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Monument marking the site of a 1945 crash of a Royal Australian Air Force P-51 Mustang. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
Eighty years after his life was saved by Slovenian villagers and resistance fighters, an Australian pilot has been honoured at the very site where his plane went down in the dying days of the Second World War.
One of many allied fliers who flew sorties over Slovenia, Royal Australian Air Force pilo
Cyclist in Ljubljana. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Gamifying urban mobility

Environment & NatureSociety
More than half of trips people make every day are shorter than two kilometres, so why not walk or cycle for at least some of them? That is the idea behind a national initiative dubbed Let's Bike to Work Full of Momentum, which is returning this spring for the fourth time and is open to both busines
A mosaic by Marko Rupnik in a church in Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, France, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for Catholics, has started covering up works by Slovenian priest and artist Marko Rupnik amid an ongoing investigation of allegations that he brutally sexually abused multiple nuns.
The mosaics on the sid

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The KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Embraer 190, which will operate the Ljubljana-Amsterdam route. Photo courtesy of Fraport
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched daily flights between Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and Amsterdam's Schiphol, initially for the summer but with plans to make it a year-round service.
The service is codeshared with Air France and Delta. The majority of the flights will be operated by a 100-sea
A brown bear with her cubs in the Kočevje forest reserve. Photo:Xinhua/STA

Slovenia has one of the largest brown bear populations in Europe and brown bear numbers have been rising steadily. The latest research shows that bear numbers will hit a record level this spring.


Genetic census estimates put the number of brown bears in Slovenia at 695-797 at the end of 2023, wh
Boxmark Leather production site in Varaždin, Croatia. Photo: Hina/STA
Boxmark Leather, a former giant that is primarily known for manufacturing seat covers, has announced it is venturing into the defence industry amidst a growing push in Europe to beef up its defence capabilities.
In collaboration with one of its existing customers, the company has begun developing p
Slovenian pro cyclist Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
Slovenian cyclist Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) has won the Volta a Catalunya with a searing solo on the steepest part of the final stage on 30 March to strip Spain's Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) of his leader's jersey.
The 35-year-old launched his attack on the Montjuic with 20 kil
Slovenian Domen Prevc sets a new world record in ski flying and receives the small Crystal Globe for the best ski flyer this season. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
Slovenian ski jumper Domen Prevc capped a stellar season on 30 March by setting a new world record of 254.5 metres on the giant hill in Planica, to the delight of thousands of fans who flocked to the Slovenian cradle of ski jumping.
Prevc improved the previous record, set by Austria's Stefan Kraft
One of the works exhibited at the new Muza gallery. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
NLB, Slovenia's largest bank, has amassed Slovenia's largest private collection of art over several decades of purchasing works by modern and contemporary authors. The artworks, long hidden from public view, are now on show in a dedicated gallery in the centre of Ljubljana.
The gallery called Muza

European Capital of Culture 2025

Industrial heritage museum at the Doblar hydro plant. Photo courtesy of SENG

Historic hydro plant home to new technical heritage museum

CultureEuropean Capital of Culture 2025
Blending industrial innovation with historical preservation, the Doblar hydro power plant on the Soča has unveiled a museum dedicated to the technical heritage of hydropower. The new museum invites the public to explore the fascinating story behind one of Slovenia's oldest energy facilities.
The po
A tactile structure by Slovenian sculptor Prmož Pugelj. Photo: STA

Art meets touch: Slovenia's first tactile gallery

CultureEuropean Capital of Culture 2025
Slovenia's first tactile gallery has opened in Nova Gorica municipality, offering blind and sighted visitors alike a fresh, hands-on encounter with iconic artworks spanning centuries.
The Tactile Gallery, located in a shopping centre in Kromberk and run by the regional Goriška Museum, features work
The Solomon Knot is the symbol of the cross-border Goriška Camino. Photo: Nace Novak

Goriška Camino, a route inspired by friendship

European Capital of Culture 2025Travels
The UNESCO world heritage site of Aquileia in northeastern in Italy and the pilgrimage site of Sveta Gora in western Slovenia have been linked with a new 82-kilometre-long trail called the Goriška Camino or Iter Goritiense.
Designed as Nova Gorica and Gorizia came together for the first cross-borde

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The winners of International Medis Awards, pictured with President Nataša Pirc Musar. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Medis Awards honour medical research in CEE Europe

Exclusive contentHealth & Medicine
Eight doctors and one pharmacist from Central and Eastern Europe, including Slovenia, were honoured for their outstanding research achievements as the International Medis Awards for Medical Research were handed out for the 11th year in Ljubljana on 13 March.
Paediatrician Alja Kavčič from the Ljubl
Dagmar von Bohnstein, president of the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, presents Martina Perharič, a board member of Medis, with the German Economy Award. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Medis wins German Economy Award

BusinessExclusive content
Medis, a company marketing medicines and medical devices, has won this year's German Economy Award, presented by the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the German Embassy and the IEDC Bled School of Management. This year the judging panel focused on good employers

