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Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:32:34 +0000
Constitutional Court judge nominee denies claim he spoke of shooting migrants
Ljubljana – Rok Svetlič, a nominee for a Constitutional Court judge, presented his bid at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday, rejecting claims that he had spoken about shooting migrants at a consultation on migration and the foreigners act in ...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:31:43 +0000
German businessman hopes to restore Ljubljana football club to former glory
Ljubljana – Olimpija Ljubljana, one of Slovenia’s biggest football clubs, has a new owner and president. Adam Delius, a relatively unknown German real estate businessman, has taken over from Milan Mandarić, the Serbian-American businessm...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:30:55 +0000
Slovenian business chambers strongly oppose new lockdowns
Ljubljana – The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) and the Chamber of Craft and Small Business (OZS) strongly opposed PM Janez Janša’s hints of a possible closure of the economy due to the poor epidemiological situation, with busines...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:29:49 +0000
Justice minister faces formal investigation over tax evasion
Ljubljana – The Murska Sobota District Court has opened a formal investigation against Justice Minister Marjan Dikaučič over suspicion of tax evasion and document falsification, the web portal of the commercial broadcaster POP TV has reported...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:28:29 +0000
National campaign to promote fish and fishing launched
Izola – The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food has launched a national campaign to promote local fisheries in a bid to raise awareness among consumers about the positive aspects of fish and mussel as food and about local fisheries tradi...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:26:43 +0000
Exhibition on Slovenia’s first currency opens in central bank
Ljubljana – An exhibition on Slovenia’s first currency, the tolar, was launched in Ljubljana on Tuesday as one of the events marking the 30th anniversary of the central bank. Visitors will be able to learn about the process of the plannin...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:20:20 +0000
Primorske Novice against changes to pharmacy law
Koper – Pharmacies are and must remain a fundamental part of the healthcare infrastructure, which is providing a relatively good access to all treatment and care, says the newspaper Primorske Novice in Tuesday’s commentary, urging MPs to ...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:19:26 +0000
Report: Minister Vizjak urged businessman Petan to avoid paying taxes
Ljubljana – The commercial broadcaster POP TV released a recording on Monday evening of Andrej Vizjak, the then economy minister, urging businessman Bojan Petan to avoid paying taxes in relation to spa Terme Čatež during the first Janez Janš...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:17:57 +0000
Positivity rate tops 30% in major Covid uptick
Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 1,669 new coronavirus infections on Monday in what is a major week-on-week increase in the daily case count. The test positivity rate was at nearly 32%, the highest since early January, show fresh official figures. A...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:17:05 +0000
Supreme Court president stresses importance of independence of judiciary
Bled – A two-day Conference of Chief Justices of Central and Eastern Europe, which focussed on the independence of judiciary at the institutional level and the level of judges, concludes in Bled on Tuesday. Supreme Court president Damijan Florj...



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