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Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:43:11 +0000
Festival brings film soleil, rediscovered horror film
Ljubljana – This year’s Festival of Genre Film, dedicated to film soleil, an offshoot of film noir, will get under way tonight with a screening of John Sturges’s Bad Day at Black Rock at Kinodvor cinema in Ljubljana. Another highlig...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:42:30 +0000
Coronavirus figures continue to decline
Ljubljana – A total of 457 new coronavirus infections were confirmed in Slovenia on Monday, which is in line with the steady decline in cases seen in recent weeks. Four people died, while the number of patients in intensive care due to Covid-19...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:41:54 +0000
First ever life sentence in Slovenia quashed
Maribor – The Maribor Higher Court has quashed the December 2021 ruling sentencing to life in prison Silvo Drevenšek, who pleaded guilty to murdering his former spouse and her parents in front of his four-year-old son on Christmas Eve 2020. Th...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:41:26 +0000
IMF downgrades Slovenia’s 2022 growth forecast to 3.7%
Washington – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its projections for global economic growth in its latest World Economic Outlook, including Slovenia’s. The country’s GDP is projected to increase by 3.7% this year an...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:40:57 +0000
Accidents involving electric scooters on the rise
Ljubljana – Electric scooters are becoming increasingly popular as a mode of urban transportation, but accelerated uptake has resulted in a rise in accidents. Last year there were 109 accidents involving e-scooters, more than two-thirds caused ...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:39:41 +0000
High turnout urged as early voting starts
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor cast his vote on Tuesday in early voting for the 24 April general election, joining civil society organisations and prominent politicians in urging citizens to exercise their right to vote. “Exercise the ...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:39:04 +0000
Police union files criminal complaint against interior minister
Ljubljana – One of the two trade unions of Slovenian police officers has filed a criminal complaint against Interior Minister Aleš Hojs and a Robert Kos, the director for organisation and staff at the police, for alleged obstruction of union a...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:38:37 +0000
European People’s Party endorses SDS, NSi
Ljubljana/Medvode – Manfred Weber, chair of the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament, endorsed the Democrats (SDS) and New Slovenia (NSi) as he came to Slovenia on Tuesday, just days before the official end of the camp...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:38:09 +0000
Cedevita Olimpija makes it to q-finals of EuroCup Basketball
Ljubljana – Cedevita Olimpija made it to the quarter-finals of the current EuroCup Basketball season by defeating Türk Telekom of Turkey 93:80 in Ljubljana’s Stožice Arena on Tuesday in what is the greatest achievement for the club in r...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:37:33 +0000
Janša highlights govt record at party convention
Medvode – Prime Minister Janez Janša, the leader of the Democrats (SDS), highlighted his party’s track record in government and its stimulus policies, and rebuked the opposition, as he addressed SDS members at a convention on Tuesday, th...



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