Slovenia supports ban on Russian energy imports, says PM

Copenhagen, 2 October - Slovenia supports the ban on Russian energy imports into Europe, Prime Minister Robert Golob said in Copenhagen on Thursday in reference to the European Commission's proposal to this end. Countries that continue to import...

Weekly review of events involving Slovenia, 26 September - 2 October

Slovenia blocks Albanian peppers over pesticide residues

A shipment of peppers from Albania was blocked by Slovenian authorities after testing revealed pesticide residues exceeding legal limits. The case was classified as an "alert" under the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). The peppers...

Slovenia and Spain sign cultural cooperation agreement

Barcelona, 2 October - Culture Minister Asta Vrečko met her Spanish counterpart Ernest Urtasun on Wednesday and signed an agreement on cultural cooperation between the two countries, which also covers the audiovisual sector, performing arts and...

Govt endorses changes to law on Slovenian Armed Forces

Ljubljana, 2 October - The government endorsed on Thursday changes to the law governing service in the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) which would introduce payments for soldiers' stand-by duties in the last five years and restrict some of their...

Tokić seeks to raise EUR 30m from Slovenian, Croatian investors

Ljubljana, 2 October - Croatia's Tokić Group, a leading regional distributor of automotive and industrial spare parts with a large presence in Slovenia, will launch an initial public offering in Slovenia and Croatia aimed at employees and...

Sesko sent warning about life at Man Utd by Slovenia boss

Benjamin Sesko has been sent a warning about life at Manchester United by Slovenia national team head coach Matjaz Kek, as the striker is off to a slow start at his new club. Since completing a big-money transfer from RB Leipzig to Old Trafford in...

Eat Your Heart Out Tom Cruise! Slovenian Climber Domen Škofic Scales the Outside of a Plane in Mid-Flight

Eat Your Heart Out Tom Cruise! Slovenian Climber Domen Škofic Scales the Outside of a Plane in Mid-Flight. Slovenian climber and Red Bull athlete Domen Škofic has become the first person in the world to scale the outside of a plane in mid-flight....

Slovenia against controversial chat control proposal

Brussels/Ljubljana, 1 October - Slovenia does not support the current version of the EU's draft Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, known by its critics as the chat control proposal, the Interior Ministry said. It advocates an...

Slovenia honours British surgeon for humanitarian work

British surgeon of Slovenian descent Thomas Stephen Potokar receives the Medal for Honourable Conduct. Photo: Bor Slana/STA President Nataša Pirc Musar has awarded the Medal for Honourable Conduct to retired British surgeon of Slovenian descent...

Slovenia not facing higher threat from drone incidents, Golob says

Copenhagen, 1 October - The security threat to Slovenia has not increased in light of recent drone-related incidents in northern and eastern Europe, Prime Minister Robert Golob said ahead of an informal EU summit in Copenhagen on Wednesday. He...

Many business owners have no succession plan

Ljubljana, 4 October - Even though companies in Slovenia face a large-scale wave of ownership transfers in the coming years, many owners do not have succession plans in place before retirement. There is clear potential for the transfer to...

Dnevnik says EU, NATO should not be provoked by drone incidents

Ljubljana, 4 October - Drone incursions are a new development that suggests Russia wants to either provoke the EU and NATO into shooting down the drones, thereby escalating the situation, or spread fear of a possible conflict on European soil in...

Delo says Germany becoming increasingly divided

Ljubljana, 4 October - Commenting on the 35th anniversary of German reunification, the newspaper Delo says on Saturday that the division between eastern and western federated states is still deep and goes beyond the economic and social...

Slovenia to host 2026 European Road Cycling Championships

Slovenia has been named the host of the 2026 European Road Cycling Championships, the first time the country stages a major international road cycling championship and a fitting milestone for a nation that has become a cycling powerhouse due to...

Slovenia votes in favour of new military force to fight Haiti gangs

New York, 1 October - Slovenia voted in favour of the draft resolution the UN Security Council adopted on Tuesday to turn a security mission in gang-dominated Haiti into a larger, fully fledged military force. The rest of this news item is...

Slovenian climber completes world’s first ascent on wings of glider in mid-flight

Last updated: 34 minutes ago The 31-year-old completed the feat at an altitude of 2,500 metres, navigating both wings in a figure-eight manoeuvre before ending the attempt with a parachute jump and backflip from 1,500 metres. The climb, rated at...

PRODUCTION: Ivana Škrabalo in Postproduction with Croatian/Slovenian/Macedonian Five Days at the Sea

ZAGREB: Croatian director Ivana Škrabalo is currently in postproduction with her feature film Five Days at the Sea / Pet dana na moru, a coproduction between Croatia, Slovenia and North Macedonia. Maša arrives on an island with her boyfriend,...

Demokracija says Slovenians witnessing disintegration of state

Ljubljana, 2 October - The weekly Demokracija says in its latest commentary, in which it criticises the Robert Golob government, that Slovenians have witnessed in the last three years the disintegration of the state - a situation that could not...

Slovenia to host European Road Cycling Championships in 2026

Ljubljana, 30 September - Slovenia will host the 2026 European Road Cycling Championships, the European Cycling Union (UEC) announced on Tuesday. This will be the first time Slovenia hosts a major road cycling championships. The country is...