FM Anže Logar announced at the international donor conference for Afghanistan that Slovenia will donate EUR 300,000 in aid to help the country amid a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. The funds will be used for food, medical care and aid for the displaced Afghans and for refugees in the neighbouring countries, the Foreign Ministry said in …
The Slovenian Armed Forces estimate the interest in voluntary service has increased by 40% to 50% this year as a new concept of voluntary service was introduced on 5 July. Presenting the experiences, Lieutenant-Colonel Jurij Raduha, the head of the SAF Training Centre, said that of the 172 candidates involved in the first of three …
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Another 282 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Sunday, an increase of 20% from the same day a week ago, as the number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals passed 300 and one more patient died. Official data shows 312 patients were treated in hospitals this morning, including 74 in intensive care. The National …
We are becoming hostages of unvaccinated people, the director of the NIJZ, Dr Milan Krek is convinced. Those who are not vaccinated get sick and go to the hospital. And these people did not get vaccinated because of the anti-vaccinators. “Now let these gentlemen be so proud and upright and take responsibility for it,” he said in …
We learned that the current director of the Slovenian Press Agency has supposedly agreed on a new job. According to our source, he is supposed to become the director/super-editor of the centralised editorial office in Vevče with the media tycoon Martin Odlazek. As recently reported by STA, the second term of the current director Veselinović …
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It seems that the path from slandering one’s own homeland to the betrayal of the country by the proud successor of the League of Communists, Tanja Fajon, is not very long. For some time now, she has been trying very hard to slander Slovenia’s reputation in Brussels and paint the picture of the rule of …
“In no normal democracy could there be a government with which the absolute majority of the population is dissatisfied,” Tea Jarc told the German reporter Andreas Schmid, adding that about 70 percent of Slovenians support the protests. In addition, she also simply made up the claim that Prime Minister Janez Janša wanted to privatise water. …
While attending the Economic Forum in Poland, where he received the award for Person of the Year 2020 for Central and Eastern Europe, the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Janez Janša, gave an interview to the Polish national television TVP. He initially emphasised that he is very honoured by the award and then also spoke about …
Slovenia exported goods in the value of EUR 3.5 billion in July, or 17.3% more than in the same month last year, while imports, also totalling EUR 3.5 billion, were up by 26%. The imports-to-exports coverage was 98.9%, as a EUR 40 million trade deficit was recorded in July, the Statistics Office reported. Slovenia’s exports …
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The government adopted a bill changing the penal code to introduce prosecution of suspects who have threatened the country’s senior officials or their relatives ex officio, without the injured party initiating proceedings. The bill comes after such a solution was proposed in February as the parliamentary justice and home affairs committees discussed mounting hostility in …
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Officers demand appropriate protective clothing as they have been suffering a growing number of pyrotechnic attacks in certain “sensitive districts”. However, despite long years of promises, they still lack the sufficient fireproof clothing. The issue has become rather topical since officers have been under attack in a town near the capital for four days, being …
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Slovenia expressed condolences to North Macedonia following a fire in a Covid-19 hospital in Tetovo on Wednesday evening, in which at least 14 people have died. On Twitter, the Foreign Ministry expressed condolences to the people of Tetovo, in particular to those who lost their dearest ones in “this tragic event”. President Borut Pahor meanwhile …
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