The first day of the traditional Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) is behind us, and this year, the forum is dedicated to the debate on the future of the European Union. The first day of the debate, which was marked by a record turnout of both foreign and domestic politicians, businessmen and experts, was devoted to …
The Commission of the Republic of Slovenia for Medical Ethics (KME RS) is following with concern the renewed spread of the covid-19 epidemic among Slovenian society. The epidemic not only threatens its health power, but undermines its economic power, cripples all its activities and affects the lives of everyone among us. In limiting it, therefore, …
Did the general director of RTVS Andrej Grah Whatmough go too far in the eyes of the transitional left when he dismissed the director of TVS Natalija Gorščak? Given the infamous move of SD in the supervisory board of RTVS for sure. Namely, Siol.net reports that the Supervisory Board met behind the back of its …
Schools and kindergartens have received instructions on how to act if staff does not adhere to the recovered-vaccinated-tested rule. The Education Ministry document obtained by the STA shows that a refusal to get tested for coronavirus will be sufficient ground for a lay-off. By: P.T., STA
Does anyone remember when Donald Trump – to the surprise of many – became President of the United States? Remember when Marine Le Pen ran against Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French presidency? And Matteo Salvini as Vice President of Italy and Minister of the Interior? At that time, pride in the …
Slovenia’s business sentiment improved again in August after a period of decline. The indicator is now at 6.4 percentage points, up 0.8 points from July and up 12.4 points year-on-year, the Statistics Office reported. On a monthly level, business sentiment and confidence improved in services (+0.7 points), retail (+0.3 points) and manufacturing (+0.1 points). By: P.T., …
Slovenia is likely to get a new Covid traffic light system next week with tiers of restrictions defined based on the number of cases in hospital rather than the number of new positive cases, senior health officials said. Health Minister Janez Poklukar said the focus would by on the occupancy of hospital beds in general …
Poland and Hungary stand for common sense in the European Union, and the exchange of ideas between young people from both nations contributes to the construction of a strong Europe, Justice Minister Judit Varga stressed in a video message to the participants of the 4th Polish-Hungarian Summer University in Krasiczyn on Tuesday. The video message …
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President Borut Pahor hosted a delegation of the United States Senate for the Slovenian-American Friendship Day, an annual celebration of bilateral ties. He stressed that the two countries shared the same values. The ceremony in Ljubljana featured senators Richard Shelby, Mike Crapo, John Cornyn, Deb Fischer, John Kennedy and Roger Marshall, and senior Slovenian officials …
Slovenia’s tourist accommodation providers recorded some 767,500 arrivals in July and 2.3 million overnight stays, show fresh data by the Statistics Office. The figures for overnight stays by domestic and foreign tourists have evened out as the latter total was up by 55% in July year-on-year. Slovenian tourists accounted for 54% of all July overnight …
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Russian airline Aeroflot will apparently not operate flights between Slovenia and the Russian capital in the winter season, the Ex-Yu Aviation web portal has reported. Aeroflot currently flies from Ljubljana Airport to Moscow three times a week. Aeroflot has suspended ticket sales for the Ljubljana-Moscow route during the winter season, i.e. between 31 October and …
This year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia is participating for the first time as one of the partners of World Water Week, which is taking place from 23 to 27 August 2021 in Stockholm. At High Level Panel on water diplomacy “Water Diplomacy: Navigating a Resilient Future”, Acting Director-General for …
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