Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 24 August 2020

By , 24 Aug 2020, 04:42 AM News
Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 24 August 2020 JL Flanner

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This summary is provided by the STA:

Slovenia sees 34 coronavirus cases on Saturday

LJUBLJANA - Out of 760 coronavirus tests conducted in Slovenia on Saturday, 34 came back positive, the highest weekend number since late March. There were no Covid-19 related fatalities, with the national death toll remaining at 131. A total of 17 persons were in hospital with Covid-19, none requiring intensive care, showed fresh official data. There were 402 active cases in the country, according to the national tracker covid-19.sledilnik.

EU's future, regional cooperation in focus of Bled Strategic Forum

LJUBLJANA - The 15th Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) will be very different from previous iterations of Slovenia's flagship foreign policy event, said Peter Grk, the BSF secretary general, in an interview with the STA, highlighting that the line-up would nevertheless be exceptional. Restrictions will be in place to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and some panels will be held online. There will be fewer guests in Bled than in years past, the forum will be a one-day event, there will be no youth or business section.

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No major traffic jams on Slovenian-Croatian border

LJUBLJANA - Slovenians holidaying in Croatia will probably return home in great numbers on Monday, the last day to come back without having to go into a 14-day quarantine after Croatia was put on Slovenia's Covid-19 red list, since there were no particularly long car queues at border crossings between the two countries until the evening. Traffic congestion and longer waiting times are expected in the evening hours and on Monday.

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