Slovenia’s sole coal-fired power plant Šoštanj to keep main unit offline until fall

As part of the coal-phaseout process, targeted for completion in 2033, the Government of Slovenia decided last year to set aside EUR 403 million to save TEŠ and coal mine Velenje from bankruptcy and take over both from state-owned power utility Holding …

CERN welcomes Slovenia as full member

Slovenia was formally welcomed to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) with a flag-raising ceremony on 3 July after the country became a full member of the organisation on 21 June. Fabiola Gianotti, director-general of CERN, said Slovenia …

EU funding for the Competent Slovenia project to improve access to adult education

The Competent Slovenia project will provide adults in Slovenia with free non-formal education and training, helping them integrate more successfully into society and the modern workplace. The main objective of the project is to strengthen knowledge, skills …

Weekly review of events involving Slovenia, 27 June - 3 July

FNE Market Analysis 2024: SLOVENIA

The 2024 cinema attendance was a little lower than in 2023 (with around 8% drop in admissions, and 5% drop in box office). Regarding domestic titles, the drop in admissions was the same, 8%, but the box office increased by 1%. The Slovenian Film Centre ( …

Israel to face Slovenia in quarterfinals of U19 FIBA World Cup

Slovenia conditionally supports proposal for 90% cut in emissions by 2040

Ljubljana, 3 July - The Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy conditionally supports the draft amendments to the EU Climate Law, which propose a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 compared to 1990 levels. A framework is needed to …

Slovenia in state of severe drought

After almost a month of little to no rain and at the tail end of an unusually long three-week heat wave, much of Slovenia is in a state of severe drought. Soil is bone dry, crops are failing, and river levels are approaching dangerously low levels. On 3 …

Slovenia reports record low jobless number in June

LJUBLJANA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The number of jobless people in Slovenia fell to 42,398 in June, marking the lowest level since the country's independence in 1991, the National Employment Service reported on Thursday. At the end of June, the number of …

New director appointed at Spirit Slovenia

Ljubljana, 3 July - The government on Thursday appointed Tamara Zajec Balažič director of Spirit Slovenia, after she led the investment promotion agency in an acting capacity since February. Her five-year term starts on 10 July. The rest of this news item …