Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Sunday, 8 March 2020

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This summary is provided by the STA:

Ban on large indoor public events put in force as number of confirmed coronavirus cases rises to 12

LJUBLJANA - Health Minister Aleš Šabeder issued a decree banning all public indoor events for 500-plus participants as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases increased by four to 12. The ban entered into force at 7pm and is accompanied by a recommendation to organisers of smaller events to reconsider too. Schools will remain open for now. A session of the National Security Council has been called by Prime Minister Marjan Šarec for Monday. Additional measures have been announced for the Metlika area in the east of the country, where an infected doctor had contact with a large number of people, including at the elderly home. Meanwhile, Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina warned against fear caused by the coronavirus epidemic leading to stigmatisation and exclusion.

Perception of business opportunities improving in Slovenia

MARIBOR - Detection of business opportunities by individuals in Slovenia has been improving in recent years, shows the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey. More than half of Slovenians perceived business opportunities last year, which compares to 38% in 2016, the Maribor Faculty of Economics and Business has announced. Miroslav Rebernik, the head of the GEM survey team in Slovenia, said that the results showed that creating more profit was by no means the only driver of entrepreneurial activity of the new generations and a "conscious shift towards more sustainable entrepreneurship is getting stronger".

Slovenian ski jumpers with another podium finish in team event

HOLMKOLLEN, Norway - Slovenia's ski jumpers (954.2 points) grabbed third place at the Ski Jumping World Cup team event in Oslo, finishing behind the victories home team (997.4) and Germany (960.9). This is already the third consecutive podium finish for the Slovenian team, which finished second in Lahti and third in Zakopane.

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