Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 10 January 2022

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Daily coronavirus cases spike week-on-week

LJUBLJANA - The number of new daily coronavirus cases in Slovenia on Saturday was four times higher than a week ago, at 3,349, data from the National Institute for Public Health (NIJZ) show. The test positivity rate exceeded 45%. According to data provided by the government, 537 Covid-19 patients are currently in hospital, one fewer than the day before, including 161 in intensive care, five more than yesterday. Five patients have died.

Kučan warns of signs of Fascism revival

DRAŽGOŠE - A ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the WWII Battle of Dražgoše was held today, with former President Milan Kučan as the keynote speaker. He stressed the importance of resistance and warned of increasingly many signs of revival of Fascism. Despite the epidemiological situation, a large number of people gathered. Representatives of several political parties also attended along with parliamentary Speaker Igor Zorčič and President Borut Pahor, who laid a wreath to the nine Partisans and 41 locals who were killed in the Dražgoše battle. Yesterday, Pahor also laid a wreath at a memorial on the Pohorje Plateau dedicated to a Partisan unit slain by Nazi forces in 1943, the site of a major annual ceremony that was cancelled this year due to coronavirus.

Golden Fox Cup: Slovakia'S Vlhova wins slalom, Bucik fifth

KRANJSKA GORA - Petra Vlhova from Slovakia won the women's Alpine Ski World Cup slalom event in Kranjska Gora. Swiss Wendy Holdener, who was in the lead after the first run, was second, 0.23 seconds behind the winner. Anna Swenn Larsson from Sweden was third (+1.06 seconds). Slovenia's Ana Bucik was fifth, in what is her best result in slalom so far

Poll shows SDS followed by Robert Golob List

LJUBLJANA - A public opinion poll conducted by pollster Parsifal for commercial broadcaster Planet TV shows that the ruling Democrats (SDS) enjoy the support of 31.9% of decided voters, up 1.7 percentage point from last month. The Robert Golob List comes second on 12.6% support. Despite losing more than 7 percentage points, the SD ranks third on 12%. The opposition Left comes in fourth, with its support dropping from 9.2% to 9.1%. The coalition New Slovenia (NSi) follows with 8.8%, a significant rise from 4.8% last month.

Kočevje-based Intersocks posted record results last year despite epidemic

KOČEVJE - The Kočevje-based manufacturer of sport socks and footwear distributor Intersocks posted its best results in 2021 despite the epidemic. CEO Marjan Kočila is optimistic about the future despite uncertainty in business. The revenue of the company, employing 170 people in Kočevje, topped EUR 50 million last year, and profit is estimated at EUR 4 million, which exceeds the record year of 2019, when revenue exceeded EUR 45 million and profit reached EUR 2.4 million.

Covid caused work from home to increase more than 100-fold

LJUBLJANA - Covid-19 has had a major impact on work processes, as 217,428 people were registered to work from home in Slovenia last year, which is a hundred times more than in the pre-Covid year of 2019. With the new Omicron variant, this trend is expected to continue, while major legislative changes are not yet in sight.

 

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