
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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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

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

A year ahead of a regular general election, Slovenia is facing an ideologically divisive campaign after the country's largest party collected enough signatures to call a referendum on a bill that would grant special pension allowances to deserving artists in place of pensions afforded by a 50-year-

Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon and her Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar confirmed interest in upgrading bilateral cooperation in areas such as trade, advanced technologies, green transition and science as they held talks in New Delhi on 17 March.
"We are strengthening cooperation

Slovenia inaugurated its embassy in Manila and signed an agreement to ease hiring of Filipino workers as Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon arrived in the country on 11 March on the first stop of her Asian tour.
The Slovenian Employment Service and the Slovenian Embassy held an event in Manila to provide

A Slovenian weapons systems manufacturer is in talks with German defence industry giant Rheinmetall and the state-owned Slovenian Sovereign Holding to ramp up production amid EU efforts to nurture a home-grown defence industry in the face of geopolitical uncertainty.
Miloš Milosavljević, the direct

Slovenia is near the tail end among NATO members in terms of defence spending and has so far been aiming to reach the 2% of GDP target by 2030. However, Prime Minister Robert Golob now says that target will have to be reached sooner.
"Of course, it must happen sooner," Golob said as he arrived for

Several hundred people joined a protest rally in Ljubljana on 5 March to urge Mayor Zoran Janković to withdraw his support for embattled Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
The protesters gathered in front of the Serbian Embassy near the central train station, later blocking two major intersections