Slovenia has the lowest rate of severe material and social deprivation among EU member states, show data published by Eurostat. Last year, 2% of Slovenia's population faced such poverty, which compares to 6.8% in the entire EU.
Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, defines severe material and soci

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon chaired her first UN Security Council session under Slovenia's one-month presidency of the UN's top body on 18 September. The session focused on gender discrimination in Afghanistan, with Fajon stressing the importance of speaking up in the face of such oppression.
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Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon and other UN Security Council signatories of the statement of Shared Commitments for the Principles of Women, Peace and Security condemned the policy of the Taliban authorities towards women in Afghanistan and demanded the end of discrimination against them in a joint a

MyCol, a company making temperature-sensitive labels, will be the first to receive investment funds from the Vesna venture capital fund, a joint effort of Slovenian and Croatian development banks aiming to promote deep tech projects from both countries.
The seed investment contract was signed on 18

Slovenia has been increasing investment in infrastructure, but much remains to be done, especially in rail infrastructure, which, neglected for decades, poses a bottleneck, heard a forum hosted by the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry which also noted good cooperation between the tw

Slovenia may soon ban doctors employed in public health institutions from working for private providers in the self-pay market, and seriously curb after-hours they put in for private practices included in public healthcare under a highly divisive reform bill that has further deepened the conflict b