After a record-breaking year for Slovenian tourism, visitor numbers and nights were slightly lower in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest official statistics.
Visitor numbers fell by 1.3% year-on-year to almost 897,400 and the number of nights spent at tourism accommodation faci

Pharmaceutical company Lek, part of the Swiss group Sandoz, has laid the foundation stone for a new medicines quality control laboratory in Lendava, NE Slovenia. Coming on top of a US$400 million investment under way at the site, the new €10 million investment will create about 40 new jobs.
The new

Spintec, the Nova Gorica-based developer, designer, producer, and supplier of electronic table games, has found a strategic partner in its German client Merkur to expand its business and grow its sales in the US.
Casino operator Merkur acquired a 30% stake in the Nova Gorica company in February aft

Number of New Business Policies tops the market for 11 consecutive years


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ZHENGZHOU, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 25 April 2025 - On International Day for Monuments and Sites (April 18), Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province launched the documentary series "Zhengzhou in Cultural Relics" for global distribution, digitally bringing the brilliance of Central Plai

Issues related to the Slovenian ethnic minority in Austria and the German-speaking community in Slovenia as well as the situation in the Western Balkans were in focus as Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon met her counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger in Vienna on 25 April.
Austria's new government included b

Slovenia's president and parliament have been unable to break the deadlock over two key appointments as a result of which the central bank and the human rights watchdog have been under interim leadership for months.
The six-year term of the most recent governor of Bank of Slovenia, Boštjan Vasle, e

Slovenia will observe a national day of mourning for Pope Francis on 26 April, the day of his funeral, as a mark of respect and gratitude for his life's work.
According to a decision taken by the government, flags at all state institutions will be flown at half mast on the day of mourning.
The gove

An installation dedicated to the Austrian writer and poet Ingeborg Bachmann has been put up in Nova Gorica to serve as a place for reflection and various events as part of the first cross-border European Capital of Culture until the end of autumn.
A temporary gift of the Carinthian Cultural Foundat

An initial report into the 10 March plane crash at Velika Planina that killed Swedish businessman and former politician Carl Lundström has confirmed weather conditions were unfavourable for flying, but does not yet formally conclude poor weather as the most likely cause of the accident.
The flight

Jorge Mario Bergoglio did not visit Slovenia as pope but he did visit as a Jesuit priest in his 30s when he had his first taste of potica - a pastry that he came to love and would forever associate with Slovenia.
The future pope visited Slovenia for the first time in 1970 when he spent a week with

Rok Žitko, a quantum physics researcher at the Jožef Stefan Institute, writes about the potential for further development of quantum science as a flagship field of research in Slovenia in an opinion piece for the Slovenia Times ahead of World Quantum Day.
This year marks the centenary of the beginn

Jadranka Jezeršek Turnes, a science and innovation communicator and contributor to the EU Framework for Science Diplomacy, argues in an op-ed for The Slovenia Times that strong science diplomacy is needed, in particular for small countries such as Slovenia, which must take a strategic step forward.

In her opinion piece for the Slovenia Times, Eva McLellan, vice president of AmCham Slovenia and managing director of Roche Slovenia, calls for healthcare to be recognized as a strategic investment in Europe's sustainable future-one that benefits all demographics, from women to the elderly.
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