The National Assembly passed changes to the investment promotion act under which the state will no longer provide incentives based on the creation of jobs but will encourage high-capital-intensive, high-productivity and green investments to support Slovenia and the EU’s green transition. The amendments, which were passed by 48 votes to eight, create the basis for …
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A school in the lakeside town of Bled has been closed mid school year, hence leaving 33 pupils without classes. They are now home-schooled. The school was operating without approval and did not meet the required conditions, the web portal 24ur.com has reported. It also promoted itself as a Waldorf school despite not getting Waldorf …
On the margins of the European Council meeting yesterday in Brussels, Prime Minister Janez Janša signed the Joint Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission on the EU’s legislative priorities for 2022. A resilient and reinvigorated EU will remain at the forefront of events in the year ahead. …
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar met with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris yesterday. The main purpose of his visit to France was to outline the achievements of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and to discuss future work on the key European dossiers …
Slovenian writer Drago Jančar won the Milovan Vidaković International Literary Prize, awarded at the Prosefest international prose festival in Serbia’s Novi Sad. This year’s 15th edition of the festival, organised by the Novi Sad Cultural Centre, is taking place online between 13 and 16 December. Jančar’s novels and essays have been translated into 21 languages …
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Prof. Dr Borut Štrukelj from the Faculty of Pharmacy in Ljubljana was one of the speakers at the press conference on COVID-19 held yesterday. The day before yesterday a total of 1,526 new cases were confirmed, which is 324 fewer than were confirmed a week ago. There are currently 804 COVID patients being treated in …
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Yesteray, Prime Minister Janez Janša addressed the Transition with Ambition conference over video link. The event was organised by the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the SPIRIT Slovenia, Public Agency and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia. Yesterday’s event brought together the 4th Internationalisation of the Slovenian …
At the 28th regular session, Prime Minister Janez Janša was asked parliamentary questions, and at the request of Levica MP Matej Tašner Vatovec, a debate was held on mafia management of the state and corruption, which he attributes to the SDS. The Prime Minister explained that mafia management of the state in Slovenia has very deep …
Vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 is starting in Slovenia as the vaccine for them is already available. Vaccination will take place at vaccination centres, and from Thursday on, also at UKC Ljubljana hospital’s Paediatric Clinic, where 70 children have been already registered for a jab. This comes as the advisory group on immunization …
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President Borut Pahor received the credentials of three new ambassadors accredited to Slovenia, Kosovo’s Valdet Sadiku, the Dominican Republic’s Laura V. Faxas and New Zealand’s Brian Joseph Hewson, at the Presidential Palace. The Kosovo ambassador is based in Ljubljana. The ambassador of the Dominican Republic and the ambassador of New Zealand are meanwhile headquartered in …
The highly infectious Omicron variant of Sars-CoV-2 has been confirmed in Slovenia with PM Janez Janša announcing the news in parliament before Miroslav Petrovec, the head of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, told reporters the new variant was confirmed in four samples, all of them from Ljubljana. One of the persons had already had …
The government will decide on whether to introduce energy vouchers for the poorest households in January, when it has more data about energy price increases. Before that, the main measure to combat rising prices will be the special allowance for pensioners, included in the latest Covid relief package, PM Janez Janša told MPs. The energy …
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