Slovenia climbed three spots to 9th among 165 countries in the implementation of the Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals, according to a report compiled by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network under the wings of the UN, the Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation and the Cambridge University Press. Slovenia has fared best in eradicating extreme forms of poverty, …
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The decade ahead of us will be a period of epidemics and mass migration. Member states and NATO must be prepared to respond to these challenges, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in Brussels, after arriving at the one-day summit of NATO members on Monday. Whether the meeting will mark a turning point can only …
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Although the trial of those who threatened a teenage girl for criticising Islam is under way, she does not feel safe. She received new threats and, although she has no suicidal thoughts, she believes she may not be alive in five years. Mila, the French teenager who was harassed and mortally threatened on the internet …
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Having acquired frequencies for wireless broadband in a national auction in April, the telecommunications provider Telemach announce the launch of its 5G network for 15 June. The service will initially be available to users in Ljubljana’s town centre and commercial district BTC. Telemach was one of the four bidders to acquire frequency bands for the …
“How is a negative report on Slovenia made? Have you already noticed that Slovenia is critically reported in this or that foreign media? If you did not, then you do not read the Slovenian media and do not watch/listen to daily news programmes. Because our media just compete in reporting on every foreign article with …
“Attacks by the opposition against their own government before the presidency of the EU Council are not common. Exports of crises are possible mainly due to the language barrier, journalists in the EU must rely on a selective set of launched rumours, but they also have their own agenda in the context of political struggle,” said …
The press conference to provide updates on COVID-19 featured Director of the National Institute of Public Health Milan Krek. According to current data, a total of 1,023 PCR-tests and 6,953 rapid antigen tests were conducted yesterday. The PCR tests confirmed 24 new infections, which amounts to a positivity rate of 2.3%. One week ago, the …
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Radio Ognjišče prepared a show on the topic of 30 years of the independent path of Slovenian politics and civil society. They talked about this with a respected lawyer Vera Mejak, former President of the National Assembly and director of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Spatial Planning and Environmental Studies Janez Podobnik, and head …
Arriving at a NATO summit, Prime Minister Janez Janša said Slovenia would not be able to reach the NATO target of 2% of GDP in defence spending by 2024, but it must do its homework. He noted that under the current government the spending trend had been reversed. In 2014, NATO members set the target …
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Foreign Minister Anže Logar and his Italian counterpart Luigi di Maio chaired the 7th session of the Coordinating Committee of Ministers between Slovenia and Italy. Bilateral issues were discussed along with Slovenia’s upcoming presidency of the Council of the EU. In a joint statement signed after the meeting, the ministers voiced the desire for stronger …
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A school district decides to strike the names of holidays in school calendars – using the expression “day off” instead – in order to not hurt anyone’s sensitivities. Parents are outraged that their children are denied learning about their own holidays. In a New Jersey school district, Columbus Day had been renamed Indigenous Peoples’ Day …
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Both the number of members and supporters of the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist organisation has risen in Germany, an intelligence report suggests. Germany has witnessed an increase in both the number of members and supporters of the Lebanese terrorist organisation Hezbollah, according to a recent report by the local intelligence agency of the Office for the …
