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News in English Šuc: “These are hard times for human rights”

20.4.2018

“These are hard times for human rights, we live in an era of decline,” said Vojislav Šuc, Slovenia’s permanent representative to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and incumbent President of the ...

News in English Ahead of parliamentary election: DeSUS has been in government the longest

20.4.2018

Six elections, eight coalitions, and 7,545 days in government: the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS) is the longest-serving party in Slovenian history.

Slovenia Revealed Induring Dream of a Slovenian Industrialist

20.4.2018

These days, the Vevče Paper Mill on the eastern outskirts of Ljubljana looks like just another modern factory. Its roots, however, date back to the 19th

News in English No one knows where 20 million euros for the Žirovski Vrh mine went

20.4.2018

The Žirovski Vrh uranium mine was due to close six years ago. It is still open, despite a 20 million euro loan taken out by Slovenia in 2007 to fund its closure.

News in English National Assembly raises basic welfare amount to 385 euros

19.4.2018

The National Assembly has passed an amendment to legislation governing welfare payments and raised the basic welfare amount.

News in English Slovenian breakthrough at the 5th Vinitaly wine exhibition: exceptional interest in Rebula

19.4.2018

The Vinitaly wine exhibition has entered its sixth decade, drawing winemakers from around the world for the 52nd time.

News in English Goriško pays tribute to Klavdij Tutta, an artist with a Mediterranean dimension

19.4.2018

Although Klavdij Tutta has been living in Kranj for more than twenty-five years now, his native Goriška region is still his promised land.

Slovenia Revealed The Soul of Slovenia’s Capital

19.4.2018

For many visitors, it is one of Ljubljana’s most scenic sights, but for locals, it is a part of their way of life: the Ljubljana market is where people of the city gather, socialize, and buy some of ...

News in English A protest gathering of research scientists asks the government: Why no funds for science?

18.4.2018

Slovenia Revealed An Island of Life

18.4.2018

When people from Slovenia’s second city decide to escape the summer heat, they head to Maribor Island.

News in English Precarious work: a state of vulnerability and social isolation

18.4.2018

"The law is not a self-service store. If elements of an employment relationship exist, then there must be an employment," said the outgoing Minister of Labour, Family and Social Affairs, Anja Kopač ...

News in English Congress Square monument desecrated again

18.4.2018

The Monument to the Victims of All Wars, situated at the Congress Square in Ljubljana, has once again been sprayed with graffiti.

News in English Each prisoner cost tax payers around 80 euros in 2017

17.4.2018

T he rise in prisoner numbers has stopped, in the medium-term prisons might be additionally relieved by the probation office, given the fact that half of the inmates are sentenced to up to two years ...

News in English The path of Dončić's Real to the Final 4 in Belgrade goes though Athens

17.4.2018

Eight basketball clubs go into battle for a ticket for the Final Four in Belgrade.

News in English Licensed mechanics leaving Adria Tehnika. The company turns to contractors from Serbia

17.4.2018

Following tensions between its leadership and employees, Adria Tehnika is facing problems with the departure of licensed aircraft technicians.

Slovenia Revealed Art in Stone

17.4.2018

The coastal resort of Portorož is best known for its large hotels and beaches, but on the outskirts of the town, a small peninsula provides a far more intimate setting: It is covered with trees, ...

News in English Photo: Ljubljana welcomes international tattoo masters

16.4.2018

The Exhibition and Convention Center in Ljubljana hosted the 11th International Tattoo Convention, where 80 tattoo artists from 13 countries showed off their skills.

News in English Carnage and death on Slovenian roads caused by speeding, alcohol, and cellphones

16.4.2018

A campaign titled "Speed kills – Drive Intelligently" is drawing attention to speeding, the leading cause of car accidents in Slovenia, which claimed 46 lives in Slovenia last year – 44 percent of ...

News in English The collection of signatures for parliamentary candidates starts today

16.4.2018

President of the Republic Borut Pahor announced on Saturday that an early general election will be held on the 3rd of June and that a timetable for conducting election activities will come into ...

News in English The socio-economic situation and an evaluation of the steps taken by the current government

16.4.2018

Strong economic growth, amongst the highest in the EU, considerably lower unemployment rate – this is not surprising, but the situation would have been the same even without the government, claim ...