Ljubljana/Novo Mesto/Velenje/Domžale/Cerknica – Community health centres around the country will provide rapid antigen testing starting on Monday, coinciding with the testing of teachers at schools for children with special needs a day before ...

Ljubljana – Gyms and swimming pools will reopen on Monday under strict conditions according to a new government decree that also allows younger registered athletes who are members of national teams to train. Under the rules adopted on 31 Decemb...

Innsbruck – Ski jumper Anže Lanišek won Slovenia’s first podium position at the prestigious Four Hills Tournament in five years after finishing second in Innsbruck on Sunday. With jumps of 127.5 and 123.5 metres, Lanišek was bested onl...

Kočevje – At 12.08pm on Sunday the first Kočevje-bound passenger train since 1971 departed from the Ljubljana Rail Terminal as passenger service on the route resumed, bringing much needed mass transit to south Slovenia. One of the first passe...

St. Moritz – Slovenian cross-country runner Anamarija Lampič officially finished second in the 1 January World Cup freestyle sprint event, after an appeals commission upheld Slovenia’s complaint against a decision that relegated her to s...

Ljubljana – The statutory minimum wage is scheduled to increase in January under legislation passed in 2018. A new formula tying the minimum wage to cost of living will be used. Preliminary calculations show it will stand at roughly EUR 736 net...

Šempeter pri Gorici/Novo Mesto – While Prime Minister Janez Janša has announced that a new shipment of Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Slovenia next week to largely cover the healthcare sector, a Health Ministry official has called for as mas...

St. Moritz – Although Slovenian cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič crossed the finish line second in the women’s World Cup freestyle sprint event in Val Müstair, Switzerland on Friday, she was subsequently knocked down to the sixth pl...

Ljubljana – Karl Erjavec, the leader of the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS) and the centre-left opposition’s candidate for prime minister, plans to push ahead with a vote of no confidence despite being snubbed by the Modern Centre Party (...

Ljubljana – Slovenian ski resorts are allowed to open on 1 January, but only for skiers who test negative for coronavirus, the government decided on Thursday. The government decree gives the operators of ski resorts the option to set up rapid t...