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 …
Ukrainian cross-country mountain biker Yana Belomoina, who is considered one of the best athletes in this sport, has found refuge in Slovenia and is soon to be joined by her teammates from the national cross-country Olympic team, the sports portal Sportal reported. The Slovenian Cycling Federation is in charge of coordinating their arrival and accommodation …
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A day after the official closure of the Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival, a special screening of a documentary by a Ukrainian film-maker will be held at the Cankarjev Dom arts centre this afternoon. The funds raised from ticket sales will be donated to Ukrainian film-makers who have remained in their homeland and are documenting the …
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Andrej Grah Whatmough received a four-year term as director general of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija after seeking a confidence vote a year after he was first named to the post. Grah Whatmough was the only candidate to submit a complete application, according to the Programming Council, which is in charge of the appointment. Natalija Gorščak, …
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The government adopted a regulation establishing an office to maintain a central register of prices of medical devices and equipment in a bid to reduce procurement prices and reduce the cost on public finances. The new office comes after parliament passed amendments to the public procurement act in January to regulate the prices of medical …
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Yesterday in Brdo pri Kranju, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended a solemn event of the Chamber of Craft and Entrepreneurship of Slovenia, at which he was the keynote speaker. At the ceremony, the awards Craftsman of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020 and 2021 and the Oldest Craftsman in 2020 were presented. …
Prime Minister Janez Janša gave an interview today for the BBC World Service. Most of the interview was devoted to the visit of the Prime Ministers of Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland to Kyiv. The Slovenian Prime Minister began by saying that he and the Polish and Czech Prime Ministers had travelled through the …
On Tuesday morning, I was still in bed when I was awakened by a phone call from a reporter. He was asking me if the information that Prime Minister Janez Janša was going to Ukraine was true. Of course, I knew nothing about it. However, immediately after that, it turned out that the prime ministers …
After Tuesday’s historic visit of the Slovenian, Polish, and Czech prime ministers to Ukraine, with which, among other things, Slovenia ranked itself among the top category countries in terms of European and world diplomacy, new breaking news came from the Hague on Wednesday: in accordance with Article 41 of the Statute of the Tribunal, the …
The signatories of the public call to the Government Communication Office believe that the Office’s analysis of RTV Slovenia’s reporting, which is regularly being published on official government websites, interferes with the foundations of media freedom, without which it is not possible to think critically and discuss the shared problems in our society. But according …
Yesterday in Brdo pri Kranju, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended a solemn event of the Chamber of Craft and Entrepreneurship of Slovenia, at which he was the keynote speaker. At the ceremony, the awards Craftsman of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020 and 2021 and the Oldest Craftsman in 2020 were presented. …
Prime Minister Janez Janša gave an interview today for the BBC World Service. Most of the interview was devoted to the visit of the Prime Ministers of Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland to Kyiv. The Slovenian Prime Minister began by saying that he and the Polish and Czech Prime Ministers had travelled through the …
