Slovenian opposition leader Janez Janša has been acquitted in a case in which he stood accused of being an accessory to abuse of office and faced two years in jail, a decision he says did little to make up for years of harassment.
The acquittal came "after almost fifteen years of interrogations, tr

Irregular migrations into the EU have been declining since last year and Slovenia is no exception to the trend. In the first three months of the year the Slovenian police handled 3,876 irregular border crossings, down 60% on a year ago, the latest police statistics show.
The decline is even more pr

Slovenia will receive 16 million Swiss francs over ten years for sustainable energy projects as part of the Second Swiss Contribution, a package worth over a billion francs that Switzerland is allocating to countries that joined the EU in 2004.
Climate change will strongly impact on the Alpine spac

Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković has come under media spotlight over his relationship with embattled Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić again after Vučić confirmed media reports that he had offered him the job of prime minister, an offer that Janković denies. Vučić also hinted that he sees Janković a

Slovenia will head to the polls on 11 May for a referendum on special pension allowances for artists launched by the opposition amidst government appeals that voters should boycott it.
The referendum, whose date was confirmed on 4 April, concerns a law passed at the end of January that would give s

More than 50 Slovenian musicians, including several former Eurovision contestants, have signed a petition calling for a ban on Israel's participation in this year's Eurovision song contest amidst continued Israeli attacks on Gaza.
They have called on public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, which manages

The Slovenian parliament has passed a reform Health Services Act, a cornerstone of the government's health reform efforts which will end the widespread practice of doctors working in both the public and private sectors.
The clear separation between public and private care "ends the harmful dual pra

Slovenians will work longer but their state pensions as a share of income will rise under a pension reform blueprint confirmed by social partners that kickstarts the legislative process.
Under an agreement penned on 2 April, the retirement age will rise from 60 years to 62 for those who have worked

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.
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