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PM critical of public exposure of mission to bring troops from Iraq
LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Marjan Šarec expressed criticism of the way Slovenian military instructors were pulled out of Iraq earlier in the week. "The last thing we wanted was media hype... Unfortunately some experienced politicians completely neglected that and carried it all out in the spotlight. International credibility should not be played with," he said in a tweet, three days after Defence Minister Karl Erjavec and President Borut Pahor, the supreme commander of the Armed Forces, decided to bring home Slovenia's six instructors stationed in Erbil after a rocket attack of their base by Iran.
Kranjec wins giant slalom
ADELBODEN, Switzerland - Skier Žan Kranjec won the giant slalom FIS World Cup Alpine Skiing race in Adelboden, Switzerland and took the lead in the giant slalom rankings. Croatian Filip Zubčić was second and French Victor Muffat-Jeandet took third place. "This win means a lot to me," Kranjec said after the race. "I've always dreamt of winning a world cup race and then I finally made it last season," he said, referring to his first world cup victory.
Lampič second in cross-country sprint
DRESDEN, Germany - Cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič took second place in the sprint event of FIS Cross-Country event in Dresden, Germany. She has thus taken the lead in the cross country sprint rankings. After clocking the fastest time in her group in qualifications, she was the fastest in her group in the quarter finals and second in her group in the semi finals. In the final run, Lampič finished 0.21 seconds slower than the winner, Swede Linn Svahn. Swede Maja Dahlqvist took third place, lagging only 0.5 seconds behind Lampič.
Bank branches losing out to online
LJUBLJANA - The number of brick-and-mortar bank branches in Slovenia has been on decline in recent years due to digital banking reducing demand for branch services. Their number dropped by almost 20% in 2013-2018, with the number of employees decreasing by some 15% in this period as well. At the end of 2013, Slovenia boasted more than 600 branches, while in late 2018, there were fewer than 500 left. The number of ATMs is on the decline as well. Their presence decreased by 9% between 2015 and 2019, a downturn that has caused backlash in certain local communities.
SiChain aims for blockchain deployment at companies, state bodies
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia launched SiChain, a blockchain infrastructure platform, just over a year ago to become the first EU country to have a pilot blockchain infrastructure system in place at state level. SiChain technology aims to facilitate blockchain technology use for companies and state agencies, and could be used for document verification as well. The pilot project is run by the Economy Ministry in cooperation with the EU Commission, with the project's infrastructure being devised by blockchain firm HashNet and telecoms provider Telemach.
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