Boštjan Lesjak has safely arrived in Kyiv to start serving as Slovenia’s chargé d’affaires ad interim to Ukraine. Upon arrival, he said that the city was empty with audible alarms and detonations in the distance, but that day-to-day life was running normally for those who remained in the capital. As of 9:00 a.m. monday, the …
Slovenia’s GDP, expressed in purchasing power standards, amounted to 90% of the EU average in 2021, a percentage point higher than the year before, Eurostat data shows. GDP ranged from 277% of the EU average in Luxembourg and 221% in Ireland, to 55% in the bloc’s poorest country, Bulgaria. STA
“This period of time, when Karl Erjavec was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was a period in our external policy that we cannot really be proud of. At that time, Slovenia was moving away from the general direction of our foreign policy, outlined in the parliamentary resolution, which is in many ways also defined by …
Ahead of the official start of the election campaign, Prime Minister Janez Janša, and fellow coalition leaders Matej Tonin and Zdravko Počivalšek, presented what Janša called the “biggest investment drive” in Slovenia’s history. They said almost EUR 8 billion worth of investment projects had been implemented, were ongoing or were approved along with funds in …
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Slovenia will deploy up to 200 troops to Slovakia as part NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence, Defence Minister Matej Tonin announced as he met his counterpart Jaroslav Nad. Slovenia would like to “send a whole company, we don’t want to divide it into several parts”. Initial indications were that Slovenia could deploy up to 100 troops. …
Prime Minister Janez Janša gave an interview today for the BBC World Service. Most of the interview was devoted to the visit of the Prime Ministers of Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland to Kyiv. The Slovenian Prime Minister began by saying that he and the Polish and Czech Prime Ministers had travelled through the …
Slovenia will send material assistance to Slovakia in the face of an increasing flow of refugees from Ukraine under a decision taken at the government’s correspondence session. The estimated value of the aid is nearly EUR 380,000. The assistance will be in the form of sleeping bags, blankets, diesel generators and protective masks, the Government …
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In terms of the gender pay gap, Slovenia is at the very top of the European Union and is even doing much better than Austria, Sweden, Germany, and all neighbouring countries, according to data released by Eurostat on International Women’s Day. Inequality between women and men is still present in many areas, and one of …
The statistical office announced today that Slovenia’s GDP grew by 8.1 percent in real terms last year, after falling by 4.2 percent after the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic and the partial closure of public life in 2020. According to seasonally adjusted data used for comparisons in the EU, economic activity also recovered by 8.1 …
Russia closed its airspace for Slovenian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian planes, a retaliatory measure after these countries banned Russian aircraft from their airspace due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Due to unfriendly moves by aviation authorities of Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Estonia, restrictions will be introduced for air carriers of the above-mentioned states and/or airlines …
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The Slovenian Olympic Committee called on all sports associations to refrain from participating in competitions organised in Russian and Belarus. It said that although sports should be above politics, “we simply cannot and should not look the other way” as Russia attacks Ukraine. “This is an unfathomable act that is causing the suffering of innocent …
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“If Ukraine falls, then Moldova will be next, and then probably Georgia. Something may be brewing in the Western Balkans. That is, wherever the periphery of the European Union is not yet in touch. And in NATO. Then it is almost certainly the turn of the Baltic states and then we are on the brink …
