News

15 july 2015

It's been nearly one year since 298 people were killed after a commercial passenger plane broke up over the Ukraine.

14 july 2015

Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec is visiting Ukraine today to meet his counterpart Pavlo Klimkin. The pair is expected to discuss economic cooperation and bilateral ties, the Foreign Ministry said.

14 july 2015

Slovenia is grieving for the legendary accordion player and composer Slavko Avsenik, who died on Thursday aged 85. Irma Rauh, music editor at Radio Slovenia, described him a the biggest Slovenian musician, a genius, giant of folk music, whose music is an important part of Slovenian culture.

13 july 2015

The Slovenian central bank has purchased EUR 888m in bonds until the end of June as part of the quantitative easing programme launched by the European Central Bank (ECB) on 9 March. In June alone, Banka Slovenije bought EUR 228m in bonds, the biggest amount so far.

13 july 2015

European stock markets were given a boost on Monday by the news that euro zone leaders reached an agreement to move forward with a bailout loan for Greece.

10 july 2015

In Germany at least two people have been killed in a drive-by shooting in northern Bavaria.

10 july 2015

The World Network of the Ljubljana University has been established in a bid to boost the quality of study programmes and international cooperation and reputation of the Ljubljana University. It will link respected scientists, professors and other people active in the academia and research and development outside Slovenia.

9 july 2015

The Macedonian anti-trust watchdog has cleared the merger of the local mobile telephony subsidiaries of Telekom Slovenije and Telekom Austria, in a move which could set the wheels in motion on the halted sale of the Slovenian telecoms incumbent to a UK buyout fund.