Slovenia will significantly expand subsidised public transportation starting on 1 September in an effort to boost ridership and limit the use of cars. Students with subsidised transport passes will no longer be limited to the home-to-school route, they will be able to travel on all routes in Slovenia year-round. The cost will remain the same, …
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Slovenia’s GDP increased by 16.3% on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of the year, the Statistics Office reported, with the growth powered by household spending and gross investment. Foreign trade was up significantly as well. Gross investment in most fixed assets was up and it was up on average by 19.2% compared to …
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The Health Ministry’s Covid-19 advisory group on Monday prepared a proposal of restrictive measures to be introduced in various stages of the epidemic. According to unofficial information obtained by the STA, it proposes expanding the tested-vaccinated-recovered (PCT) rule if the situation deteriorates, while school closure is not envisaged. In line with the proposal, the tiers …
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Slovenia recorded 538 new coronavirus cases on Monday for a positivity rate of 18.4%. The number of patients with Covid-19 in hospital this morning rose by five to 146, and the number of patients in intensive care rose by three to 30, show data by the tracker Covid-19 Sledilnik. The cumulative 14-day incidence per 100,000 …
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One thing that we should not overlook in the scandal that has recently shaken up the Slovenian judiciary – namely, part of the allegations against Zoran Janković in the trial in the Stožice case became time-barred before the trial had even begun – is the family-prosecution-municipality background which was revealed by the web application of …
Pay attention to what information the “free” and “independent” media outlets offer you – the media outlets that are paid for by all taxpayers, who are supposed to be transparent in their reporting. One of the latest manipulations was published by the Slovenian Press Agency, which is supposed to be a good example for other …
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has announced that this year’s Bled Strategic Forum, which will take place on the 1st and 2nd of September, will be attended by a record number of foreign leaders – the highest number in the history of the event. “Another year has gone by, and on Wednesday, we …
Switzerland’s secret service considers attacks against vaccination sites to be an increased threat, the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) told Neue Zurcher Zeitung. V4
The Hungarian prime minister, who is currently staying in Rome, posted a photo on Instagram which shows him together with Giorgia Meloni, sitting on a flight of stairs. The note above the photo, ‘Due fratelli’ (two siblings) may refer to Meloni’s party, Fratelli d’Italia. Bertalan Havasi, the PM’s press chief, confirmed that Mr Orban had …
Shooter Franček Gorazd Tiršek won the silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in the men’s 10m air rifle standing competition on Monday in what is the first medal for Slovenia at the games. Tiršek was fourth in the qualifying, and was also excellent in the finals, staying in the medal range all the time and …
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The Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) has started meetings at the regional level. The first meetings with members and sympathisers took place on Saturday in Posavje and Dolenjska, including Bela krajina. In Posavje, the meeting took place in Leskovec pri Krškem, and was organised by the Posavje Regional Coordination of the SDS. A meeting of the …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša met with the delegation of US senators who are on an official visit to Slovenia. The delegation is headed by the vice-chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Richard Shelby from the State of Alabama. The other members of the delegation are Senators Mike Crapo from Idaho, John Cornyn from …
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