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Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:31:18 +0000
Wages in private sector down in April
Ljubljana – Slovenians earned an average net salary of EUR 1,304.32 in April, up by 0.2% in nominal terms and 2.7% in real terms compared to March, shows fresh data from the Statistics Office. Average gross earnings for April totalled EUR 2,001...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:30:09 +0000
Consumer confidence drops further in June
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s consumer confidence in June decreased by two percentage points on the month before and 16 percentage points year-on-year in what is a decline for the second month in a row, the Statistics Office said on Wednesday. T...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:29:33 +0000
Pahor: Russian aggression confirmed need for highly trained army
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor said the Russian aggression against Ukraine has confirmed the need for Slovenia to have a highly trained and professional army, as he addressed via video call Slovenian soldiers serving in missions abroad along...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:29:10 +0000
Study shows dangerous levels of air pollution in W Balkans
Ljubljana – The Green Light World Flight project, headed by pilot Matevž Lenarčič and scientist Griša Močnik, has been measuring air quality in the Western Balkans this year. Sarajevo is one of the world’s most polluted cities, they ...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:28:22 +0000
Committee urges end to pressure on editorial autonomy at RTV
Ljubljana – The parliamentary Culture Committee has called on the management of RTV Slovenija to consistently ensure the constitutional right to information, to immediately stop undermining the editorial independence and autonomy of the public ...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:28:02 +0000
Farmers propose govt buy all Slovenian wheat
Ljutomer – The cereals sales commission will propose to the government to purchase all wheat Slovenian farmers will harvest this year, and then sell it on to millers during the year. Slovenian farmers will grow 100,000 tonnes of wheat suitable ...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:27:33 +0000
Minister for Slovenians Abroad meets Community in Austria
Klagenfurt – Minister for Slovenian Abroad Matej Arčon travelled to Klagenfurt on Wednesday for his first official visit with the Slovenian community in Austria as minister. After a meeting with key community representatives, Arčon underlined...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:27:01 +0000
Economist warns against energy market interventionism
Ljubljana – Retail fuel price regulation makes sense only in the short-run and in exceptional situations. In other cases it is better in the long-run if consumers pay a somewhat higher final price, economist Anže Burger from the Ljubljana Facu...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:26:19 +0000
National Assembly paves way for reshaping of govt
Ljubljana – The National Assembly passed changes to the government act on Wednesday, allowing Prime Minister Robert Golob to shape his government as he wants. The bill was one of the first filed by the new government but the opposition Democrat...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:24:52 +0000
Archbishop wants continuation of Church-state dialogue
Ljubljana – Ljubljana Archbishop Stanislav Zore expressed the wish for a continuation of the dialogue between the state and the Roman Catholic Church as he berated previous governments for not showing willingness to address all open issues. ...



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