Ljubljana – The parliamentary Labour Committee called on the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities on Tuesday to hire more labour inspectors by the end of next year. The ministry is meanwhile working on legislative ...

Ljubljana – The opposition Democrats (SDS) will be collecting signatures for a referendum with which they want to challenge government expansion by three departments in autumn, the parliamentary speaker’s office said on Tuesday. The SDS w...

Ljubljana – Similar to many parts of Europe, Slovenia is facing a drought which has become severe in the regions of Goriška, Gorenjska, Dolenjska and the greater Ljubljana area, according to the Environment Agency. Wildfire risks are still hig...

Ljubljana – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the National Assembly via video link on Friday at 10am, the newspaper Delo reported online on Tuesday. This is after National Assembly Speaker Urška Klakočar Zupančič was autho...

Ljubljana – The People’s Coalition, an ad-hoc group opposing coronavirus restrictions, filed to parliament on Tuesday a petition for a referendum on the recently passed changes to the infectious diseases act. The group is unhappy the chan...

Ljubljana – Prints by 43 Slovenian artists are being put on display in the Tivoli Mansion in Ljubljana later on Tuesday in what is a selection of graphic art production in the country since 2018. The exhibition Prints and Impressions 2 is the r...

Ljubljana – The number of registered jobless continued to decline in June reaching a new post-1990 low. At the end of the month, 53,860 unemployed persons were registered at the Employment Service, down 3.6% on May and 24.2% fewer year-on-year....

Ljubljana – Slovenia confirmed 1,815 new coronavirus infections on Monday, up 33% week-on-week, in what is a new high since mid-April. Two Covid patients died, shows fresh official data. The number of patients hospitalised with Covid as their p...

Zurich – Enzo Smrekar, the president of the Slovenian Ski Association, has been appointed the treasurer of the International Ski Federation (FIS). He is the first Slovenian to be in charge of the financial affairs of the governing body for inte...

Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor hosted a working lunch for Albania’s outgoing President Ilir Meta in Ljubljana on Tuesday. The pair underlined the importance of EU enlargement onto the Western Balkans, with Pahor warning against an idea...