Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 17 February 2020

By , 17 Feb 2020, 04:09 AM News
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This summary is provided by the STA:

Cerar discusses W Balkans and Three Seas Initiative in Munich

MUNICH, Germany - Foreign Minister Miro Cerar attended panels on the Western Balkans and the Three Seas Initiative and held a number of bilateral meetings at the 2020 Munich Security Conference, the Foreign Ministry said. Cerar met his counterparts from Iran, Egypt, Georgia and Croatia as well as Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, while he also participated in the meeting of PM Marjan Šarec with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

Vlhova takes Golden Fox slalom and overall trophy

KRANJSKA GORA - Slovak Alpine skier Petra Vlhova won the women's World Cup race in Slovenia's Kranjska gora, also bagging the overall Golden Fox trophy following a second place in Saturday's giant slalom. Vlhova secured her 14th career win with an aggressive second run, attacking from fourth after the first. Second place in Kranjska Gora, which stood in this year for Maribor as the traditional Golden Fox venue, went to Wendy Holdener of Switzerland (+0.24) and third to Katharina Truppe from Austria (+0.89). The best Slovenian skier was Meta Hrovat, who finished 11th after a third place in the giant slalom.

Zajc with another podium finish at Kulm ski flying meet

BAD MITTERNDORF, Austria - Following a second place at Saturday's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event in Austria's Bad Mitterndorf, Slovenia's Timi Zajc (230.1 points) finished third at the same venue on Sunday. Victory went to Austria's Stefan Kraft (232.6) and second place to Ryoyu Kobayashi (231.9) from Japan. Zajc's third podium finish of this winter was embellished with a strong performance by several more Slovenians. Domen Prevc was fifth, Anže Semenič 12th, Žiga Jelar 14th, Peter Prevc 20th and Juri Tepeš 21st.

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