Slovenia has been recording solid tourism figures this year but the sector is not expected to bounce back before 2023 or, more likely, 2024, Economy Ministry State Secretary Simon Zajc said. Asian guests are unlikely to return before 2023. However, the digital Covid pass will make travel easier for European tourists in that it removes …
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After we revealed the exclusive news on our web portal that the director of the Slovenian Press Agency, Bojan Veselinovič, intends to leave the Agency after the end of his second term on the 31st of December this year and then continue his career as a director or super-editor of the centralised editorial office in …
A new book by the economist and archive researcher Dr Rado Pezdir is coming in September, in which he has tackled the parallel economy of the new ruling class from 1945 to 2020. In it, he presents the Yugoslavia’s State Secretary Administration’s financial network of off-shore companies, developed by Niko Kavčič, and then continues with …
Health Minister Janez Poklukar has told the STA that there would be no talk about restrictive measures, but about Slovenia opening up, if a 70% rate of vaccination against Covid-19 was achieved. He sees many reasons for a low vaccination rate, including the lack of vaccination culture and solidarity. STA
The LGBT ideology is becoming more and more aggressive every year. If it was once mainly present in American schools, it has now found its way into European schools as well. And Slovenian schools are, of course, no exception. In the official Catalogue of Continued Education and Training for Professionals in Education for the School …
Slovenia can expect the first transfer of funds under the EU’s recovery and resilience instrument very soon, European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said after a virtual session of EU finance ministers. Finance Minister Andrej Šircelj said the financing agreement had already been signed and submitted to the Commission last week. Slovenia is entitled to …
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After Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn sided with those who support mass migrations of migrants by expressing his support for the admission of tens of thousands of Afghans to the European Union, common sense has nevertheless prevailed in the end. In a joint statement, Ministers of the Interior of the EU Member States wrote that …
An amendment to the Kindergartens Act has recently come into force, which provides free kindergarten for the second and all subsequent children from one family. In the period from 2021 to 2024, the government will allocate a record 114.7 million euros for kindergarten and primary school projects. As of Tuesday, kindergarten will be free for …
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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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 …
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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