Ljubljana – The newspaper Dnevnik says on Thursday that the authorities are doing nothing to clarify what is acceptable when it comes to waiting times in healthcare and patient advocacy, so patients have no one to sanction injustices such as qu...

Ljubljana – The European Commission has downgraded Slovenia’s growth forecast for this year by 0.4 percentage points to 3.8%. A moderate growth rate, at 3.6%, is meanwhile projected for the country in 2023. Growth in Slovenia is expected ...

Ljubljana – Slovenia confirmed 12,137 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday as the country continues to be on the downward slope of the Omicron-driven wave. Another 19 fatalities among 19-Covid patients were reported. Week-on-week decline in ...

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s job market saw a record 22,900 vacancies in the final quarter of 2021 as the number of occupied posts hit 792,100, another all-time high, shows fresh data from the Statistics Office. The job vacancy rate in the four...

Kranj/Kiev – Telecoms equipment maker Iskratel and Ukraine’s biggest telecommunication company Ukrtelekom, in partnership with two Slovenian banks and the SID development bank, have used the first EUR 3 million of a EUR 12 million project...

Ljubljana – The STA lost practically no subscribers in 2021, its output remained at the level of 2020 and it finished the year with a profit, despite being left without government co-funding for 300 days last year, STA director general Igor Kad...

Ljubljana – The Slovenian start-up Mediately has raised EUR 7.2 million in Series A funding to expand its mobile app for doctors to the largest markets in Europe. The app facilitates access to medical knowledge for doctors by simplifying an ada...

Ljubljana – Interior Minister Aleš Hojs rejected all allegations of political interference in police as he testified on Thursday in front of a parliamentary inquiry commission on topics ranging from staffing at the National Bureau of Investiga...

Ljubljana – The government adopted on Thursday a systemic bill to encourage digital inclusion which aims to enhance digital skills. The centrepiece is a scheme of EUR 150 digital vouchers that secondary school kids, students and adults over 55 ...

Ljubljana – The government has appointed Rok Capl acting director of the investment promotion agency Spirit Slovenia effective on 12 February after the previous director, Tomaž Kostanjevec, stepped down. Capl was put forward by the governing b...