Telemach will invest more than EUR 100 million in its mobile network in the coming years, said Adrian Ježina, the president of the telecommunication company’s management board, adding that one of their main goals was to cover the entire country with its own mobile network as soon as possible. While 11 towns had access to
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It is quite possible that the Supreme Court judge Branko Masleša does not meet the conditions for the profession of a judge – from the year 1980 onwards. This follows from point 6 of the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia I Up 116/2020: “Since these were republic regulations, only the
On Thursday, the European Parliament will vote on a resolution on the rule of law in Slovenia. MEP Romana Tomc from the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) believes that the resolution will be adopted and that this will not come as a surprise. “Of course, we expect the resolution to be adopted, as it enjoys the
On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Anže Logar gave his last speech in the role of the High Representative of the Council of Europe for Cooperation with the European Parliament, as the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union is coming to an end. On this occasion, Logar also said a few words about Slovenia’s
The Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which began on the 1st of July this year, is slowly coming to an end. Despite the fact that throughout the Presidency, members of the so-called Constitutional Arch Coalition – meaning, the left-wing part of the opposition – tried to give the impression that the
The number of persons in paid employment stood at an all-time high of 911,820 at the end of October, having increased by 2.4% on the year before and 0.6% on September, the Statistics Office said. The number of those working for legal and natural persons, and the number of the self-employed rose by a similar
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The National Assembly passed changes to the investment promotion act under which the state will no longer provide incentives based on the creation of jobs but will encourage high-capital-intensive, high-productivity and green investments to support Slovenia and the EU’s green transition. The amendments, which were passed by 48 votes to eight, create the basis for
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A school in the lakeside town of Bled has been closed mid school year, hence leaving 33 pupils without classes. They are now home-schooled. The school was operating without approval and did not meet the required conditions, the web portal 24ur.com has reported. It also promoted itself as a Waldorf school despite not getting Waldorf
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On the margins of the European Council meeting yesterday in Brussels, Prime Minister Janez Janša signed the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission on the EU’s legislative priorities for 2022. A resilient and reinvigorated EU will remain at the forefront of events in the year ahead.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar met with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris yesterday. The main purpose of his visit to France was to outline the achievements of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and to discuss future work on the key European dossiers
Slovenian writer Drago Jančar won the Milovan Vidaković International Literary Prize, awarded at the Prosefest international prose festival in Serbia’s Novi Sad. This year’s 15th edition of the festival, organised by the Novi Sad Cultural Centre, is taking place online between 13 and 16 December. Jančar’s novels and essays have been translated into 21 languages
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Vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 is starting in Slovenia as the vaccine for them is already available. Vaccination will take place at vaccination centres, and from Thursday on, also at UKC Ljubljana hospital’s Paediatric Clinic, where 70 children have been already registered for a jab. This comes as the advisory group on immunization
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