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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:21:23 +0000
Circuit breaker lockdown to be imposed from 1 April
Brdo pri Kranju – The government has endorsed the proposal of the Covid-19 advisory team to impose an 11-day circuit breaker lockdown from 1 April in a bid to help hospitals cope with an expected influx in Covid-19 patients following an increas...

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:20:14 +0000
Border restrictions stiffened
Ljubljana – Toughened restrictions on Slovenia’s borders entered into effect Monday in advance of an eleven-day circuit-breaker lockdown. There are fewer exemptions and the testing requirement has been stepped up. Except for a narrow list...

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:14:52 +0000
Nika Križnar wins Ski Jumping Globe
Tchaikovsky – Nika Križnar has won the overall Ski Jumping World Cup to secure the first ever Crystal Globe trophy in the discipline in the women’s competition for Slovenia. The 21-year-old Slovenian placed third in today’s event i...

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:13:00 +0000
Germany win team event in Planica, Geiger rounds off victory
Planica – Germany won the final team event of the Ski Jumping World Cup on the giant hill in Planica on Sunday ahead of Japan and Austria. Karl Geiger rounded off the victory by winning the individual event. Pius Paschke, Markus Eisenbichler, C...

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:12:00 +0000
Bratislava-Split tourist train to cross Slovenia
Ljubljana, 28 March – A EuroNight train taking passengers from Slovakia’s Bratislava via Vienna to Croatia’s coastal city of Split later this year will cross Slovenia, with stops in the Slovenian towns of Maribor, Celje, Sevnica and...

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:10:43 +0000
Left starts collecting signatures for anti-military investment referendum
Ljubljana – The opposition Left launched on Saturday a campaign to collect signatures for a referendum that would block EUR 780 military investments after the parliament adopted changes bypassing the Constitutional Court decision to stay the le...

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 04:59:57 +0000
After 640 more coronavirus infections 7-day average at 944
Ljubljana – Anther 640 people tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday to push the rolling 7-day average up by a further 17 to 944, as seven Covid-19 patients died, fresh government data show. The latest cases mark an increase of almost quar...

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 04:50:00 +0000
Tande stable, waking up after Planica fall
Planica – Norwegian ski jumper Daniel Andre Tande is still in an intensive care unit at Ljubljana’s UKC hospital after suffering a heavy fall in Thursday’s trial round at the World Cup meet in Planica. “His condition is stable...

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 06:03:42 +0000
Janša’s appearance at EU Parliament subcommittee overshadowed by row
Brussels – Prime Minister Janez Janša’s appearance in front of the European Parliament’s democracy monitoring group was overshadowed by a row with chair Sophie in ‘t Veld over a video alleging journalists are biased. After In...

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 05:56:59 +0000
Slovenian media debate: EP group chair interested in criteria for labelling journalists “left”
Brussels – Slovenian representatives presented differing views on the media situation as they attended Friday’s public debate at the European Parliament in Brussels. The head of the Parliament’s democracy monitoring group, Sophie in...



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