Gas distributor Geoplin assured the public gas supply to Slovenia was uninterrupted. While supply from Russian Gazprom has been reduced slightly, Slovenia is making up for the difference from other sources, the company said in the wake of reports that Slovenia had received in the past days 25% less gas than planned. Geoplin said that
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“I think that after the government of Janez Janša, we will still have a hard time. Some people already regret buying a cat in the sack, but we will all have to live with it,” said Romana Tomc, MEP, when asked if the new Golob’s government would be able to achieve Janša’s success. When handing over
On Thursday, the European Commission proposed to the Member States of the European Union to support Ukraine and grant it candidate status. As we have already reported, the countries have not yet formed a unified position on the status of Ukraine. Ukrainians have the most support from eastern countries, while some countries even want to
Coalition MPs from the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje svoboda), the Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati – SD) and the Left party (Levica) recently submitted a proposal to the National Assembly for amendments to the Communicable Diseases Act and signed the proposal prepared before the election by the well-known protesters, who call themselves the Voice of the
On the 16th of June, the U.S. Independence Day was celebrated at the Fužine Castle, and the celebration was organised by the American Embassy. The event was also attended by Drago Šketa, the State Prosecutor General, who travelled to Moscow of his own volition in January, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Russian Prosecutor’s
A team of Slovenian women researchers from the National Institute of Biology has developed a test for detecting a specific strain of phytoplasma that causes flavescence dorée, a grapevine disease that causes the most damage in vineyards in South Africa. According to the institute, wine growers from all over the world are affected by flavescence
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A total of 471 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Tuesday, about a third more than the same day a week ago. There were no further deaths as hospitalisations remained stable. A total of 32 patients continue to be treated for Covid-19 as their main condition in hospitals, including five in intensive care.
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Digital vouchers worth 150 euros are available for students from 7th grade of primary school through to university. The vouchers can be used to purchase computer hardware and were introduced under an act on digital inclusion passed in February. The vouchers, available to students who had permanent residency in Slovenia on 12 March, come in
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Ten EU member states, including Slovenia, addressed an open letter to decision makers in the EU warning about making the Fit for 55 package less ambitious, arguing that this could affect the EU’s reaching the set climate goals. The letter, posted on Twitter, has been signed by Slovenian Environment Minister Uroš Brežan alongside his counterparts
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Slovenia has gained two spots in the annual IMD Competitiveness Ranking, placing 38th among a total of 63 countries included. Considering the circumstances, the result is satisfactory, economists taking part in the project have said. They warned, however, that Slovenia failed to reduce its gap toward countries with which it likes to compare itself. The
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“All those who believe that Kučan, Turk, Bučar, Ferfila, Šterbenc, Rizman, Miheljak, Štrajn, Kovačič, Damijan, Slapšak and the Peace Institute are doing the right thing by calling on the government of Robert Golob to pursue a more striking diplomacy, which could eliminate the need for weapons in Ukraine, please sign this!” the long-time representative of
“If my only sin is that I was appointed to this position during the time of the government of Janez Janša, then we are obviously in the period of freedom now,” the lawyer and member of the Supervisory Boards of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija – STA) and Telekom, Radovan Cerjak, commented on