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 …
Slovenia has the capacity to accommodate between 180,000 and 200,000 refugees from Ukraine, Interior Minister Aleš Hojs said on Sunday. “At least this is what we have discussed in the past few days,” he told the press after an informal session of the EU’s interior ministers on Sunday. Hojs noted that the figure is based …
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Foreign Minister Anže Logar signed decrees revoking the credentials of all Russian honorary consuls in Slovenia. “Russia no longer has honorary consuls in Slovenia,” he announced on Twitter. The move comes a day after Logar urged all Russian honorary consuls in Slovenia – the ministry website lists five – to step down from their roles. …
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The most suitable candidate for the position of Prime Minister is Janez Janša, according to a February public opinion poll conducted for Nova24TV by the Parsifal Agency. Namely, 20.3 percent of respondents believe that the current Prime Minister is the most suitable person to lead our country for another term, while only half as many …
The extraordinary adjustment of pensions has made lots of retirees very happy, as did the solidarity allowance paid to mitigate the consequences of Covid-19 and the announced energy solidarity allowance, which is expected to be paid by the 15th of April 2022. Janez Sušnik, the President of the Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations, has pointed …
None of the Previous Governments Have Done So Much for Retirees as This One Read More »
With the onset of the economic and financial crisis, social justice in the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has deteriorated on average, while the social justice index has shown a slight but ongoing upward trend since the economic recovery began in 2014. While the social imbalances in the EU …
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Slovenian athletes won seven medals at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which puts the country second only to Norway in medals per capita. Overall, Slovenia ranks 15th among all countries on the Olympic medal table. Team Slovenia won two golds, three silvers and two bronze medals, four of which in ski jumping, two in snowboarding …
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The largest conservative parties in Europe have just reached an agreement that may soon manifest itself in a political alliance in the European Parliament. But can this principled opposition go as far as the fundamental reform that the European institutions so desperately need, ask David Engels, a professor at the Free University of Brussels and …
