The government is to examine the progress in the sale of Mercator, Economic Development and Technology Minister Metod Dragonja said after several trade unions demanded that the cabinet step in to prevent the sale of Slovenia's biggest grocer to Croatian rival Agrokor....
Slovenian double Olympic champion Tina Maze will have a new coach this season, as Italian Valerio Ghirardi signed a one-year contract, Maze's team revealed on Friday....
Below is a schedule of events for Saturday, 24 May: ...
The daily Dnevnik says in Saturday's commentary that the Bank Asset Management Company (BAMC), the bad bank, is making some irrational steps at the first glance, expressing hope that its managers know what they are doing. ...
The daily Delo comments on Saturday on the receivership launched at former clothing giant AHA Mura by the tax Administration which will leave 1,200 people jobless. Considering that the company was a "dinosaur" that only generated loss, the state might have waited too long before ending the agony, the paper says. ...
The opposition Democrats (SDS) are on course to sweep the Eurovote in Slovenia with the final opinion polls ahead of the election blackout projecting they will win three of the eight seats allotted to Slovenia in the European Parliament. ...
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Below is a schedule of events for Friday, 23 May: ...
Slovenia will join the EU-wide exercise in democracy Sunday as 1.6 million voters are invited to elect Slovenia's eight representatives to the European Parliament, in what will also be a dress rehearsal for the general election in the summer. Election blackout sets in at midnight and will be in place until polls close. ...
Delo advises voters to "use their heads" as they go to the polls on Sunday and base their choice not on domestic squabbles but serious consideration of EU issues. ...
Only a few candidates in the upcoming EU elections have made a stance against the notion that change is possible within the neo-liberal system, the weekly Mladina says in its latest commentary, singling out Jože Mencinger, Dušan Keber and Luka Mesec. ...
Slovenia will wake up to a sunny morning on Friday with temperatures between 8 and 15 degrees centigrade. Clouds will start to creep in from the west early in the day and occasional showers and storms will be possible in the west in the afternoon. Daytime highs will range from 22 to 28 degrees. ...
Below is a schedule of events for the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 May: ...
As campaign culminated in the final week before the Eurovote, the government saw its majority melt away at the first regular plenary of parliament after PM Alenka Bratušek stepped down, and the country fell further on global competitiveness rankings. On a positive note, Slovenia responded massively to help former fellow republics cope with floods. ...
Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 23 May: ...
In all fairness, the EU election has never particularly attracted Slovenians. Truth be told, nobody ever believed we would ever have an equal say in decision-making after entering the bloc. People are not dumb, the Maribor-based daily Večer says in Friday's commentary. ...
Before the elections for the European Parliament we were talking with Igor Lukšič, President of Social Democrats. What is Slovenian left? Who will come and who will be "erased" from Slovenian politics, will he resign after European Parliament elections?...
Slovenia lost three spots from last year to place 55th on the 2014 World Competitiveness Scoreboard released by the Swiss management institute IMD. Peter Stanovnik of the Institute for Economic Research believes that the country lost ground mainly due to the state of public finances, while it faces other problems as well. ...
It will be predominantly sunny in Slovenia on Thursday with day-time temperatures pushing into the high 20s. ...
Reacting to Slovenia's latest slide on the World Competitiveness Scoreboard released by the Swiss management institute IMD, business daily Finance says that tough reforms are needed to reverse the trend. ...