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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Saturday, 11 July 2020
11 Jul 2020, 04:25 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Saturday, 11 July 2020

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Slovenian, Croatian PMs to step up Covid-19 cooperation

OTOČEC - In a meeting focusing exclusively on the countries' efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, the prime ministers of Slovenia and Croatia, Janez Janša and Andrej Plenković, agreed the countries' epidemiologists would be in contact about the situation on a daily basis. "All of us are aware that only coordinated action can be effective in this situation," Janša told the press. Plenković assured Slovenian tourists they were safe in Croatia, while Janša commended the country on its action to contain the virus and its plan to introduce a contact tracing app. Several ministers and other officials accompanied the two PMs to their first in-person meeting at Otočec Castle.

Janša asks interior minister to reconsider resignation

LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Janez Janša has asked Aleš Hojs to reconsider his decision to step down as interior minister. "We are in a situation when we need an interior minister who's operational 24 hours a day," Janša said in an interview with the public broadcaster TV Slovenija. Janša said he had not yet opened Hojs's resignation letter. He would open it unless Hojs changed his mind, but only after he had a replacement for him. Hojs resigned on 30 June after police conducted a series of searches sa part of the investigation into the purchasing of medical equipment. He called the probe politically motivated.

Logar agrees to boost dialogue with French counterpart

LJUBLJANA - Foreign Minister Anže Logar and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian agreed in a phone call to boost political dialogue in anticipation of the countries' successive spells at the presidency of the Council of the EU. Logar also expressed Slovenia's interest in enhancing the strategic partnership with France. According to the Slovenian Foreign Ministry, the ministers also talked about the Covid-19 pandemic and international issues, in particular the situation in the Western Balkans.

Slovenia records 17 new coronavirus infections

LJUBLJANA - Seventeen out of 1,390 coronavirus tests came back positive on Thursday, a slight increase from 13 the day before. Sixteen people needed hospital treatment. Today, the number of active cases reached 11.34 per 100,000 people. Ten infections per 100,000 inhabitants has been the benchmark used by Slovenia to de-list countries as coronavirus safe. Nevertheless, the National Institute for Public Health said the situation was under control. Meanwhile, a preliminary follow-up report on the April nationwide antibody study, which originally estimated 2-4% or one in thirty Slovenians had probably been exposed to the novel coronavirus, downgraded the estimate to 0-2.8%.

MPs upset by potentially unauthorised access to their files

LJUBLJANA - Coalition New Slovenia (NSi) MP Jožef Horvat revealed that his personal data kept by the police had been accessed on several occasions between November 2019 and May 2020. While he alleges he was under a kind of police surveillance under the Marjan Šarec government, police officials explained that police officers could access such files only for the purpose of doing their job. Several other MPs came forward with the same accusation, while Šarec denied having ordered anyone to look into the records. He said the information commissioner was already investigating the matter.

Culture Ministry unveils media reform, RTV Slovenija facing major cuts

LJUBLJANA - The Culture Ministry published on Thursday proposals for extensive changes to the media act, the act on public broadcaster RTV Slovenija (RTVS) and the act on the Slovenian Press Agency (STA). The changes, which reportedly include a EUR 13 million cut for RTVS, will be subject to public debate until 15 July. Amendments to the STA act include provisions governing the appointment of supervisors, who are to be appointed by the government, and the dismissal of the STA director. The opposition spoke strongly against the legislation, including the short public consultation period, while junior coalition partners said the bills had not been agreed within the coalition.

EU report finds trust in judiciary increasing in Slovenia

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission presented an overview of the situation in the judiciary which shows efficiency and accessibility of EU justice systems had improved in the majority of member states. And while trust in the judiciary continues to fall in some member states, it has been gradually improving in Slovenia for several years. January's Eurobarometer survey shows that trust is gradually improving in Slovenia, up three percentage points in January 2020 from January 2018, after the country was among the worst rated member states for years.

State Attorney challenges decision allowing Thompson concert

LJUBLJANA - The State Attorney's Office triggered an administrative dispute targeting a recent decision of the Interior Ministry to lift a ban on concerts by Croatian nationalist performer Marko Perković Thompson. The office argues that irrespective of whether a concert is to be organised, the permit alone is a violation of human dignity, Delo reported. According to the State Attorney's Office, the lifting of the ban, originally issued for a 2017 concert, can be understood by the public in terms of the authorities expressing tolerance towards the glorying of the Ustasha regime.

