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Trees in autumn shades. Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
Slovenia's Earth Overshoot Day landed on 25 April this year, which is one week later than last year. The day, also known as Ecological Debt Day, marks the day when the annual biocapacity of Earth would be used up if everyone lived like people in Slovenia do.
According to the Global Footprint Networ
A Eurpojackpot draw. Photo: Courtesy of Loterija Slovenije
A Slovenian player has won €60 million, the largest lottery taking in the country to date, in the transnational lottery Eurojackpot, the Slovenian national lottery has announced.
The Slovenian split the €120 million jackpot with a German player by matching five correct numbers out of 50 plus anothe
The Ljubljana headquarters of DARS, the motorway company. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
Slovenian police conducted searches at two dozen locations on 23 April as part of a probe into allegations of bribery at the state-run motorway company DARS under the previous management.
The police said six persons were suspected of abuse of office and accepting or offering bribes. They did not na
The kiosk designed by architect Jože Plečnik by the Ljubljana Triple Bridge unveiled after renovation. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
A kiosk designed by Slovenia's greatest architect Jože Plečnik (1872-1957) has officially reopened in Ljubljana's Prešeren Square to give up-and-coming entrepreneurs a boost.
Located next to the Triple Bridge, another of the architect's masterpieces that is a major Ljubljana landmark, the renovated
Samo Kutin, Bakalina Velika, plays the lyre made from an ancient silver fir. Photo: STA
The first two instruments made from the wood of a Stone-Age silver fir that was discovered in a pond in the west of the country made their concert debut in Ljubljana on 20 April.
The premiering lyre and flute were just part of the show in which Bakalina Velika, a band inspired by the pantheistic tr
UKC Ljubljana performs the targeted radionuclide therapy of prostate cancer. Photo: UKC Ljubljana
The UKC Ljubljana medical centre has recently performed a new treatment for an incurable type of prostate cancer in what was the first time the therapy was rolled out in Slovenia. A major milestone in the fight against the most common cancer in men, the treatment extends life and stops cancer from
Slovenian artist Nika Špan's work at the 60th Venice Art Biennale. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA
Slovenia has inaugurated its pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale. It features a work by conceptual artist Nika Špan, displayed in a park between the main exhibition venues of the Arsenale and Giardini.
An unusual nomadic structure, Špan's Garden Secret for You is both a sculpture and architect
Part of the Cistercian Monastery of Stična. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA
Two Cistercian monasteries are the latest Slovenian sites to win the European Heritage Label, a title awarded by the European Commission to what it says are milestones in the creation of today's Europe.
Seven sites were picked for the title this year, including Cisterscapes - Cistercian Landscapes
Convicted businessman Sergej Racman. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Businessman Sergej Racman, once one of the wealthiest Slovenians, has started serving prison time for cutting off creditors in the 2014 sale of the largest cinema complex in the country.
Racman, who started off in stock trading and finance before moving to entertainment and casino business, was sen
Snow on a blooming meadow in Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

From hot to freezing in a day

Environment & Nature
Shorts are out and winter coats and gloves are back in in Slovenia after temperature rollercoaster brought down readings by up to 26 degrees Celsius in a single day in a new record.
After more than ten days of unseasonably warm, summer-like weather with temperatures hitting 30C and over, the countr
A star moving around a newly discovered black hole in the centre of the picture. Photo: Courtesy of the Ljubljana Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Slovenian astrophysicists Andreja Gomboc and Tomaž Zwitter have been part of a team that discovered the most massive stellar black hole yet found in the Milky Way. Unlike similar discoveries in distant galaxies, this one allows more in-depth research into the origin of such massive black holes.
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Books. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
Slovenia is hosting the 56th PEN International Writers' Meeting in what is an opportunity to foster dialogue between different opinions and discuss armed conflicts raging worldwide, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and the impact of natural disasters on human rights. Most of the events will