A survey on Slovenia’s energy efficiency (Reus) has shown that 25% of households are considering using public transport such as city bus or train more often, while only less than 5% are ready to increase use of public transport. “This means that a good quarter of all households has the potential to increase use of …
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At friday’s meeting of the Telecommunications Council, chaired by the Minister of Public Administration, Boštjan Koritnik, the EU ministers unanimously endorsed a general approach on the NIS2 directive, which will make a major contribution to improving the EU’s resilience and cyber incident response capacities. The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Digital Transformation, …
Fraport Slovenija’s managing director Babett Stapel, who took over at the helm of the company operating Ljubljana’s international airport in October, is optimistic about the airline industry and airport’s future depite the pandemic, but she expect a full recovery only in 2025. While passenger numbers are growing, they are still expected to be 75% below …
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At the invitation of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland’s senior ruling coalition party Law and Justice (PiS), several leaders of European conservative parties arrived in Warsaw on Saturday for a conference. The list of attendees included Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, French National Rally party leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and Spain’s Vox party …
Six Italian military doctors and nurses arrived in Slovenia to help the medical teams of the Slovenian Armed Force helping at Covid-19 hospitals. Another nine could not arrive due to the bad weather but will join them on Monday. The 15 Italian medical professionals, of whom five doctors, are to help at UKC Ljubljana, the …
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“Nobody will suffer much if they are not able to drink mulled wine or eat a hot dog bought at the Christmas market stall, but if somebody close to you or even you yourself would end up not being admitted to the intensive care unit because not enough beds are available, that would be the …
“What is important here, banging on desks and screaming, and what else? Why is any of this necessary? You are adults who can communicate in a cultural way. I am chairing the session today,” said Iva Dimic, the chairwoman of the Committee on Education, Science, Sport and Youth, at the committee’s recent session. Right after …
On Friday, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended the Central European Initiative (CEI) summit in Budva via an audio-video link. The forum was hosted by the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dr Zdravko Krivokapić, and the main topic of the summit was the enlargement of the European Union and strengthening of cooperation with the Eastern European CEI …
POLAND/BELARUS – According to estimates by the Polish Border Guard, there are still around 10,000 migrants in Belarus who want to enter the EU. Directly at the Polish border fortification, there are currently no tent camps on the Belarusian side. “We do not know how many of them are right at the border, and how …
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After chairing a session of EU ministers in charge of energy, Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec said that the main conclusion of the meeting was that there was no evidence that wholesale energy markets were not working. The meeting of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council was mainly aimed at discussing soaring energy prices and measures …
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Given the poor epidemiological situation and the fact that almost half of the vouchers issued this year to help the hospitality, tourism, sports and culture sectors have not been cashed in yet, the government decided on Thursday to extend their validity until the end of June 2022. The 2021 vouchers were introduced with an emergency …
An initiative in which the company Knauf Insulation and its partners Riko and Sophia Academy focus on a comprehensive approach to sustainable development and living will be launched in Dubai in January as part of Slovenia’s Expo showcase under an agreement signed yesterday. The three partners will set out the philosophy of their initiative on …
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