Ljubljana – The coronavirus pandemic is in slow retreat in Slovenia with 785 new cases reported for Saturday, down 16% on the week before, and hospital numbers dropping. Four patients with Covid-19 died. There were 142 patients treated for Covi...

Ljubljana – The government advisory group for coronavirus has proposed that the indoor mask mandate be lifted once the number of Covid patients in intensive care is below 35 for seven consecutive days. The figure would include all Covid patient...

Ljubljana – A crowd numbering several dozen people, mostly Ukrainian refugees, gathered in the centre of Ljubljana on Sunday to call for peace in Ukraine and an end to Russia’s aggression. The rally, promoted by the Ukrainian Embassy in L...

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana recorded just over 415,000 tourist arrivals last year, an increase of almost 63% compared to the year before but more than 60% below the pre-Covid 2019, show figures by Tourism Ljubljana. The stati...

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Janez Janša has reiterated his call for fast-tracking Ukraine to EU membership as he told the Delphi Economic Forum that the EU should do “everything it can” to help Ukraine. “We now see that if the...

Bern – Olympic gold medallist Janja Garnbret has opened the climbing season with a convincing victory in bouldering in Meiringen, a record 32nd World Cup win for the 23-year-old. The only one to have climbed all 13 boulders, Garnbret said after...

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s jobless total dropped to some 60,000 in March in what is the second lowest figure on record, but only 16-17% of the registered unemployed were directly employable. As many as 56% of them are long-term unemployed, an...

Ljubljana – Digital skills of Slovenians are quite developed, shows an analysis by the national Statistics Office. Digital literacy is lowest among the elderly (65 to 74) and the unemployed. The country is still lacking in digital and data lite...

Ljubljana – Slovenia has contributed a million euros at an international donor conference for Ukraine refugee aid, which raised a total of EUR 9.1 billion. “We are promising an additional almost million euros through the International Red...

Ljubljana – The newspaper Delo warns in Saturday’s commentary against misinterpretation of macroeconomic indicators before election, noting that rather than boasting with figures politicians should offer solutions for the future. While in...