Ljubljana – A total of 1,862 cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in Slovenia on Thursday in what is a slight decrease week-on-week, show figures by the National Institute of Public Health, which estimates that there are currently 28,5...

Ljubljana – Defence Minister Matej Tonin indicated Friday that Slovenia might have to push forward its target to increase defence spending to 2% of GDP to 2030, five years sooner than currently planned. “Given the current situation, given...

Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor has rejected initiatives that NATO should establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine in order to help the Ukrainian forces fight Russian aircraft, which has been floated also by Prime Minister Janez Janša. He said t...

Brussels/Ljubljana – Parliamentary Speaker Igor Zorčič took part in an informal meeting of EU speakers hosted by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, which was also attended by Ukrainian Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk. “The battle ...

Ljubljana – One of the negotiating teams representing part of public sector trade unions in talks with the government has decided to step up strike action after the April general election. They wish to prevent the government from “abusing...

Ljubljana – SKB Group, which has been part of the Hungarian banking group OTP since the end of 2019, posted a net profit of EUR 46 million last year, up 32% compared to the year before. The bank attributes the rise to the general economic recov...

Ljubljana/Višegrad – Representatives of the agriculture ministries of Visegrad Group countries plus Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia continued on Friday their dialogue from last September. They also signed a joint declaration pledging t...

Ljubljana – The war in Ukraine and sanctions imposed on Russia have so far had only a limited impact on Slovenia’s economy and inflation, but risks are increasing, says Banka Slovenije, the country’s central bank. The central bank w...

Ljubljana – The Infrastructure Ministry has issued a decree making public transport in Slovenia free of charge for refugees from Ukraine, Minister Jernej Vrtovec said on Twitter on Friday. Providers of public road and railway transport must now...

Brussels – Foreign Minister Anže Logar said a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be the most effective way of preventing bombardment of civilian buildings, as he spoke with Slovenian Brussels-based correspondents via video call on Friday when he a...