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Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:30:16 +0000
Liquidity of businesses good but deteriorating, FinMin says
Brussels – The liquidity of companies in Slovenia is good, but deteriorating. The government is working on new schemes to help businesses capable of surviving the crisis, Finance Minister Andrej Šircelj told his counterparts from other EU coun...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:28:51 +0000
National Assembly passes legislation redrawing electoral districts
Ljubljana – The National Assembly passed in a 45:28 vote on Tuesday legislation that redraws the boundaries of multiple electoral districts in compliance with a 2018 Constitutional Court decision. The amendments on the act governing electoral d...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:27:08 +0000
Minister says Slovenia on pace in drafting recovery plan
Brussels, – Finance Minister Andrej Šircelj said Slovenia was in constant touch with the European Commission in drafting its recovery plan and would meet the deadline. He said he would like to see as little red tape as possible while declining...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:24:20 +0000
Politico writes about “Slovenia’s war on the media”
Brussels – The Brussels-based web portal Politico has published an extensive analysis of the media situation in Slovenia based on talks with Slovenian journalists and foreign observers, in which it says that “Prime Minister Janez Janša&#...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:12:53 +0000
Court temporarily stays issuing of construction permit for Mokrice project
Ljubljana – The Administrative Court has temporarily stayed the issuing of construction permit for the Mokrice hydro plant on the Sava river, the NGO Slovenian Native Fish Association (DPRS) said on Tuesday. The power producer HESS, which is to...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:09:59 +0000
Lenarčič says need for cooperation main lesson of pandemic
Ljubljana – European Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarčič noted in an online debate on the EU’s preparedness for natural disasters that the main lesson of the Covid-19 pandemic has been that it is better to cooperate, even in m...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:08:07 +0000
Daily coronavirus case count at 740, death toll at four-month low
Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded 740 new coronavirus cases for Monday as five patients with Covid-19 died, the lowest daily death toll in nearly four months. Hospitalisations hit their lowest since late October. The latest government data show tha...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:05:46 +0000
Analysts divided on whether govt will finish its term
Ljubljana – After yesterday’s failed vote of no confidence in the government, political analysts seem to be divided as to what this means for the coalition. While Rok Čakš believes it has made the coalition more stable and that this mar...

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:04:07 +0000
WTA tournament returning to Portorož after ten years
Ljubljana – A tournament of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) series is returning to Slovenia, as the national federation has been successful in bidding to host a US$125,000 prize money tournament for ladies in the seaside resort of Po...

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 06:42:07 +0000
Motion of no confidence in government fails
Ljubljana – The Janez Janša government survived a motion of no confidence as only 40 MP voted in favour in a secret ballot on Monday, six too few. There were seven votes against and six invalid ballots, whereas the majority of the coalition MP...



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