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Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:23:27 +0000
Two French teenagers go missing in Gorenjska
Mojstrana – Rescuers have been looking for two French teenagers who went missing on Thursday after having split from their group. They were last seen in the Mlince area in the direction of the Dovška Baba peak in the Western Karawanks. The sea...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:21:53 +0000
Pahor receives new Ukrainian ambassador
Ljubljana – Andriy Taran, Ukraine’s new ambassador, presented his credentials to President Borut Pahor on Friday, thus formally starting his service in Slovenia. Taran, a former Ukrainian defence minister, succeeds as ambassador Mykhailo ...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:21:17 +0000
Banks to stop charging negative rates on deposits in August
Ljubljana – Slovenia’s largest banks, NLB and NKBM, have announced they will stop charging negative interest rates on large deposits on the accounts of individuals and legal entities starting from 1 August, after the ECB raised its key in...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:20:37 +0000
Covid-19 task force recommends work from home for vulnerable groups and over 60s
Ljubljana – As Covid figures have been increasing again in Slovenia, the Covid-19 task force recommended on Friday that face masks be again introduced in all indoor public spaces and that they become obligatory in the health system again. Vulne...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:20:09 +0000
UniCredit sells its leasing arm to asset management firm
Ljubljana – The UniCredit Banka Slovenija bank has sold its leasing arm Unicredit Leasing to the APS Group, whose Slovenian subsidiary APS Finance Adria is headquartered in Maribor. The bank did not reveal any more detail about the new owner, w...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:19:29 +0000
Wages in May down compared to April
Ljubljana – Compared to earnings for April, the average gross earnings for May in Slovenia were lower, in nominal terms by 0.6% and in real terms by 2.5%. Slovenians earned an average of EUR 1,297.39 in take-home pay, down by 0.5% in nominal, a...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:18:37 +0000
EUR 24m secured for 2021-2027 fisheries, aquaculture programme
Ljubljana – The government has sent the European Commission the programme for the implementation of the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund in Slovenia for the 2021-2027 period, the Agriculture, Forestry and Food Ministry announce...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:18:11 +0000
Slovenia for uniform cuts in gas consumption in all EU members
Ljubljana – Slovenia has welcomed the coordinated measures at the EU level to ensure a unified response to the current gas supply crisis, and advocated a uniform reduction of consumption of 15% in all EU member states if it is necessary to intr...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:17:32 +0000
Union says Wolt, Glovo staff works in unbearable conditions
Ljubljana – The Mladi Plus youth trade union warns that the work conditions of the Wolt and Glovo delivery staff have further deteriorated, urging the Labour Ministry to immediately draw up legislation to ensure basic workers’ and social ...

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:17:08 +0000
Kras wildfire not dying down, firefighters increasingly fatigued
Kostanjevica na Krasu – The situation in Kras, where a massive wildfire is raging for the eighth day, is not calming down Friday evening. There is increasingly more smoke around the village of Kostanjevica na Krasu, while firefighters are showi...



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