Ljubljana – Hospitality establishments across the country can serve guests at their outdoor areas as of today, from 7am to 7pm, as coronavirus restrictions for the hospitality industry are further easing. So far only take-away services have bee...

Ljubljana – In a 46:42 vote, MPs rejected on Friday the government’s proposal to merge eight major regulators into two agencies, as the majority of opposition MPs criticised the government for wanting to subjugate oversight institutions. ...

Ljubljana – As the country continues fighting the epidemic with a number of measures, parliament endorsed on Friday the government’s proposal to raise the public spending ceiling for the period until the end of 2024. Considerably higher e...

Ljubljana – Business documents that the STA sent to the government on Thursday in a bid to resolve the months-long standoff over financing were returned to the agency on Friday, but the STA management rejected receipt of the package and the cou...

Celje – The wife of Prime Minister Janez Janša, Urška Bačovnik Janša, has received a death threat targeting her and the couple’s children. The letter was sent to the hospital in Celje where she works as a doctor, and has been handed o...

Ljubljana – Slovenian retailer Mercator is in majority ownership of Fortenova after the transfer of shares from the troubled Croatian group Agrokor has been completed in line with the restructuring plan, Mercator announced in a press release on...

Ljubljana – Slovenians are free to travel between the country’s 12 regions and some cultural events are permitted as of Friday under government decrees, but public assembly has been scaled back from a hundred to ten people. The ten-people...

Ljubljana – Slovenia reported 900 new cases of coronavirus for Thursday, a slight increase over the week before amid significantly stepped-up testing. Six patients with Covid-19 died. The positivity rate for PCR tests stood at 16.8% compared to...

Ljubljana – All persons over 50 are now eligible for vaccination under a revised vaccination strategy that the government adopted last night. Additional priority groups have been designated as well. Besides the over 50s, the priority groups now...

Ljubljana – European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson and Interior Minister Aleš Hojs discussed on Thursday the priorities of Slovenia’s upcoming EU presidency. They highlighted the new Schengen strategy, migration pact and the W...