On Wednesday, Dr Anton Grizold, the former dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and advisor to Robert Golob, the new face of the Slovenian left, and Bojko Bučar, Grizold’s successor at the same faculty, will appear before the court. The prosecution has also filed a lawsuit against Kučan’s personal friend Gabi Čačinovič Vogrinčič. All …
Timi Zajc won a Ski Flying World Cup event in Obersdorf, Germany, jumping 232 metres. This is the second victory in his career after Oberstdorf in 2019. Poland’s Pjotr Žyla was second, and Stefan Kraft from Austria third. Slovenia’s Žiga Jelar finished fourth. This is the 71st Slovenian individual victory in ski jumping and the …
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Anna Sandak, head of research team at the InnoRenew CoE research institute facility and a professor at the University of Primorska, became the first woman in Slovenia to receive a European Research Centre (ERC) grant. Sandak and her team will use the EUR 2 million award to develop engineered living materials. Her work promotes the …
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Minister for Slovenians Abroad Helena Jaklitsch discussed the consular needs of the 30,000-40,000 Slovenians living in Germany with officials at the Slovenian Embassy in Berlin on Saturday. Jaklitsch talked about the challenges with Polona Mal Bitec, who is responsible for consular activities at the embassy. Due to great interest in consular services, the officials discussed …
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Air transport in Europe, including Slovenia, and around the world has been severely restricted due to the consequences of the covid-19 epidemic and continues to be so. According to Eurostat, the drop in passenger transport in Slovenia in 2020 in comparison to 2019 amounted to 83.3 percent (EU average was 73.3 percent), which was the …
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We could have expected that at least one part of the Slovenian public would side with Putin. This has, in fact, been the case since the beginning of the aggression against Ukraine – some justify it, others deny it, and still others are sympathising with Ukraine, while attacking the government even more fiercely. It is …
A total of 1,474 coronavirus infections were recorded in Slovenia on Saturday, up 366 from a week ago. The National Institute for Public Health estimates there are currently 32,946 active infections in the country, which is 7,290 more than a week ago. Hospitalisations dropped further with 181 patients being treated due to Covid-19 this morning, …
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“Receiving decoration from an international criminal like Vladimir Putin, not only because of Ukraine but also because of his previous work for the KGB and at least 250 people he has on his conscience from the time he has been president, is a difficult moral issue,” historian Dr Stane Granda believes, who added that each …
On the 17th of March 2022, Prime Minister Janez Janša was a guest on the show Tema dneva (Topic of the Day) on Nova24TV, where he talked about his trip to Ukraine and the current situation there. “Traveling to Kyiv is much safer than reporting from battlefields, as people are killed almost every day in …
After the recent discussion, the Programme Council of the national media outlet, RTV Slovenia, concluded that the allegations of illegal appointment of the editor-in-chief of the TV Slovenia News Programme, impoverishment of the first television programme, the accusations from rallies and protests, and the allegation that the Programme Council is doing its job in a …
Slovenia will deploy up to 200 troops to Slovakia as part NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence, Defence Minister Matej Tonin announced as he met his counterpart Jaroslav Nad. Slovenia would like to “send a whole company, we don’t want to divide it into several parts”. Initial indications were that Slovenia could deploy up to 100 troops. …
US industrial conglomerate Textron, the owner of the Beechcraft, Hawker, and Cessna brands, has signed a deal on the acquisition of the Slovenian maker of ultralight aircraft Pipistrel worth EUR 218 million. Pipistrel said its founder and CEO Ivo Boscarol will remain a minority owner and will be appointed chairman emeritus. The transaction is expected …
