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Sat, 04 Jun 2022 21:13:25 +0000
Večer predicts hard times for govt
Ljubljana – The new government will have its work cut out as prices and consequently inflation are rising, whereas public sector trade unions want quick action on the wage system, Večer newspaper says in Saturday’s commentary headlined H...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 21:12:52 +0000
Delo advises health minister to wield scalpel more prudently
Ljubljana – Looking at the string of replacements at the Health Ministry, including at non-political posts in directorates, Delo notes in Saturday’s commentary that Minister Danijel Bešič Loredan has shown determination and courage, but...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 21:12:17 +0000
Key segment of Odlazek media empire in hands of bad bank
Ljubljana – The Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) has become the sole owner of Salomon, a company that forms a key part of a sprawling media empire controlled by Martin Odlazek and his family, after successfully suing to expropriate the onl...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 21:11:29 +0000
Appeals for reconciliation at ceremony for victims of post-war executions
Kočevski Rog – Victims of post-WWII summary executions were honoured on Saturday with a ceremony in Kočevski Rog, an area in south Slovenia where multiple mass graves have been discovered. Novo Mesto Bishop Andrej Saje and President Borut Pah...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 21:11:03 +0000
Paper critical of govt decision to review appointments
Koper – Primorske Novice finds it unusual that the Robert Golob government has decided to review all appointments, reassignments and promotions in the state administration since 1 January 2020 to see whether some staff got the job through polit...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 11:46:12 +0000
Golob joins Macron in call for European centrist alliance
Brussels – Slovenia’s new Prime Minister Robert Golob has joined a call by French President Emanuel Macron for the formation of a new European centrist alliance that would go beyond the existing Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Euro...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:50:41 +0000
Pride Parade festival holds mirror up to politicians
Ljubljana – The 2022 Pride Parade festival, which starts on Friday, will hold a mirror up to politicians and hold the new coalition and government to their election promises, said Simona Muršec, head of the Pride Parade Association. Bringing m...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:49:51 +0000
Hailstorms leave destruction behind in parts of the country
Celje/Novo Mesto/Slovenj Gradec – Fierce storms with strong winds, downpours and hail stones that in some parts reached the size of a tennis ball left a trail of destruction as they moved across central parts of Slovenia late on Thursday, damag...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:49:23 +0000
Police trade unions welcome appointment of new commissioner
Ljubljana – The two police trade unions have welcomed the appointment of Boštjan Lindav as acting police commissioner, praising him as a top expert and a person of great ethic and professional integrity. “He is a career police officer wh...

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:48:57 +0000
Jobless total drops below 56,000
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s jobless total stood at 55,854 in May, down 3.8% from April and 25.7% from the year before. This is the lowest figure since 1990, the Employment Service said on Friday. Just under 4,000 were registered as newly unemp...



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