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News in English Marjetka Vovk – on Eurovision stage in 2015, part of Slovenian jury this year

30.4.2016

Members of theSlovenian expert jury for the Eurovision have been announced. These are: Marjetka Vovk, Eva Hren, Klemen Mramor, Tadej Košir and Urša Vlašič.

News in English By merit of excellent goalkeeper the Lynx return to elite

30.4.2016

Slovenian ice hockey players have defeated Austria 2-1 in the decisive match at the I IHF World Championship Division I in Katowice, and will play among the elite again next year.

News in English Slovenian baklava, heaviest and longest in the world, ran out too soon

30.4.2016

"What? What do you mean, it is gone – the programme has barely ended," expressed their disappointment those visitors who neglected to secure their slice of the Slovenian baklava before it was gone.

News in English Snow and frost cripple farming in Slovenia

29.4.2016

Agriculture Minister Dejan Židan said in Prague that this week’s snowfall and frosty temperatures caused extensive damage and reduced farmers’ yields.

News in English Nova Gorica hosts 11th annual Festival of Roses

29.4.2016

The 11th Nova Gorica Festival of Roses will kick off this weekend and run until the end of May.

News in English Vito Žuraj bags prestigious award in Berlin

28.4.2016

Slovenian composer Vito Žuraj won the prestigious Claudio Abbado Composition Prize, which is handed out by the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

News in English Late snow hurts crops

28.4.2016

“It will take at least 10 days – after the cotyledons and crops turn brown or fall off – to assess the total damage caused by the late snow,” the Slovenian Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry told ...

News in English Orange Wine Festival in Izola – more than 60 winegrowers to show off their orange wines

28.4.2016

The 5th annual Orange Wine Festival is set to kick off in Izola on Friday. It will take place regardless of the weather.

News in English Pahor: “We must build on what is common to all of us and respect each other’s differences”

28.4.2016

On Wednesday, Slovenia celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Liberation Front, a movement that fought the Nazis in World War II. To mark the occasion, the president’s office held an open day.

News in English Pahor and Putin discuss details of July's visit

27.4.2016

Russian president Vladimir Putin and Slovenian president Borut Pahor spoke on the phone to discuss the details of Putin’s official visit in Slovenia.

News in English Maribor’s main festival modest this year, advertised too late

27.4.2016

The biggest, most visited festival in Štajerska and one of the most renowned events across Slovenia, the Lent Festival, will be fairly modest this year, too.

News in English Houston, we have a problem! premieres for Slovenian audience

26.4.2016

News in English “Long flights are a challenge and an opportunity to explore one’s own limits”

26.4.2016

“I’ve always wondered how a human being feels far from civilisation, with few options if something goes wrong.

News in English Great wine, nice country - a recipe for attracting foreigners to Brda

26.4.2016

This week it was practically impossible to find a vacancy in the Gorška brda region – despite a threatening, almost apocalyptic weather forecast.

Slovenia Revealed A unique botanical garden can be found in the heart of the Julian Alps

26.4.2016

At a spot where the Vršič Pass road descends from the scraggly peaks of the Julian Alps into the lush Soča River Valley, alert drivers may notice a sign pointing to a garden named Juliana.

News in English Somewhat different First May reveille for Slovenians: a radio broadcast of birdsong

25.4.2016

First May reveilles are a traditional way of celebrating Labour Day all over Slovenia.

News in English Reinhold, male giraffe from Ljubljana zoo, slipped on wet floor in panic

25.4.2016

Ljubljana Zoo mourns the oldest male giraffe Reinhold. The circumstances of the accident are not clear yet, but most likely his death was caused by the fatal fall in the giraffe barn.

News in English Serbian radio won Radio Battle by a hair against Val 202

25.4.2016

The final act of Radio Battle was fought in Florence. Val 202 faced Omladinski radio from Novi Sad, Serbia, and Omladinski radio prevailed.

News in English ManuElla and acrobat on stage, with four backing singers

25.4.2016

ManuElla won't appear alone on the large Eurovision stage on May 12. She will share the stage with the Danish acrobat Jannik Baltzer Hattel, a member of the No Limits Acrobatics trio.

News in English Domestic hen lays about 230 eggs per year

24.4.2016

Eggs range from small to very large but have all evolved in the1 same manner. When an embryo does not develop in the body of its mother but in an egg outside of the body, this is called oviparity.