The Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) have obtained cutting-edge virtual and mixed reality simulators developed by the Defence Ministry and the aviation technology and precision mechanics company AFormX. They will be used for pilot training, including for tactical flying.
The virtual and mixed reality s
Rebeka Kropivšek Leskovar, a development engineer working for Interblock, a developer and supplier of electronic table gaming products, has won the Woman Engineer of the Year title for 2024.
Kropivšek Leskovar has been interested in technology since childhood. As a little girl she would take phones
The Škoda Superb has been voted the Slovenian Car of the Year for 2025, pipping the Dacia Duster, Peugeot 3008, Citroen C3, and the Renault Symbioz to the title in what was the first time since 2017 that only European car makes made the shortlist.
The winner was declared at the final event at the P
Tržič, a town at the foot of the Karawanks once known for its textile and shoemaking industries, has been redeveloping a former cotton mill to boost local business and provide opportunity to young people.
The cotton spinning and weaving plant (BPT), whose origins go back to 1885, closed down in 200
As Slovenia plans to phase out coal in the coming years, €83 million has been approved for projects to restructure the country's two coal regions. The money comes from the EU's Just Transition Fund.
Eligible for just transition funding is the central Zasavje region, where coal mining stopped a deca
Slovenia becoming the 23rd member of the European Space Agency (ESA) starting from 2025 was described as a historic moment by the agency's director general Josef Aschbacher as the country marked the occasion with two high-profile events on 10 January.
Addressing a press conference on the sidelines
A Swedish company is building a special kind of wind tunnel, an inclined flight chamber, in Žirovnica in northwest Slovenia, in what will be only the second such facility in Europe. It is targeted primarily at ski jumpers, but wingsuit flyers and adrenaline junkies will be welcome as well.
Inclined
Slovenia's central bank is under interim leadership starting from 9 January after the six-year term of governor Boštjan Vasle expired the day before and a successor is yet to be appointed.
Vice-governor Primož Dolenc took over in the interim period after President Nataša Pirc Musar's pick for gover
The total of people registered as unemployed in Slovenia fell to a new low in December, a month characterised by a seasonal increase in the number of registered job seekers, since 1990.
At the end of last year 47,038 unemployed were registered with the Employment Service. This is 3% more than the m
