) wishes to raise pensions by 3.5%. In line with the amendment, only pensions granted by the end of 2010 would inc...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:47:56 +0000
Quarantine guidance for health staff changed to cope with shortages
Ljubljana – The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) has issued new quarantine guidance to allow the healthcare system cope with staff shortages amid the Omicron-driven spread of infections. Given shortages, the personnel who have been in...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:46:28 +0000
Slovenian scientist elected president of Sigma Xi
Ljubljana – Slovenian scientist and engineer Marija Strojnik has been elected president of the Scientific Research Honor Society, Sigma Xi. She will start her three-year term on 1 July, says on the website of Sigma Xi. A distinguished professor...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:45:11 +0000
Public employees to fill up at MOL pumps as a rule
Ljubljana – The Public Administration Ministry has picked Hungary’s MOL as the priority supplier of fuel for service vehicles used by the government, urban municipalities and other institutions in a deal the news portal Necenzurirano says...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:43:43 +0000
Ljubljana Covid clinic suspends use of antibody treatment
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s main Covid treatment facility will suspend the use of monoclonal antibody treatment because it proved to be inefficient against Omicron, the head of the UKC Ljubljana Department of Infectious Diseases, Tatjana Lejko...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:42:16 +0000
Minister says he sought compromise on minimum wage
Ljubljana – Labour Minister Janez Cigler Kralj said on Thursday that, in preparing a proposal to raise the minimum wage in 2022, he wanted to find a compromise to please all social partners, as he responded to the criticism to the proposed 4.9%...



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