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Slovenia seeking to join MED7
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Bilateral ties, EU issues, the Cyprus issue and Slovenia's desire to join the MED7 topped the agenda as Slovenian Foreign Minister Anže Logar held talks with Cypriot counterpart Nikosom Hristodulidesom. Logar said Slovenia wanted to join the MED7 club of Mediterranean EU members because like all Mediterranean countries, it wishes to have a stronger say in tackling common issues. According to Hristodulides, Cyprus fully supports the idea.
Slovenia receives first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine
TOLMIN - Slovenia received the first shipment of the coronavirus vaccine made by AstraZeneca, said Health Ministry State secretary Marija Magajne. The vaccine will be deployed starting next week. Slovenia initially expected 15,000 shots of the vaccine but the figure was later reduced to 9,600. Magajna did not have information about the exact number of doses.
Stores reopening amid complaints about testing
LJUBLJANA - Many stores in Slovenia opened after the government last night gave the go-ahead for the nation-wide reopening of a large segment of services businesses. All shops and workshops under 400 m2 were allowed to open regardless of the goods they are selling or service they are performing. Some services that have long been shut down, for example real estate agencies, may reopen as well. The reopening however comes with a broad testing mandate for staff, in some cases even for customers.
Under 1,000 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths reported for Friday
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia reported 990 new cases of coronavirus for Friday, the continuation of a steady decline. A total of 18 Covid-19 patients died. The number of patients in hospital fell by 62 to 926, of which 157 were in intensive care compared to 161 the day before. A total of 121 patients were released from hospital.
University enrolment plan confirmed
LJUBLJANA - The government cleared the plan of enrolment in university programmes for the next academic year after increasing the number of available posts for students of medicine and computer science, and raising the number of posts set aside for non-EU students. The overall number of posts for first-year university programmes at four public and ten private universities is 18,520, down 120 compared to the original proposal.
Two top-three finishes for Slovenian ski jumpers
KLINGENTHAL, Germany/Linz, Austria - Slovenia ski jumpers won two World Cup podium positions as Bor Pavlovčič finished third in Klingenthal for his first-ever top-three finish, whereas Nika Križnar was the runner-up in Hinzenbach.
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