Ljubljana – A 35-day period started on Thursday during which the opposition Democrats (SDS) hope to collect 40,000 signatures each for referendum initiatives rejecting changes to the legislation on public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, the act resh...

Ljubljana – Coronavirus trends remain broadly flat. New cases totalled 1,544 on Wednesday, down two percent on the week before, and hospital figures dropped slightly, Health Ministry data show. A total of 106 people were in hospital with Covid-...

Ljubljana – The Labour and Social Court has agreed with Natalija Gorščak in that RTV Slovenija director general Andrej Grah Whatmough dismissed her unlawfully in August 2021. In her lawsuit, Gorščak insisted that she had been dismissed to b...

Ljubljana – The government adopted on Thursday legislative package designed to tackle high energy prices and ensure a reliable supply of energy, most notably a bill that allows it to declare a state of emergency in case of disruption in electri...

Dobrepolje/Ljubljana – Slovenian police have started an investigation into a suspected illegal killing of a female lynx that had been the successful product of an international project concerned with preserving the Dinaric-Alpine lynx populatio...

Paris – Prime Minister Robert Golob expressed concern about the situation at Revoz, the Renault-owned car assembly plant in Novo Mesto, having met with the management prior to his talks Thursday with French President Emanuel Macron. “I wa...

Paris – PM Robert Golob and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed today to cooperate in preparing a proposal for granting Bosnia-Herzegovina EU candidate status. Solutions regarding granting the status must take into account the broader conte...

Cologne – Slovenia defeated Lithuania 92:85 (27:27, 51:48, 69:67) in the opening round of the Eurobasket on Thursday, a key win for a team that is considered among the top contenders for the championship title. Mike Tobey was the top scorer for...

Paris – PM Robert Golob and French President Emmanuel Macron focussed on electricity prices during Thursday’s meeting in Paris. They urged structural reform of the electricity market before heading into a meeting, after which Golob said S...

Ljubljana – After three years of Covid-19 restrictions, Slovenian schools are switching back to a pre-pandemic normal as a new school year starts on Thursday for almost 195,000 primary and 79,000 secondary school students. However, some Covid m...