Business

The KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Embraer 190, which will operate the Ljubljana-Amsterdam route. Photo courtesy of Fraport
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched daily flights between Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and Amsterdam's Schiphol, initially for the summer but with plans to make it a year-round service.
The service is codeshared with Air France and Delta. The majority of the flights will be operated by a 100-sea
Boxmark Leather production site in Varaždin, Croatia. Photo: Hina/STA
Boxmark Leather, a former giant that is primarily known for manufacturing seat covers, has announced it is venturing into the defence industry amidst a growing push in Europe to beef up its defence capabilities.
In collaboration with one of its existing customers, the company has begun developing p
The headquarters of the Ministry of Finance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
Slovenia's parliament has endorsed legislation that loosens the constitutionally-imposed debt brake following last year's overhaul of fiscal rules at EU level.
Under the recently revised EU fiscal rules, fiscal policy should focus on the medium-term path and core expenditure, rather than multi-year

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Award Presentation with DPM Heng Swee Keat

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 2 April 2025 - Leading mental wellbeing agency Cognitive Approach to Life Management (CALM) International has been awarded Best Technological Collaboration at the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce Awards 2025 for its groundbreaking work in providing

Politics

A mosaic by Marko Rupnik in a church in Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, France, one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for Catholics, has started covering up works by Slovenian priest and artist Marko Rupnik amid an ongoing investigation of allegations that he brutally sexually abused multiple nuns.
The mosaics on the sid
The headquarters of the Ministry of Finance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
Slovenia's parliament has endorsed legislation that loosens the constitutionally-imposed debt brake following last year's overhaul of fiscal rules at EU level.
Under the recently revised EU fiscal rules, fiscal policy should focus on the medium-term path and core expenditure, rather than multi-year
President Nataša Pirc Musar greets soldiers in the Cerklje ob Krki airbase. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
The Slovenian Armed Forces undergo a health check each year to see how well prepared the force is for peacetime and wartime operations. This year's assessment is a three out of four, with a positive trend, but there is broad agreement that more must be done.
The report, unveiled on 27 March, notes

Society

Monument marking the site of a 1945 crash of a Royal Australian Air Force P-51 Mustang. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
Eighty years after his life was saved by Slovenian villagers and resistance fighters, an Australian pilot has been honoured at the very site where his plane went down in the dying days of the Second World War.
One of many allied fliers who flew sorties over Slovenia, Royal Australian Air Force pilo
Cyclist in Ljubljana. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA

Gamifying urban mobility

Environment & NatureSociety
More than half of trips people make every day are shorter than two kilometres, so why not walk or cycle for at least some of them? That is the idea behind a national initiative dubbed Let's Bike to Work Full of Momentum, which is returning this spring for the fourth time and is open to both busines
A brown bear with her cubs in the Kočevje forest reserve. Photo:Xinhua/STA

Slovenia has one of the largest brown bear populations in Europe and brown bear numbers have been rising steadily. The latest research shows that bear numbers will hit a record level this spring.


Genetic census estimates put the number of brown bears in Slovenia at 695-797 at the end of 2023, wh

Travels

The KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Embraer 190, which will operate the Ljubljana-Amsterdam route. Photo courtesy of Fraport
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched daily flights between Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and Amsterdam's Schiphol, initially for the summer but with plans to make it a year-round service.
The service is codeshared with Air France and Delta. The majority of the flights will be operated by a 100-sea
Open Kitchen, the Ljubljana outdoor food market. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Ljubljana's popular outdoor food market has opened for its 13th season, attracting an enthusiastic crowd eager to sample Slovenian and international cuisine to the Pogačar Square next to the central market.
The organizers promise Open Kitchen to deliver even more variety this year with more than 65
The Solomon Knot is the symbol of the cross-border Goriška Camino. Photo: Nace Novak

Goriška Camino, a route inspired by friendship

European Capital of Culture 2025Travels
The UNESCO world heritage site of Aquileia in northeastern in Italy and the pilgrimage site of Sveta Gora in western Slovenia have been linked with a new 82-kilometre-long trail called the Goriška Camino or Iter Goritiense.
Designed as Nova Gorica and Gorizia came together for the first cross-borde

Sport

Slovenian pro cyclist Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). Photo: Red Bull Content Pool
Slovenian cyclist Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) has won the Volta a Catalunya with a searing solo on the steepest part of the final stage on 30 March to strip Spain's Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) of his leader's jersey.
The 35-year-old launched his attack on the Montjuic with 20 kil
Slovenian Domen Prevc sets a new world record in ski flying and receives the small Crystal Globe for the best ski flyer this season. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
Slovenian ski jumper Domen Prevc capped a stellar season on 30 March by setting a new world record of 254.5 metres on the giant hill in Planica, to the delight of thousands of fans who flocked to the Slovenian cradle of ski jumping.
Prevc improved the previous record, set by Austria's Stefan Kraft
Domen Prevc jumping on the large hill in Planica on 28 March 2025. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
Slovenia's Domen Prevc won the first World Cup Ski Flying event on home ground in Planica on the final weekend of competition this season to clinch the small Crystal Globe in ski flying with two events to go.
His teammate Anže Lanišek was second and Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan was third.
The two Slove

Opinion

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.
On any
Marcos Bavdaž, Head of the Technology Preparation Section SCI-FT at the European Space Agency. Photo: personal archive
Marcos Bavdaz is Head of the Technology Preparation Section in the Science Directorate of the European Space Agency (ESA). Located at the European Space research and Technology Center (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, he is responsible for the timely development of novel technologies required
Boštjan Udovič, professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. Photo: Primož Lavre
Boštjan Udovič, professor at the Chair of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana and co-editor of the book Slovenia and the EU, 20 Years of Membership in Perspective, writes in his opinion piece for the Slovenia Times that after being a "diligent student"