Slovenia’s cycling star Tadej Pogačar lost the yellow jersey of the overall leader at the world’s most prestigious road cycling race as he finished the eleventh stage in seventh place. The 23-year-old defending champion was 2 minutes and 53 seconds behind the winner, Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark, who claimed the jersey. By: J.S., STA
The opposition New Slovenia will use all legal means available to oppose the Constitutional Court’s recent decision to allow gay couples to get married and adopt children and its ramifications, including any changes to the family code that will be based in this ruling, the party’s deputy group leader Janez Cigler Kralj said. There is …
A van with Austrian licence plates and driven by a Syrian citizen was transporting 17 illegal migrants when pulled over by Slovenian police on the motorway in Pomurje, north-east, on Tuesday. The driver was detained for unlawful crossing of the border and will be taken before an investigating magistrate in Maribor, the Maribor Police Department …
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The shareholders of NKBM bank decided on Monday the bank will sell its leasing firm Summit Leasing Slovenija to Biser Topco, the Luxembourg-based owner of NKBM’s owner Biser Bidco. Biser Topco is owned by the US Apollo fund and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the former holding 80% and the latter 20%. …
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Trisat-R, a nanosatellite developed at Slovenia’s University of Maribor, was launched in space just after 3pm in French Guiana. It was carried into space aboard Vega-C, a new European launch vehicle, as the third Slovenian satellite to date. Stakeholders watched the launch at an event the university organised in Maribor. By: J.S., STA
“The main purpose of the bill we are proposing today is to change the way public radio-television is managed, so as to allow political subordination and interference in the staffing and editorial decisions of the public Radio-Television Slovenia,” said Asta Vrečko, Minister of Culture, at a recent meeting of the Committee on Culture. This is …
Prime Minister Robert Golob’s visit to Berlin was marked by yet another slip-up on the international stage. Namely, Bojan Kumer, Minister of Infrastructure, had the Gen-I energy company briefcase with him on the trip. This is evident from a photograph taken at the moment when he shook hands with the German Chancellor. But let’s ignore …
It must be nice to be the sister of the notorious deep state operative Drago Kos. Namely, Marta Kos, who is doing everything in her power to get to the presidency with the help of Golob’s Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda), has, following the example of the other presidential candidates, now revealed her financial situation: …
The ZZZS public health insurance fund said the government-proposed EUR 200 million emergency bill aiming to cut waiting times in healthcare will not stabilise the healthcare system. The ZZZS believes waiting lists should be brought up to date because currently the data on the number of patients and the waiting periods is not accurate. Only …
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A Labour Ministry team visited the Ukrainian orphans staying in Slavina near Postojna last week after the local social centre received several anonymous complaints alleging that some Ukrainian teachers were mistreating the children. The ministry decided to suspend two Ukrainian teachers and replace them with Slovenian teachers. “The staff was told that any kind of …
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The opposition New Slovenia (NSi) expressed its opposition to the government’s decision to remove the razor wire from the border with Croatia, where it was erected after the 2015 migration crisis. The party believes the decision has been taken without a security assessment and cannot be justified from the aspect of migrations and security. The …
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Slovenia reported 2,365 cases of coronavirus for Monday, the highest figure in three months, and 29% more than the same day a week ago. One patient with Covid-19 died as hospital figures remained stable, data from the Health Ministry shows. The 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 of the population rose to 749, up by …
