Slovenia Times
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:05:42 +0000Slovenia preparing to issue 60-year bond
Ljubljana – Slovenia plans to issue a 60-year bond subject to market conditions and has commissioned BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and HSBC to manage the issue, the Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday. Additional de...
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:03:47 +0000New political movement emerges
Ljubljana – A new political movement called Povežimo Slovenijo (Unite Slovenia) has emerged. The initiative is wants to bring together a number of smaller, non-parliamentary parties, groups, local initiatives and individuals of various values ...
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:01:59 +0000Slovenia officially takes over its pavilion at Dubai Expo
Dubai – Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek symbolically took over on behalf of Slovenia the management of the country’s pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai as part of his official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The minister sa...
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:00:36 +0000Novartis invested EUR 204m in Slovenia in 2020
Ljubljana – The Swiss pharma giant Novartis continued to invest in its R&D and production capacities in Slovenia through its subsidiaries Lek, Sandoz and Novartis Pharma Services last year. Despite the Covid-19 epidemic, it invested EUR 204...
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:59:34 +0000More than 35,000 tests conducted on Monday to find 1,652 infections
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded another 1,652 new coronavirus infections on Monday, when more than 35,000 tests were conducted amid mass testing of teachers ahead of partial school reopening. Currently, 1,157 people are in hospital, 16 fewer than...
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:58:04 +0000Top court stays provision extending accreditations to colleges
Ljubljana – The Constitutional Court has stayed in an unanimous decision the implementation of a provision from one of the coronavirus stimulus packages that extends accreditations to higher education institutions until it comes up with its fin...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:15:00 +0000New director appointed at public broadcaster
Ljubljana – The programming council of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija has appointed Andrej Grah Whatmough the new director general. Currently the chair of the broadcaster’s supervisory board, he will succeed Igor Kadunc, who was elimina...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:12:59 +0000Slovenia eyeing EUR 150m for agriculture from recovery fund
Brussels – Slovenia would like to allocate EUR 150 million of the EU recovery funds for agriculture, Agriculture, Forestry and Food Minister Jože Podgoršek said on Monday. Slovenia will be able to draw EUR 5.2 billion from the EU’s reco...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:11:54 +0000FM Logar presents EU presidency priorities in Belgium
Brussels – The priorities of Slovenia’s EU presidency in the second half of this year and bilateral cooperation were in the focus as Foreign Minister Anže Logar held talks on Monday with his Belgian counterpart Sophie Wilmes. Logar stres...
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:09:58 +0000Govt adopts new stimulus bill
Ljubljana – The government adopted a new stimulus bill on Monday, with the extension of the furlough scheme and minimum wage subsidies as the key measures that are to help companies weather the epidemic. In line with what is the eighth stimulus...