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Slovenia records one new coronavirus case
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia recorded one new coronavirus infection out of 229 tests carried out on Saturday, which raises the number of cases so far confirmed to 1,485. There have been no new fatalities since 1 June, leaving the death toll at 109. Five Covid-19 patients remain in hospital, and 17 cases are still active. The latest case was confirmed in Jesenice, where a family cluster has been linked to a hospital nurse, including four of the five new cases confirmed on Friday, along with one in Ljubljana.
SDS with strong lead in Nova24TV poll
LJUBLJANA - A poll commissioned by the private broadcaster Nova24TV shows the ruling Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) top the party ratings with a nine-percentage-point lead. The SDS polled at 23.6% and the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) at 15%, followed by the fellow opposition Social Democrats (SD), at 9.2%. Taking into account only decided voters, the SDS polled at 33.2%, down 0.9 percentage points from late May, but still as much as 12 points ahead of the LMŠ, which slipped 2.5 points to 21.1%.
Local SDS headquarters defaced by graffiti
CELJE - The headquarters of the local committee of the ruling Democratic Party (SDS) in Celje has been defaced by insulting graffiti. Pictures posted by the magazine Demokracija online show graffiti on the sign and door of the headquarters reading 'Orban d.o.o.' (Orban Ltd) and those on the window sill 'We don't want Hungarian dictatorship', as well as 'Fascists' written in chalk on the pavement in front of the building. The party has notified the police, urging a prompt investigation.
Writers and Serb community protest against Thompson concert ban overturn
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian Writers' Association and Slovenian PEN centre issued a joint statement on Saturday to express their opposition to the Interior Ministry's decision to overturn a ban on Croatian nationalist singer Marko Perković Thompson's concert in Maribor. The associations say that Thompson is known for propagating the Ustasha heritage and thus indirectly Nazism and Fascism and collaboration. Indignation at the decision was also expressed by the Association of Serbs in Slovenia, which said Thompson glorified Ustasha crimes against Serbs, Jews and Roma.
Slovenian deportees mark 75 years since return home
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian Association of 1941-1945 Deportees marked Day of Slovenian Deportees by commemorating the 75th anniversary of the return of deportees and refugees into their homeland. The association would like to raise awareness among young generations about the genocide policy of Fascists and Nazis during WWII. In total, 63,000 people were deported from Slovenia by the German occupying forces during the war and some 17,000 Slovenians escaped the country to avoid deportation.
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