New York – Karen Kamenšek, a Conductor of Slovenian descent who served as artistic director of the Maribor opera house and the chief conductor of its orchestra years ago, has won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for her version of Phi...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly fast-tracked on Wednesday a bill to create a state-owned limited liability company tasked with managing the tactical aspects of passenger transportation on road and rail as a public service. The company, headqu...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly unanimously passed on Wednesday a coalition-sponsored bill on a housing state guarantee scheme for young. Although deputy groups agreed the youth must be helped out, the centre-left opposition believes the bill...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly did not vote on a bill on electronic communications, which is to transpose an EU directive, on Wednesday as the opposition filed a referendum motion, which now needs to be discussed first. According to Digital ...

Ljubljana – The National Assembly has imposed a blanket ban on hydraulic fracturing or fracking as MPs voted 54 in favour and none against to pass the relevant amendments to the mining act on Wednesday. This was the sixth attempt by the Nationa...

Ljubljana – After the Italian chocolate-maker Ferrero recalled several batches of its Kinder Surprise egg products after dozens of children across Europe fell ill with salmonella, a Slovenian distributor has recalled several batches of the Kind...

Ljubljana – Several hundred scientists gathered in the centre of Ljubljana on Thursday to protest against the transformation of private educational and research institutions into public entities eligible for public funds, a policy they say is d...

Ljubljana – Coronavirus cases in Slovenia continued to fall as 2,281 infections were confirmed on Tuesday, down by 24% week-on-week. Another five people with Covid died yesterday, Health Ministry data shows. The National Institute of Public Hea...

Ljubljana – An expanded Supernova shopping centre in the Ljubljana’s shopping district of Rudnik welcomed first visitors on Wednesday. The EUR 70 million investment created 800 jobs and will significantly expand the already large retail d...

Maribor – NKBM, Slovenia’s second largest banking group, nearly halved its net profit last year to EUR 112.6 million, which it attributed to the challenging business environment and Covid-19 pandemic. The core bank’s profit declined...