Ljubljana – Slovenia confirmed 3,325 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, an increase of 14% on the same day a week ago. The epidemic has been growing since early March, but the situation in hospitals remains stable for now. The 7-day average of n...

Doha – President Borut Pahor started a two-day official visit to Qatar on Wednesday by meeting Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. They assessed that there are many opportunities to further strengthen bilateral cooperation, especially in en...

Novo Mesto – Revoz, the Slovenian subsidiary of French car maker Renault, was forced to halt production earlier this week over an irregular supply of electronic components for cars it manufactures in Novo Mesto, south-eastern Slovenia. Producti...

Ljubljana – The ZZZS public health insurer recorded EUR 3.64 billion in revenue, which is EUR 383 million more than in 2020. Expenditure was up by EUR 176 million to EUR 3.52 billion. This year, a EUR 184 million shortfall of revenue over expen...

Ljubljana – SIJ, the Slovenian steel group in majority Russian ownership, returned to profit last year after posting a net loss of EUR 49.9 million in 2020. Last year, sales revenue stood at EUR 962.7 million, up 36.8% from the year before, whi...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly passed a resolution on the national programme until 2030 in a 44:20 vote on Wednesday. The document aims at raising the quality of higher education, increasing the higher education system’s responsiveness...

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s largest banking group, NLB, has decided to suspend the sale of its asset management arm NLB Skladi, which was launched in mid-2021, the business newspaper Finance has reported, quoting NLB chairman Blaž Brodnjak. &...

Ljubljana – A proposal sponsored by the opposition National Party (SNS) and backed by the ruling Democratic Party (SDS) to ban publication of political opinion polls for half a year before elections was voted down by the National Assembly on We...

Ljubljana – The Constitutional Court has struck out a petition to examine whether the Left and the Social Democrats (SD) may be functioning in contravention of the constitution and whether their programmes may be unconstitutional, deeming it to...

Brdo pri Kranju – The diplomatic mission that Slovenia will send to Ukraine will operate at the level of chargé d’affaires and will have full powers for the duration of the emergency situation, said Prime Minister Janez Janša on Wednesd...