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. …
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 …
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 …
In response to the promised amnesty of offences and fines imposed on Friday protesters, and the announced withdrawal of damages lawsuits filed against organisers of the anti-government protests, Rezka Grčman, with the support of a group of taxpayers, wrote a public letter of protest. “The taxpayers absolutely do not agree with the interference of ministers …
A total of 209 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia over the weekend, a 30% increase over the weekend before. No patient with Covid-19 has died since Friday, according to the Health Ministry. The ministry does not release fatality or hospital figures at the weekend, but data released today shows 21 patients were hospitalised …
Although economics and finance are not areas that are particularly close to me, at least from a professional point of view, it is still good to understand the basics of state (macro)economy. Also, some concepts that otherwise come from the economic vocabulary. One of these – we call it “liquidation” – was used in the …
On the route of the second track between Divača and Koper, the Mlinarji tunnel, the first of seven tunnels, was broken through today. At the ceremony, the Minister of Infrastructure Bojan Kumer and the President of the Management Board of 2TDK Pavle Hevka pointed out that the light at the end of the tunnel is …
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