News

3 december 2014

The government suggested on Tuesday that Russia's decision to shelve the South Stream gas pipeline project would not significantly affect the Slovenian portion of the project, in what appears to be an admission that the project never really took off. Prime Minister Miro Cerar is not surprised by the decision.

2 december 2014

The government and public sector trade unions struck an agreement on cuts in the public sector wage bill for next year after marathon talks late on Monday. Both sides emerged from the negotiations happy that looming industrial action had been averted.

2 december 2014

Economy minister nominee Zdravko Počivalšek will be heard by the parliamentary Economy Committee on Tuesday. The National Assembly is expected to take the final vote on the candidate by the end of the week.

1 december 2014

The annual Week of Ljubljana University will kick off on Monday with a number of events organised by the 26 schools of Slovenia's oldest university, which celebrates its 95th birthday this year.

1 december 2014

German airline Lufthansa has cancelled 1,350 flights, as pilots prepare to go on strike after talks between the carrier and pilots collapsed in a row over retirement benefits.

28 november 2014

Russia accounts for 11 percent of the world's oil, but oil and gas combined make up a hefty 50 percent of Russia's budget, so price fluctuations have a massive effect on economic planning.

28 november 2014

The government decided Thursday to deploy up to ten soldiers in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, which will succeed the current ISAF mission in 2015.

27 november 2014

The Pivovarna Laško beverage group returned to profit over the first nine months of the year, making net earnings of EUR 12.7m, up from a loss of EUR 10.8m in the same period last year, it said in an earnings release on Monday.