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Slovenia loosening coronavirus travel restrictions
LJUBLJANA - The government decided on Saturday to loosen coronavirus travel restrictions for passengers arriving from countries which are not on its green list. As of Monday, passengers with a negative test no older than 48 hours and performed by a credible lab either in Slovenia, the EU or the Schengen zone, will not have to quarantine. Moreover, passengers arriving from orange countries within the EU or the Schengen zone will not have to present a negative test to avoid quarantine. On Sunday, the government red-listed parts of Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, green listed Serbia and Poland, and moved parts of Croatia from the red list to the orange.
159 coronavirus cases confirmed on Saturday, one death
LJUBLJANA - Out of a total of 1,917 coronavirus tests performed in Slovenia on Saturday, 159 came back positive, while one person died, the government said. The share of positive tests reached a record high of 8.29%. The national Covid-19 tracker showed 1,648 active infections, with 17 patients in intensive care. Government speaker Jelko Kacin expressed concern with the most recent data, saying that the government may soon adopt additional measures, maybe already today. He did not, however, say what these could entail.
Less timber cut in Slovenian woods in 2019
LJUBLJANA - The amount of timber harvested in Slovenian forests was down by 13% in 2019 compared to the year before. Just over 3.3 million cubic metres of conifers and 1.96 million cubic metres of deciduous trees were felled. The bulk of the timber had to be cut because of the damage done to forests in the 2017 and 2018 storms and the subsequent spread of bark beetles, data from the Statistics Office show. About 54% of the timber was cut in what is called sanitary felling, while the total amount of the wood cut was about 87% of the allowed amount under the forestry management plans.
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