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Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:34:25 +0000
Paper says govt running out of sensible solutions for epidemic
Ljubljana – Dnevnik says in Friday’s commentary that the government, which should have taken measures against the new wave of the epidemic long ago, is procrastinating and running out of sensible solutions. It does not even want to think ...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:33:29 +0000
DuluxGroup confirms Jub acquisition plan
Ljubljana – DuluxGroup, an Australian paints group owned by Nippon Paint of Japan, has confirmed entering into a binding agreement to acquire Jub, a large Slovenian paints company, in a deal worth EUR 194.5 million. It plans to turn Jub into a ...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:32:02 +0000
Slovenia’s inflation at 3% on higher fuel prices
Ljubljana – Higher fuel prices have pushed Slovenia’s annual inflation rate to 3% in October from 2.4% in September, as the monthly increase in consumer prices hit 0.9%, the Statistics Office said on Friday. Oil derivatives were the singl...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:31:38 +0000
National budget records EUR 2.5bn deficit in first nine months
Ljubljana – The national budget recorded EUR 7.97 billion in revenue in the first nine months of the year, or 19.6% more than in the same period last year, while expenditure increased by 15.3% to EUR 10.42 billion. The deficit thus amounted to ...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:31:14 +0000
New coronavirus case count up 25% week-on-week on Thursday
Ljubljana – The coronavirus case count in Slovenia was up 25% week-on-week to 2,510 on Thursday, with positivity rate at almost 37%, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) announced. It has estimated that there are more than 25,000 acti...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:30:45 +0000
Health committee debates doctors’ afternoon work
Ljubljana – The parliamentary Health Committee continued on Friday its debate on the matter of doctors working in private clinics while also being employed within the public health system. The opposition Left proposed several resolutions for li...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:30:10 +0000
Agreement signed between 2025 European Capitals of Culture
Nova Gorica – The Nova Gorica municipality alongside Italy’s Gorizia signed a cooperation agreement on Friday with another 2025 European Capital of Culture, Germany’s Chemnitz. The agreement aims to facilitate the cities’ deve...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:29:34 +0000
Friday protesters announce new mass anti-govt protest for 12 November
Ljubljana – Bicycle protesters, who have been protesting against the government every Friday for 80 weeks, gathered for another rally in Ljubljana this evening, this time to address the issues of green infrastructure, green mobility, public tra...

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:28:57 +0000
Mladina says govt’s epidemic strategy guided by upcoming election
Ljubljana – Mladina says in its latest editorial that the government’s Covid-19 strategy is actually “crazy business” that has nothing to do with the epidemic, because the basic premise that prevents the government from having...

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 20:44:51 +0000
Janša meets Reynders for talks on EU presidency
Brussels – PM Janez Janša held talks with European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders on Thursday, with the government not revealing details beyond that the discussion revolved around the key dossiers of Slovenia’s EU presidency. A Com...



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