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This summary is provided by the STA:
Salaries in Slovenia higher in 2019
LJUBLJANA - Average monthly take-home pay in Slovenia increased last year by 3.7% in nominal terms and by 2.1% in real terms to EUR 1,133.50, fresh data from the Statistics Office showed. Average gross monthly pay for 2019 amounted to EUR 1,753.84, up 4.3% in nominal terms and up 2.7% in real terms compared to average monthly earnings in 2018. Gross earnings in the private sector rose by 3.9% and those in the public sector by 5.4%, rising as much as 6.5% in the general government sector. The growth in the public sector was largely due to a new pay deal negotiated in late 2018.
FM: Slovenia still unsatisfied with EU budget proposal
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Slovenian Foreign Minister Miro Cerar assessed that the EU 7-year spending plan recently proposed by European Council President Charles Michel is still inadequate for Slovenia. There are slight improvements in cohesion policy in comparison with the previous proposals, but this is not enough, he said. The foreign minister assessed the compromise proposal for the 2021-2027 EU budget to the press on the sidelines of a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council.
SAB snubs Janša
LJUBLJANA - The secretary general of the Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) Jernej Pavlič rejected speculation that SAB was considering joining a potential centre-right government. "Talks on entering a Janez Janša government never took place and we'll never engage in them," he said, adding SAB's deputy group stood united in this respect. Pavlič added that SAB, a centre-left party with 5 MPs which was part of the recently disbanded coalition, would not abandon its priorities, which include pensioners, public education and public healthcare.
SDS overtakes Šarec's party in latest Vox Populi poll
LJUBLJANA/MARIBOR - In the latest Vox Populi poll, the Democrats (SDS) have gained almost three percentage points to 19.6% to overtake the party of the outgoing Prime Minister Marjan Šarec, which slipped back to 17.1%. More than half of the respondents would like to see a new election called as soon as possible. The SDS gained 2.6 percentage points compared to the January poll conducted by Ninamedia for the newspapers Dnevnik and Večer, while the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) dropped 2.3 points after losing 0.8 points last month.
Intesa San Paolo net profit more than doubles
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian Intesa Sanpaolo bank generated EUR 23.8 million in net profit last year, up 121.7% compared to 2018, the bank said. Operating revenue meanwhile increased by 1.9% to EUR 75.7 million, while the bank's assets went up by 3.6% to EUR 2.69 billion. The bank, owned by the Italian Intesa San Paolo group, generated EUR 29 million in profit before tax, which was 120.4% more than in 2018. In nominal terms, the bank's assets grew by EUR 92.8 million, while its market share in terms of assets reached 6.5%, placing it sixth among banks in Slovenia at the end of 2019.
Slovenians aboard quarantined cruise ship in good health
LJUBLJANA/YOKOHAMA, Japan - The six Slovenians who have been quarantined due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 aboard cruise ship Diamond Princess are in good health, the Foreign Ministry said. Unless they get sick, the three couples might be able to leave the ship on Wednesday, when the two-week quarantine will end. The ministry said it had also been talking to some other EU member states, whose citizens are also on the cruise ship, about the possibilities of getting them back to Europe as soon as possible.
Dončić scores 8 points in 2020 NBA All Star Game
CHICAGO, US - Slovenia's basketball star Luka Dončić of the the Dallas Mavericks played in the 2020 NBA All Star game in Chicago Sunday night, scoring 8 points and contributing four passes for the winning Team LeBron, headed by the legendary LeBron James of the LA Lakers. Team LeBron won the game 157 to 155 against Team Giannis, led by Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks. The 20-year-old said the all star game weekend in Chicago had been a great experience. Among others, he met former US President Barack Obama and legendary basketball player Michael Jordan.
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