Nova24TV English

Slovenian News In ENGLISH

Menu

EU health ministers for fast and coordinated action to contain Omicron

Leave a Comment / News / By

EU health ministers, meeting in Brussels on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Slovenia’s Janez Poklukar, called for fast and coordinated action to tackle the surge in coronavirus and the spread of the Omicron variant. They supported the general applicability of the EU digital Covid certificate and emphasized the importance of vaccination and booster jabs. Poklukar …

EU health ministers for fast and coordinated action to contain Omicron Read More »

EU finance ministers agree rules for reduced VAT rates

Leave a Comment / News / By

EU finance ministers, meeting in Brussels under the chairmanship of Slovenia’s Andrej Šircelj, reached political consensus to upgrade the EU rules on reduced VAT rates, updating the list of goods and services for which reduced rates or exemptions are allowed. The new rules give member states more flexibility to choose which products will be subject …

EU finance ministers agree rules for reduced VAT rates Read More »

Medical ethics committee approves of anti-Covid drug Lagevrio

Leave a Comment / Slovenia / By

Slovenia’s national medical ethics committee has no reservations towards Lagevrio, a medicine also known as molnupiravir. The committee maintains that the drug brings significant progress in fighting the coronavirus epidemic, as it prevents a severe course of Covid-19 or death. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the drug for coronavirus treatment on 19 November even …

Medical ethics committee approves of anti-Covid drug Lagevrio Read More »

Unprecedented Scandal: Supreme Court Prejudges Masleša’s Lawsuit Against the Media

Leave a Comment / Featured / By

“The Supreme Court has announced in advance that Masleša will win the lawsuit. This is an unprecedented scandal. Let it be known that the old communists still control the judiciary. And worst of all, this comes from a post published by the Supreme Court itself. And they are not even embarrassed by it,” journalist Igor …

Unprecedented Scandal: Supreme Court Prejudges Masleša’s Lawsuit Against the Media Read More »

Constitutional Court Judge Dr Dr Jaklič in a Separate Dissenting Opinion: There Are Plenty of Legal Bases for the Recovered/Vaccinated Rule for Employees in State Administration!

Leave a Comment / Featured / By

“At this point, we should ask ourselves whether the Constitutional Court really believes that public administration employees are the type of people that would rather be exposed to a Covid-19 infection than get vaccinated – with the abundance of vaccines we currently have available – in order to satisfy the recovered/vaccinated rule. I’m sorry, but …

Constitutional Court Judge Dr Dr Jaklič in a Separate Dissenting Opinion: There Are Plenty of Legal Bases for the Recovered/Vaccinated Rule for Employees in State Administration! Read More »

Exceptional Success of Slovenia and Minister Cigler Kralj: An Agreement on the Minimum Wage Directive in the EU Has Been Reached, Which Will Affect as Many as 25 Million Workers!

Leave a Comment / Featured / By

At its meeting on Monday, the European Union’s Employment and Social Policy Council reached an agreement on the proposed directive on adequate minimum wages, which is aimed at ensuring fair working conditions in the EU. This is a remarkable success for Slovenia, and especially Minister Janez Cigler Kralj, as the agreement between the Member States …

Exceptional Success of Slovenia and Minister Cigler Kralj: An Agreement on the Minimum Wage Directive in the EU Has Been Reached, Which Will Affect as Many as 25 Million Workers! Read More »

Mateja Logar: Let’s behave responsibly towards ourselves and others

Leave a Comment / News / By

The head of the advisory group at the Ministry for Health, Mateja Logar, took part in the press conference on COVID 19. A total of 1,857 PCR tests were carried out yesterday, confirming 775 new infections. The proportion of positive tests was 41%. The 2,986 PCR tests carried out on Saturday confirmed 1,116 new infections, …

Mateja Logar: Let’s behave responsibly towards ourselves and others Read More »

RTV Slovenija gets new ombudsman

Leave a Comment / Slovenia / By

Marica Uršič Zupan, a journalist for the regional newspaper Primorske Novice, was appointed ombudsman at public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, an office concerned with processing complaints by viewers and listeners. She will start her five-year term on 18 January pending approval by the public broadcaster’s general manager to succeed veteran RTV Slovenija journalist Ilinka Todorovski, who …

RTV Slovenija gets new ombudsman Read More »

Poland protects women

Leave a Comment / World / By

Poland is often portrayed by the media and liberal parties as an ultra-conservative country where women and minorities are restricted in their rights by a government of religious fanatics. A patriarchal and oppressive regime in which women suffer all sorts of abuses. A dystopia as portrayed in the popular series “The Handmaid’s Tale”, an image …

Poland protects women Read More »