After Slovenia’s vaccination centres reported they have been receiving fewer Covid-19 vaccines this week than they have ordered, Jelko Kacin, the national vaccination logistics coordinator said that more doses would be available in June, and that a major shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine was expected this Friday. While two-thirds of all doses are currently used …
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) commended Slovenia’s “swift, substantial, and well-coordinated policy responses” to the pandemic following consultations with the authorities earlier in May, as it stressed that once the recovery is entrenched, the focus should shift toward consolidation. STA
Slovenia remains in tier yellow of coronavirus restrictions, despite meeting the conditions for the green tier. The current regime will remain in place until 6 June, save for some changes to rules governing the convention industry, the government decided. The decision comes after the Health Ministry’s advisory group on Covid-19 proposed that measures not be …
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After the agenda for the May regular session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia was rejected with 42 votes in favour and 42 votes against (the LMŠ, SD, Levica and SAB parties, as well as the independent MPs, voted against the agenda, with the exception of one SD MP, who was not …
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The double standards of the corrupt Slovenian judiciary are clearly evident in the case of former mayor of Maribor, Franc Kangler, who was the victim of numerous fabricated lawsuits, from which he emerged victorious – but the consequences are irreparable and leave a dark mark on his career and life. “The criminal investigators looked the …
Dr Vinko Gorenak, State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, explained the importance of the SDS resolution for the party’s June congress on the show Tema dneva (Topic of the Day). He pointed out that this is not a call for the civil war, but only a document that points out the unacceptable …
Prime Minister Janez Janša had an extraordinary session of the European Council in Brussels. In discussions, leaders focused on the current situation in coordinating the EU’s response to COVID-19 and on the renewal of the “Ready for 55” climate and energy package. Arriving at today’s session, Prime Minister Janez Janša said in a statement for …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša met Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Eduard Heger, prior to the special meeting of the European Council. During their talks, the discussion partners spoke about the management of the COVID-19 situation and the priorities of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council. Following his meeting with his Slovakian counterpart, the …
Slovenia’s rolling average of daily coronavirus cases has dropped to 309, just above the threshold to move to the green tier, as Covid-19 hospitalisations have already fallen under 300, fresh government data show. Out of 3,558 PCR tests performed yesterday, 326 new cases were confirmed for a positivity rate of 9.2%. A total of 44,113 …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša hailed the European Council’s decision to step up sanctions against Belarus, saying the debate had shown the EU standing firmly behind its values. “Us placing human rights and political freedoms of an individual, human, in the centre is the right answer to what has happened,” Janša said in a reference to …
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Senior Slovenian officials condemned actions by Belarus after a Ryanair flight was forced to land in Minsk. PM Janez Janša wrote on Twitter that he supported a proposal by Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki for an expansion of the agenda of today’s summit of EU leaders. “Sanctions have to include everything the #Lukashenko #regime is using …
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Constitutional Court Judge Rok Čeferin told the Financial Times that the criticism of judges should not be acceptable in a democracy, adding that the current government does not respect that. “In democracies, there should be limits to acceptable criticism of judges, but our government does not respect those limits,” he was cited by the foreign …
