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Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:18:30 +0000
Pahor to visit Turkey for conference, meeting with Erdogan
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor will take part in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey on Friday to appear at a panel debate alongside NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He is also due ...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:16:26 +0000
Bust of Pučnik, key independence figure, unveiled
Brdo pri Kranju – Jože Pučnik, a leading dissident under the Communist regime in Slovenia who played a key role in the country’s independence, was honoured with a bust at Brdo estate on the 90th anniversary of his birth. In his address ...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:15:43 +0000
Week-on-week climb in Covid-19 cases continues
Ljubljana – A total of 2,182 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Tuesday, an increase of 19% from the same day a week ago, but down by 30% from the previous day, official data shows. With the new cases up on the week before fo...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:14:30 +0000
Most of education staff joined strike for better pay
Ljubljana/Maribor – Roughly 40,000 of some 50,000 staff working in schools, kindergartens and higher education institutions staged a general strike on Wednesday that their trade union says affected half a million people in the country in one wa...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:12:41 +0000
New NATO battlegroup expected to feature up to 100 Slovenian soldiers
Bratislava/Ljubljana – The Slovakian government has approved the establishment of a new NATO battlegroup in Slovakia that is expected to feature 2,100 soldiers, including up to 100 Slovenian soldiers. The proposal has to be approved by the Slov...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:12:11 +0000
Logar notes importance of addressing roots of instability in Sahel
Ljubljana – Foreign Minister Anže Logar participated via video link in the third ministerial of the international Coalition for the Sahel on Wednesday. He expressed concern over the escalation of violence and the deteriorating humanitarian sit...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:11:44 +0000
Intereuropa group’s net profit skyrockets by 88% in 2021
Koper – The logistics group Intereuropa saw its sales revenue increase by 17% year-on-year to EUR 176.7 million in 2021. Its net profit rose by 88% to EUR 6.7 million, shows the group’s unaudited report published on Wednesday. Last year&#...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:11:13 +0000
MPs adopt resolution condemning Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Ljubljana – The National Assembly endorsed on Wednesday a resolution on the situation in Ukraine that condemns Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and Russia’s recognition of independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The reso...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:10:32 +0000
Authorities say no hazard for Slovenia as Chernobyl loses power supply
Ljubljana – The Nuclear Safety Administration said on Wednesday it had been notified by the IAEA of an extraordinary failure of the Kyiv-Chernobyl power line. It assessed that there would be no significant radioactive emissions and, consequentl...

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 22:09:50 +0000
Efforts to secure natural gas must be top priority, says Golob
Ljubljana – The main priority of Slovenia’s energy and foreign policies under current circumstances must be efforts to secure natural gas supplies for the next winter, Robert Golob, the head of the Freedom Movement party, said on Wednesda...



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