Following yesterday’s military attack by the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, in which the Consulate of the Republic of Slovenia was destroyed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs re-summoned Russian Ambassador Timur Eyvazov. State Secretary Gašper Dovžan handed over the diplomatic note of protest of the Republic of Slovenia to the Ambassador of …
The first shipment of 36,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by US company Novavax has arrived in Slovenia and will be available at vaccination centres as of Thursday, according to the website of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). The Nuvaxovid vaccine is registered for those over 18 years old. It requires two …
Yesterday, on March 2, 2022, the Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the Support and Integration of Migrants established a government call center, where experts from various fields will be available for explanations regarding Slovenia’s assistance to citizens of Ukraine. The call center will be open every day of the week …
The rally in support of Ukraine in two days was held in Ljubljana with senior government officials condemning Russia’s aggression and highlighting that Ukraine was fighting not just for itself but for freedom and democracy throughout Europe. The rally was organised by the Ljubljana-Kyiv Cultural Association, the Ukrainian diaspora and Ukraine’s embassy and featured speeches …
We wonder whether Prosecutor General Drago Šketa will soften at least a little and show a gesture of solidarity towards suffering Ukrainian women, children, orphans, the disabled, etc. trampled by Russian tanks, and will withdraw from the recently signed agreement with the Russian State Prosecutor’s Office in Moscow? Or will he stubbornly insist on it, …
The world has been fundamentally changed by Ukraine. This is true, although nearly all Western coverage has been scaredy-cat and daft. Russia expected to waltz into Ukraine. It didn‘t. Russian forces have failed in all their objectives. A thousand Russian soldiers die each day of the assault. In the four days prior to this writing, 4,000 have …
The Russian-owned Slovenia’s Sberbank subsidiary, which suspended its operations on Sunday due to sanctions against Russia, was bought by Slovenian NLB Bank on Tuesday. After two days of all of Sberbank’s branches being closed, all of the bank’s operations are once again working normally since Wednesday, the Governor of the Bank of Slovenia, Boštjan Vasle, …
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“The war should not be happening, and whatever led to it and gave Putin a reason to do what he is doing should not have happened either,” said Milan Kučan, a former leader of the League of Communists of Slovenia at Tuesday’s so-called peace rally, adding that he was really concerned about the fact that …
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In addition to it being a betrayal of Ukraine, Tuesday’s protest that was held on the Republic Square in Ljubljana was also a betrayal of Slovenia, similar to the one we saw 30 years ago, when Slovenia’s independence was being threatened by the occupier – the Yugoslav People’s Army. And on Tuesday, the same people …
The Slovenian Foreign Ministry said that the building housing the Slovenian consulate in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv had been destroyed in Tuesday’s attack by the Russian army, condemning the act as well as Russia’s aggression on Ukraine as such. Consulate employees were not injured. “We have been informed that the consulate of the Republic …
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President Borut Pahor presented state decorations to Tatjana Rojc, the Slovenian serving as a senator in Rome, and minority officials Walter Bandelj and Ksenija Dobrila as well as Trieste Mayor Roberto Dipiazza. Rojc received the Golden Order of Merit for her contribution to deepening cooperation between Slovenia and Italy and support for the Slovenian minority …
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Traditional Shrovetide carnival festivities in Slovenia that mark the end of winter and arrival of spring have largely been cancelled or heavily downscaled this year due to Covid-related restrictions. However, in light of the recent easing of measures, some towns have decided to go ahead with live events after all. The festivities will culminate with …
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