The 2018 ITTF Para World Championships started today in Laško-Celje. The four-day competition will see athletes competing for 21 different singles titles. 

STA, 24 September 2018 - Scottish sawmiller BSW Timber expects to have all permits for the construction of a EUR 41m facility in Gomilsko near Celje in the coming months and launch production in 2020 as scheduled. The company's commercial director Alex Brownlie told the STA the chance of administrative delays had been factored into the original timeline. 

STA, 11 September 2018 - President Borut Pahor called for political stability and a social pact in Slovenia, as he opened the 51st International Trade Fair in Celje on Tuesday, along with some other guests, including Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Rasim Ljajić. 

STA, 3 September 2018 - Concluding a nine-month investigation, the Celje police arrested six Slovenians last week suspected of running a prostitution ring. 

STA, 31 August 2018 - Novo Mesto police have detained a Slovenian couple who was abusing foreign women aged 20 to 46 for prostitution in the areas of Novo Mesto, in the south-east, and Celje, central Slovenia, for at least 14 years. 

STA, 11 August - The newspaper Večer wonders why anyone should care about cleaning up the soil in Celje area if the locals are not concerned about their environment being heavily polluted by cadmium. 

Finish in 30 minutes or less and the meal is free. 

STA, 7 July 2018 - Celje, one of the biggest cities in the country, will get a public transport system on 1 January 2019. The operator is yet to be chosen but the fares have already been set by the city council. Celje is one of the last two city municipalities without public transport. 

The Old Castle, Celje. 

Images from the late 1950s and early 1960s.