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Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon meets her Austrian counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger in Vienna. Photo: Foreign Ministry
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
Tourists at the entrance to the UNESCO-listed Škocjan Caves. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA
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
Lek and Sandoz officials and Lendava mayor at the ground-breaking ceremony for a new quality control lab in Lendava. Photo: Lek
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
A Spintec automated-roulette. Photo: Spintec
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

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The Ingeborg Bachmann Dome in Nova Gorica. Photo: GO! 2025 Institute

Ingeborg Bachmann Dome relocates to Nova Gorica

CultureEuropean Capital of Culture 2025
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
President Nataša Pirc Musar and PM Robert Golob. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
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
Tadej Pogačar at the finish line of La Flèche Wallonne. Photo: X profile of UAE Team Emirates

Slovenia's cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) has won the one-day classic La Flèche Wallonne, crushing his rivals on the famous final Mur de Huy climb to claim his second victory at this prestigious race after 2023.


Racing in the event for the sixth time, the world's no. 1 c
Pope Francis laid in an open casket. Photo: ANSA/Vatican media
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
Cortina d'Ampezzo will host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games together with Milan. Photo: Jernej Šmajdek/STA
Slovenia will have its national house at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in neighbouring Italy located in the centre of Cortina d'Ampezzo, one of the host cities along with Milan.
Slovenia House will be located in the popular Janbo pub in the vicinity of the official fan zone and national houses of o
A mockup of the Emonika complex, which will feature the first Tribe Hotel in Slovenia. Photo: Emonika

First Tribe hotel to open in Slovenia

BusinessInvestment & Real Estate
The first of the two hotels planned at an emerging commercial complex next to Ljubljana's future passenger terminal is to open at the end of 2027 under the Australian brand Tribe.
Built by Mendota Invest, a company owned by the Hungarian bank OTP, Emonika will feature two hotels, a shopping centre,

European Capital of Culture 2025

The Ingeborg Bachmann Dome in Nova Gorica. Photo: GO! 2025 Institute

Ingeborg Bachmann Dome relocates to Nova Gorica

CultureEuropean Capital of Culture 2025
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
Self-portrait by Zoran Mušič (1909-2005) at the National Gallery. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Zoran Mušič (1909-2005), an internationally acclaimed modernist painter and printmaker, will be honoured with a series of exhibitions in Slovenia and Italy as Nova Gorica and Gorizia have come together as the first cross-border European Capital of Culture.
Born to Slovenian parents in the Slovenian
The Jewish cemetery in Rožna Dolina, close to Nova Gorica. Photo: Eva Horvat/STA
The Italian city of Gorizia used to have a thriving Jewish community. During the Second World War most of its members perished or fled, and when the war ended the synagogue and the cemetery were on different sides of the Iron Curtain. They are now being reconnected at a symbolic level.
A cross-bord

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Opening event of French-Slovenian Entrepreneurship and Innovation Days. Photo: Jure Makovec/STA
Slovenia and France have excellent cooperation in a number of fields but see the potential to upgrade it further in energy and new technologies, in particular in the development of hydrogen technologies and artificial intelligence (AI).
Addressing the opening of French-Slovenian Entrepreneurship an
The Slovenian-German Economic Day event. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Circular economy is much more than recycling and sustainable operations pay off for businesses, including by giving them a long-term competitive advantage, heard an event organised by the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Bled on 8 April.
Businesses are faced with the consequence
Matevž Vuga (centre), the director of warehousing and logistics at the consumer electronics retailer Big Bang, receives the 2024 Logistician of the Year award from the Slovenian Logistics Association. Photo: Slovenian Logistics Association
Logistics is a key industry in Europe but it faces headwinds amidst growing geopolitical uncertainty. It needs to adapt quickly, and state support is essential, argued speakers at Supply Chains in Science and Practice, a major international congress on logistics, which got under way on 2 April.
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Business

Tourists at the entrance to the UNESCO-listed Škocjan Caves. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA
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
Lek and Sandoz officials and Lendava mayor at the ground-breaking ceremony for a new quality control lab in Lendava. Photo: Lek
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
A Spintec automated-roulette. Photo: Spintec
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

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Politics

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon meets her Austrian counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger in Vienna. Photo: Foreign Ministry
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
President Nataša Pirc Musar and PM Robert Golob. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
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
Pope Francis laid in an open casket. Photo: ANSA/Vatican media
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

Society

The Ingeborg Bachmann Dome in Nova Gorica. Photo: GO! 2025 Institute

Ingeborg Bachmann Dome relocates to Nova Gorica

CultureEuropean Capital of Culture 2025
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
Last registered location of a plane that crashed on the Velika Planina plateau. Photo: Flightradar
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
One of the potica's that was sent to Pope Francis for what would be his last Christmas. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA
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

Travels

The 1 May Square in Piran. Photo: nschuwi/Wikimedia
A small but iconic square in the heart of Piran has become Slovenia's first location to make the Treasures of European Film Culture, a list of symbolic places of European cinema compiled by the European Film Academy to highlight the need to maintain and protect them.
The 1 May Square is best known
A ceremony held as Eurowings launches scheduled flights between Düsseldorf and Ljubljana. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Eurowings, the low-cost airline affiliated with the German Lufthansa Group, has launched scheduled flights between Ljubljana and Düsseldorf. Passengers will be able to fly between the cities three times a week as well as benefit from Eurowings' connecting flights.
Ljubljana airport welcomed the arr
A panorama of Ljubljana with the castle to the right. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
Slovenia's capital tops the list of Best European Spring Break Destinations compiled by the portal European Best Destinations, which describes Ljubljana as a dream for travellers from all over the world.
The portal notes the city's baroque districts and art nouveau buildings, labelling it one of th

Sport

Tadej Pogačar at the finish line of La Flèche Wallonne. Photo: X profile of UAE Team Emirates

Slovenia's cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) has won the one-day classic La Flèche Wallonne, crushing his rivals on the famous final Mur de Huy climb to claim his second victory at this prestigious race after 2023.


Racing in the event for the sixth time, the world's no. 1 c
Cortina d'Ampezzo will host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games together with Milan. Photo: Jernej Šmajdek/STA
Slovenia will have its national house at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in neighbouring Italy located in the centre of Cortina d'Ampezzo, one of the host cities along with Milan.
Slovenia House will be located in the popular Janbo pub in the vicinity of the official fan zone and national houses of o
Fiorentina forward Moise Kean battles it out with Celje defender Žan Karničnik in the return leg of the UEFA Conference League in Florence. Photo: ANSA/STA

Slovenian football champions Celje conceded to heavily favoured Italian side Fiorentina in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Conference League, but they left the pitch in high spirits as the first Slovenian club to make the quarter-finals of a major European competition.
The Slovenian side held Fiore

Opinion

Rok Žitko, a quantum physics researcher at the Jožef Stefan Institute. Photo: Courtesy of Rok Žitko
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
Eva McLellan, managing director of Roche Slovenia. Photo: Roche
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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