News

17 november 2014

The European Commission is to discuss emergency protective measures after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was discovered at a poultry farm in the Netherlands.

14 november 2014

Economy and development ministers nominees, Gojko Koprivec and Alenka Smerkolj, respectively, will present themselves to the parliamentary Economy Committee on Friday. If their hearings go well, the parliament will vote on their appointment next week.

14 november 2014

One of the world's best known investors is betting on the power of long life batteries to boost his fortune.

13 november 2014

Scientists at the ==European Space Agency= (ESA) have celebrated the landing of a robot probe on a speeding comet some half-billion kilometres from Earth.

13 november 2014

At least one of Slovenia's police trade unions is expected to soon stage a protest against further cuts in the public sector. The SPS, which argued the police force will be hit especially hard by the measures, has also engaged the larger union, the PSS, into talks on a possible strike.

12 november 2014

The Ljubljana International Film Festival (Liffe), a highlight of the year for film lovers, will begin on Wednesday, bringing almost a hundred features and around 20 shorts until 23 November. The opening film of the 25th edition of the festival will be Jacques Tati's "Playtime" from 1967.

12 november 2014

After the tension that surrounded Scotland's recent independence referendum, the reaction in Brussels to the non-binding Catalan vote has been muted.

11 november 2014

PM Miro Cerar nominated Gojko Koprivec, a retired banking and insurance industry veteran, to lead the Economy Ministry. Cerar, who revealed the news on Twitter, described him in a press statement a "renowned expert" with experience in banking, insurance as well as industry.