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Sun, 18 Apr 2021 05:27:00 +0000
Ljubljana Zoo welcomes baby chimp
Ljubljana – Ljubljana Zoo has welcomed a newcomer to its midst as a baby chimpanzee named Tai was born in mid-January. Crested geckos, black-tufted marmosets, a species of New World monkeys, kangaroos and meerkats have also seen the arrival of ...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:49:59 +0000
Gatherings of up to 100 people allowed from Monday
Ljubljana – Gatherings of up to 100 people indoor or outdoor will be permitted under a government decree adopted on Friday in response to a Constitutional Court decision staying the blanket ban on public assembly. Indoor up to 100 people will b...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:29:11 +0000
Pahor rejects “naive and dangerous” ideas of redrawing W Balkan borders
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor rejected “naive and dangerous” ideas of redrawing borders in the Western Balkans as he addressed reporters on Friday in response to a non-paper floating the idea, arguing the EU’s accelerated ...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:26:29 +0000
Janša tells Džaferović there is no Slovenian non-paper
Ljubljana – Slovenian PM Janez Janša rang up Šefik Džaferović, the Bosniak member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina presidency, on Friday to explain that there is no non-paper containing border changes or efforts to undermine Bosnia-HerzegovinaR...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:22:21 +0000
Kajzer wins European judo silver for best career result
Lisbon – Slovenian judoka Kaja Kajzer won the silver medal in the women’s 57kg category at the European Judo Championships in Portugal’s Lisbon on Friday. The 21-year-old had to concede to Telma Monteiro from the host nation in an e...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:16:04 +0000
Transfer to Fortenova close as loan deal signed to restructure Mercator’s debt
Zagreb – The Croatian group Fortenova and Slovenian retailer Mercator have signed a contract under which the latter will get a EUR 385 million loan to restructure its debt to creditor banks, in a move that further enables the transfer of the Sl...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:14:27 +0000
Four bidders buy wireless frequency bands for EUR 164m
Ljubljana – The Agency for Communication Networks and Services (AKOS) concluded on Friday a wireless spectrum auction as part of which it also offered frequency bands for 5G mobile networks. It has fetched EUR 164.2 million as all four bidders ...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:13:21 +0000
InnoRenew CoE partner in New European Bauhaus initiative
Ljubljana – InnoRenew CoE, an institute focusing on interdisciplinary research of renewable materials and sustainably built environment, has become the sole Slovenian organisation to be included in the European Commission’s New European B...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:10:19 +0000
Sustainable financing of Slovenia’s media endangered, says Jourova
Brussels – Prime Minister Janez Janša does not take the international reputation of Slovenia seriously enough, European Commission Vice President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova has told news portal Euractiv. Sustainable financing of ...

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:08:35 +0000
Vaccination of matura students to start next Friday
Ljubljana – Final-year secondary school pupils will have a chance to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as early as next Friday ahead of the school-leaving examinations due to begin in May under an upgraded national vaccination strategy adopted by...



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