The Madagascar-based missionary, Pedro Opeka, is undoubtedly a Slovenian for whom it can be said that he is the personification of goodness, especially in terms of selfless help to fellow human beings when they find themselves in distress. While the vast majority resort to pleasant but empty words, the effects of Opeka’s work are visible …
On Friday, the 5th of November, at 5 p.m., the government met with health experts at Brdo near Kranj to discuss the measures to limit the spread of covid-19. At the meeting, they assessed the current situation, talked about the forecasts for the coming days, and the measures which should be adopted as soon as …
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Foreign Minister Anže Logar held talks with counterpart Nikos Dendias. The ministers exchanged views on bilateral, regional, European and other topical global issues, focusing on the achievements of the Slovenian EU presidency. Integration of the Mediterranean countries, a coordinated response to the consequences of the pandemic and related economic recovery, the situation in the Western …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša convened a working consultation session entitled “The Slovenian energy sector today, in 2033 and beyond”. The main reason the consultation was convened was because of the many challenges the energy sector in Slovenia and Europe is facing at present. The energy sector is the backbone of our modern way of life …
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In a book entitled “The Nation Judges” (Narod sodi in Slovenian) by Mateja Čoh Kladnik, we find examples of forced expropriation of the rich after the end of World War II. The Communist Party justified its vile behaviour with claims of the rich “collaborating” with the occupiers during the war. Thus, the revolutionaries amassed a …
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Yesterday’s press conference to provide an update on COVID-19 was presented by the Director of the National Institute of Public Health, Milan Krek, and Maja Bratuša, who provided the latest epidemiological information regarding COVID-19. Maja Bratuša said that the epidemiological situation has been deteriorating rapidly in recent days. The data show that the Obalno-kraška region, …
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Below is the message delivered by Prime Minister Janez Janša on the occasion of today’s national holiday – Reformation Day. The poem Zdravljica by France Prešeren is about a nation that has fulfilled all its aspirations for freedom, unity, happiness and reconciliation. About a nation who spent centuries in chains to finally see the day “when o’er …
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As the former director of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as the STA), Bojan Veselinovič refused to simply hand over the documentation to the Government Communication Office, with which the financing would have been taken care of – for the good of the employees and their families – we witnessed …
A recent study by the European Statistical Office Eurostat showed that the state of child poverty and their social exclusion is very well regulated in Slovenia. Namely, Slovenia is far ahead of the rest of the European Union in protecting children from poverty, as it is at the tail end of countries in terms of …
The amendment to the Personal Income Tax Act, introduced by the government in the parliamentary procedure, will in the future help to reduce the tax burden on gross wages, which means that the differences between gross and net wages will be reduced. This also means that the burden on employers will be lower and they …
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Slovenia’s epidemiological status is poor as the country’s heads towards the worst situation since the start of the epidemic, said Health Minister Janez Poklukar, adding that if the trend is not reversed, he would propose at least a partial lockdown. This means that the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care rises to 160-180, the …
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…Brothers! Our spring is rising from the ground, Clear as a gale, strong as a wave: It has descended on our homes, Dispelled the darkness, brought out the sun, The sun – the day of King Matjaž. (Rudolf Maister Vojanov, Onward) Dear Citizens, Fellow Slovenians, This year marks several glorious milestones in the history of …
