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Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:12:24 +0000
Covid continues to retreat
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded 4,412 new coronavirus cases on Monday, over a tenth fewer than the figure reported the same day a week ago as the downward trend continued for the fifth day running. Just one patient with Covid-19 died, Health Mini...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:11:30 +0000
Olympic medallists Garnbret and Savšek receive presidential decorations
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor has conferred the Golden Order of Merit on two outstanding Slovenian athletes, climber Janja Garnbret and whitewater canoeist Benjamin Savšek, both of whom won gold at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:06:44 +0000
Bad bank offering EUR 5.35m for outstanding Mladinska stock
Ljubljana – The Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) has published a takeover bid for Mladinska Knjiga, Slovenia’s largest publisher, offering EUR 8.90 per share or roughly EUR 5.35 million for the 48.77% stake it does not hold already. ...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:04:50 +0000
Speakers stress importance of EU enlargement
Brdo pri Kranju – The second day of the conference of EU parliamentary speakers in Brdo pri Kranju focussed on the EU as a guarantor of stability, safety and prosperity in the region and beyond. The speakers stressed the importance of the EU en...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:04:11 +0000
Huawei unhappy with new bill on electronic communications
Ljubljana – Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei has presented a legal opinion that it says shows the new bill on electronic communications has shortcomings which could lead to lawsuits at the EU court and disputes at the World Trade Organis...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:03:33 +0000
Left and NSi clash over tax on large properties
Ljubljana – The Left and New Slovenia (NSi) have clashed over the opposition party’s proposal to tax empty and large properties in a major election campaign issue that pits the two parties on the opposite sides of the ideological divide. ...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:03:03 +0000
Engineer, chemist and biologist win L’Oréal-UNESCO scholarships
Ljubljana – Mechanical engineer Katja Klinar, chemical technologist Tina Kegl and biologist Eva Turk have won the national L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science scholarships for 2022. The trio were presented with the EUR 5,000 scholarships...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:02:38 +0000
Croatian water bomber to come help fight fire north of Ljubljana
Ljubljana – Firefighters are fighting a major forest fire that broke out on Monday on the slopes of the Baba hill near Preddvor, about 30 kilometres north of Ljubljana. Army helicopters have been activated and now a water bomber from Croatia is...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:01:49 +0000
No Golden Fox in first draft of 2022/23 season calendar
Maribor – The Golden Fox, the traditional women’s Alpine Ski World Cup event organised in Maribor, is not in the first draft of the 2022/23 season calendar. This comes after the event was either cancelled or relocated to Kranjska Gora eig...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:01:22 +0000
Poklukar urges adaptation of Covid vaccination
Brussels – Health Minister Janez Poklukar urged the EU Commission on Tuesday to adapt the Covid vaccination strategy in agreement with vaccine producers to better reflect the current state of the pandemic. Vaccine producers should pack the vacc...



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