News

16 march 2015

Slovenian biathlete Jakov Fak won the gold medal in the last race of the IBU World Championships Biathlon 2015 in Kontiolahti on Sunday. He beat all competition in the 15-kilometre mass start event.

16 march 2015

A deal to create the world's largest cement maker has not settled, yet. Swiss firm Holcim said its merger with French rival Lafarge could not go ahead "in its present form".

13 march 2015

Slovenia's Peter Prevc finished second in Thursday's ski jumping event in Norway's Trondheim as the battle for the overall World Cup title heats up.

12 march 2015

Car maker Renault, appliances maker Gorenje, Telekom Slovenije and Fructal juices remain the most valued brands in Slovenia according to the Trusted Brand survey conducted by Readers' Digest. Firefighters remain the most respected professionals, while telemarketers and politicians are the least respected.

10 march 2015

The insurance group Sava Re reported a record profit for 2014 at EUR 30.5m net, almost double from the year before, in what was the first year showing full effects of the acquisition of insurer Zavarovalnica Maribor.

9 march 2015

The National Assembly voted 70 to four on Monday to declare 25 October as Sovereignty Day in remembrance of the day in 1991 when the last Yugoslav soldier left Slovenia. The day will not be work-free.

6 march 2015

The positive trend on the labour market continued last month, as a total of 122,552 people were registered as unemployed in February, 1.4% fewer than the month before, the Employment Service reported on Thursday.

6 march 2015

Archaeologists and cultural officials have expressed heartbreak and outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq.