The Slovenian corporate sector recorded a strong rebound in 2021, with overall revenue increasing by 24% to EUR 120.3 billion and net profit totalling EUR 5.7 billion, almost double the figure over the year before, shows an annual report by AJPES, the agency for public legal records. The overall net profit, the cumulative difference between …
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“Host of Odmevi show Bergant, like all journalists regularly employed by RTV Slovenia, belongs to the public sector, is paid from public money, and moderates commercial events of entities and people, including budget users, which – in other circumstances – often appeared as part of the journalistic processing of the show Odmevi,” warned journalist Bojan Požar, …
Igor E. Bergant violates the journalistic code and serves with state institutions Read More »
It is not difficult to agree with the opinion of MEP Milan Zver that immediately after the election, people publish their visions, usually still under the emotional impression of the whole story. According to him, it is not important whether the party’s candidates are old or young, new or established faces, but whether they are …
Catholic sacred buildings in Brussels are often the target of vandalism. Between 2019 and 2022, no less than 53 damage to churches or chapels were noted across the region. In comparison, only one mosque was the target of vandals during the same period. In other words, religious buildings in Brussels are 53 times more likely to be the …
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One of the two persons being treated in hospital for severe injuries sustained in last week’s explosion at chemical company Melamin has died, the Ljubljana Police Deportment said. The death toll of what is the worst industrial accident in Slovenia’s history has thus increased to six. The explosion happened in Kočevje, south, last Thursday. By: P.T., …
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A total of 407 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Wednesday, two-thirds of the figure reported a week ago, and one patient with Covid-19 died, data released by the Health Ministry shows. Slovenia is also no longer wholly dark red on the Covid-19 colour-coded map of Europe of the European Centre for Disease …
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David Engels is a Belgian conservative author, a historian, and a professor of Roman history, living in Poland. We spoke to him about the war in Ukraine, his works, and about the subversion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy in the upcoming Rings of Power series. Mr. Engels, could you please, for the beginning, tell us a …
2,000 Sudanese, Somalis, and Yemenis are expected to land in the next two weeks, but Egyptians and Bengalis remain at the top of the list of the most numerous ethnic groups arriving. Grain shortages and the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine are plaguing the main countries of origin and transit, which export …
A round-table discussion on self-sufficiency has heard that the war in Ukraine has affected Slovenia’s food self-sufficiency. The war has led to a significant rise in the prices of some agricultural products, while farm-gate prices are lagging behind the rise in the prices of raw materials. Slovenia is currently self-sufficient in milk, beef, poultry and …
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The deputy group of the Democrats (SDS) continues to file legislative proposals after being relegated to the opposition, with the latest proposals dealing with two healthcare laws, the healthcare and health insurance act and the health services act. They aim to reduce the administrative burden on general practitioners and to ensure the continuity of treatment …
SDS deputy group proposes changes to two healthcare acts Read More »
Zavarovalnica Triglav, Slovenia’s largest insurance company, posted a group net profit of EUR 33.2 million for the first quarter of 2022, a year-on-year increase of 25%. Revenue grew by 12% to EUR 443 million despite what the company described as a challenging situation. Consolidated profit before tax, amounting to EUR 38.1 million, was 20% higher …
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The outgoing government proposed the recall of Slovenia’s ambassadors to Germany, Bulgaria, Russia, Australia, Japan and Poland in what continues to be a series of replacements at some of the country’s top diplomatic posts. The proposal will be now considered by President Borut Pahor. Under the proposal, the terms of Slovenian ambassadors in these countries …
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