Slovenia reported 2,904 new coronavirus cases for Tuesday, roughly a third more than the same day a week ago, but down about 30% from the previous day. Five more patients with Covid-19 died, Health Ministry data shows. A total of 208 patients are treated for Covid-19 at hospitals as of this morning, seven fewer than …
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The National Assembly endorsed the new environment protection act, which has been labelled by Environment Minister Andrej Vizjak as an “environmental constitution”. It predominantly deals with management of packaging waste, while also introducing measures to prevent or reduce the generation of all kinds of waste. Most importantly, the bill transposes EU rules and new directives, …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša reiterated that the EU must offer Ukraine a fast track to EU membership, telling BBC World Service radio that this is a strategic decision. “We have to accept the challenge, we have to stop pretending that this is a normal situation and we need 15 years of negotiations and bickering about …
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Slovenian President Borut Pahor emphasized the importance of the EU integrating the Western Balkans, in particular Bosnia-Herzegovina, as soon as possible to preserve peace and stability in Europe as he warned in a lecture in Vienna that the war in Ukraine revived “an outdated geopolitical mentality”. The EU’s enlargement to the Western Balkans “is a …
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A total of 87 school children from Ukraine have found refuge in an aliens centre in Logatec. The state is now looking for solutions to integrate them in the education system as soon as possible, Education Minister Simona Kustec said. Until all kids get formal refugee status, they will be involved in after-class activities. One …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša and his Polish and Czech counterparts have arrived safely in Poland back from their trip to Kyiv where they met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Tuesday evening. Janša thanked the Ukrainian officials for the hospitality and deep insight into the situation. He also thanked to the …
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The indictment in the Trenta case, which also charges the current Prime Minister, Janez Janša, became final after a year and a half, as the out-of-court senate of the Celje District Court rejected all objections, so the trial can now begin, the web portal 24ur.com recently reported. The judicial clique has thus started yet another …
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Supreme Court Judge Jan Zobec has found himself in a confrontation with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, Judge Miodrag Đorđević, and President of the Supreme Court, Judge Damijan Florjančič. What the latter two found problematic is the interview that Zobec had for the Siol web portal. The duo has submitted an initiative to …
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This year, the Slovenian Democratic Party is celebrating 33 years of its existence. It grew on the foundation of the longing of thousands of Slovenian patriots and democrats, who combined their ideas and strengths of individual members, supporters and sympathisers, and through many ups and downs, it developed into the central political power of the …
The liberal Renew Europe party in the European Parliament, of which a member is Šarec’s LMŠ, clearly wants the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission to watch over the upcoming parliamentary elections. They suggested that a special letter be sent to the mission. The Group of the Left in the European Parliament …
Prime Minister Janez Janša accused Russia of conducting ethnic cleansing in Ukraine as he drew parallels between the current situation in Ukraine and the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina during questions time in parliament. “This is not just war or aggression, it is simply the ethnic cleansing of the coastal area along the Black Sea,” he said, …
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In order to tackle the rising energy prices, the government capped retail prices for fuels at service stations. From Tuesday, regular petrol will cost EUR 1.503 per litre, about six cents below the lowest price at the pump on Monday, and diesel will cost EUR 1.541, roughly 13 cents cheaper. The cap will be in …
