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Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:25:31 +0000
NBA player Goran Dragić signs with Brooklyn Nets
New York – Goran Dragić, widely regarded as one of Slovenia’s best basketball players ever, has signed a new contract until the end of this season and will move to the Brooklyn Nets, said the BDA Sports International management agency. A...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:25:00 +0000
Most Covid containment measures lifted
Ljubljana – Virtually all Covid-19 restrictions are being lifted in Slovenia on Monday except for the wearing of masks and hand sanitising indoors. Proof of recovery, vaccination or negative test (PCT) will only be required in hospitals, care h...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:24:20 +0000
Večer says politics remains a problem in China
Ljubljana – The newspaper Večer comments on the Beijing Olympic Games in Monday’s commentary entitled Chinese Games, saying that they brought the country the necessary infrastructure to become a skiing nation and Covid restrictions worke...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:23:52 +0000
Delo calls for scrapping masks requirement at schools
Ljubljana – As part of Slovenian schoolchildren start their winter break, the newspaper Delo welcomes the easing of Covid-19 restrictions but regrets masks at schools have not been abolished as well. “The only thing that remains is masks....

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:23:20 +0000
Parliament meeting over energy relief package
Ljubljana – The National Assembly will convene a two-day emergency session on Monday to take a decision on the government package to mitigate the impact of high energy prices on households and businesses. It will also decide whether to ban a re...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:22:40 +0000
Dnevnik links strike demands with general election
Ljubljana – The newspaper Dnevnik examines the wave of unionist demands for higher wages in the public and private sectors in Monday’s commentary, finding the issue will be a mobilising force in the general election. “As the Janez J...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:21:59 +0000
Rogaška Slatina to host world’s largest sports film event
Rogaška Slatina – Rogaška Slatina will in June host an international festival of sports film of the FICTS – Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs, recognized by the International Olympic Committee. It is the largest sport...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:21:24 +0000
Just over 2,000 coronavirus cases on Sunday
Ljubljana – The coronavirus epidemic in Slovenia keeps receding with 2,008 new cases recorded on Sunday, roughly 45% fewer than a week ago. However, the government reported 19 deaths for the second day running. Hospitalisations increased somewh...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:20:45 +0000
MPs vote to ban referendum on OCCAR deal
Ljubljana – The National Assembly has voted 43 to 30 to endorse the government proposal not to allow a referendum on a law ratifying the agreement with the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR). The opposition Left, which initiate...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:20:14 +0000
Janša, Orban see minorities as a bridge for cooperation
Lendava – Slovenian and Hungarian PMs Janez Janša and Viktor Orban stressed as they signed an agreement on cooperation to develop the border areas populated by the countries’ respective minorities in Lendava on Monday that the minorities...



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