Slovenia hoping to ruffle some feathers or at least survive at Ice Hockey Worlds

Stockholm, 9 May - The Slovenian national ice hockey team mark their return to the World Championship's elite group on Saturday, bracing for a formidable opening Group A encounter with powerhouse Canada in Stockholm. Slovenia's main goal at the …

New decree paves the way for Slovenia’s biggest solar power project

The Slovenian government has adopted a decree on the spatial plan for what will become the country’s largest solar power plant, providing the basis for issuing a building permit. The facility, with an initially planned capacity of 30 megawatts (MW), will …

Weekly review of events involving Slovenia, 2-8 May

Slovenia soliciting input on tariff counter-measures

Ljubljana, 9 May - The government has invited businesses and other stakeholders to provide input on possible counter-measures to the tariffs put in place by the United States should trade negotiations not succeed. The rest of this news item is available to …

Slovenia to raise retirement age to 67

LJUBLJANA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia will gradually raise the retirement age from the current 65 to 67 in an effort to alleviate the financial strain of an aging population, the government announced on Thursday following its regular session. According to …

FinMin: EU auditors' report on recovery funds for Slovenia based on old data

Ljubljana, 8 May - The Finance Ministry said on Thursday that a report in which EU auditors have found Slovenia to be behind its own plans in drawing recovery funds was based on old data and thus no longer true. It said that the country is in line with its …

Slovenia's pavilion at Venice Bienniale inaugurated

Venice, 8 May - The Slovenian pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture was inaugurated on Thursday, two days ahead of the official opening of the 19th iteration of the iconic festival. Dubbed Master Builders, Slovenia's presentation highlights …

ECJ fines Slovenia for failing to remediate illegal landfill

Slovenia plans sharp rise in defence spending

Slovenia plans to substantially raise defence spending to hit NATO's 2% of GDP target by the end of 2025, five years ahead of schedule, with a combination of higher outlays for the armed forces and by designating some existing expenditure on dual-use …

Slovenia inaugurates its pavilion at Venice Bienniale

Slovenia inaugurated its pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture two days ahead of the official opening of the 19th iteration of the iconic festival. Themed Master Builders, the country's presentation highlights the importance of builders and …