Friday protesters continue

LJUBLJANA - Anti-government protests resumed for the 12th Friday running in Ljubljana and some other Slovenian towns, with calls in support of independent media added to the list of demands. Also targeted were those who protesters said supported the "unbearable situation" in the country through inaction. The protests in the capital were centred on the huge square in front of the parliament building which had not been fenced off, but there was considerable police presence, as an anti-protest by government supporters wearing yellow vests was also held simultaneously.

MPs reject report on paediatric cardiology

LJUBLJANA - Parliament voted against an extensive report on the responsibility of politicians for dysfunctional child heart surgery at Slovenia's main hospital, UKC Ljubljana, in 2007-2018, but nevertheless decided to send it to the police and prosecution to investigate the suspicion of criminal acts it points to. In a 35:29 vote, the MPs decided to send the 150-page interim report to the National Bureau of Investigation and the Specialised State Prosecution. However, only 35 MPs voted in favour of the main findings of the report, against 38.

Historian Mitja Ferenc receives Austrian decoration

LJUBLJANA - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen bestowed the grand state decoration on historian and researcher Mitja Ferenc for academic achievements. The award was conferred on Ferenc, who is a professor of contemporary history at the Ljubljana Faculty of Arts, by Austrian Ambassador to Slovenia Sigrid Berka on Thursday.

Exports down 6% in first five months, imports drop 11.5%

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's exports decreased by 6% to EUR 13.2 billion in first five months of the year, while imports fell by 11.5% to EUR 12.5 billion, Statistics Office data show. In May, exports were down by 19.8% year-on-year to EUR 2.38 billion and imports fell 22.4% to EUR 2.21 billion for an export to import ratio of 107.8%. Slovenia recorded an external trade surplus in all of the first five months of 2020, the surplus in all five months combined amounting to EUR 726.9 million, the export-import ratio was 105.8.

Govt proposes Simič and Emeršič for SSH supervisors

LJUBLJANA - The government asked the National Assembly to appoint tax expert Ivan Simič and former long-serving chairman of insurer Grawe Božo Emeršič new supervisors of Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH), the custodian of state assets. The Finance Ministry put forward the pair from six candidates proposed by a vetting commission based on two calls for applications. If appointed by parliament, Simič and Emeršič will replace Duško Kos and Damjan Belič, whose terms run out in mid-July.

NSi vice-president appointed DARS CEO

LJUBLJANA - After the management of the state-run motorway company DARS resigned, the supervisory board appointed a new management board, with vice-president of the coalition New Slovenia (NSi) Valentin Hajdinjak becoming the new CEO. DARS said the management stepped down by mutual agreement. Apart from Hajdinjak, the new board includes Boštjan Rigler, who already served on the board in 2007, former Infrastructure Minister Peter Gašperšič and Romana Fišer.

Industrial output up in monthly, down in annual comparison

LJUBLJANA - After two consecutive all-time high monthly contractions, Slovenia's industrial output expanded by 9% in April. But in annual comparison, a 16.9% drop was still recorded, data from the Statistics Office show. The monthly growth was driven by the output in manufacturing, where production grew by 10.2%. In electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, and in mining and quarrying it declined by 0.1% and 1.1%, respectively.

Fantastic film festival kicks off in north-east

ORMOŽ - The 16th Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival gets under way today. Following a weekend in Ormož, the festival will move to Ljutomer on Tuesday, altogether featuring almost 30 full-length films, seven musical documentaries and 30 short films from 27 countries. All festival awards will be presented on 18 July when the festival wraps up in Ljutomer.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Friday, 10 July 2020
10 Jul 2020, 04:25 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Friday, 10 July 2020

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Slovenia sees lowest coronavirus daily count this month

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia recorded 13 new coronavirus cases yesterday from 1,271 tests performed, the lowest daily tally since 30 June, follows from data released by the government. However, the number of hospitalised Covid-19 patients has risen by one to 15 even though one patient was discharged yesterday. There are currently 230 confirmed active cases in the country. Health Minister Tomaž Gantar told TV Slovenija last night the epidemic was expected to peak by the end of the month after which the curve should turn downwards.

MPs pass new coronacrisis package, envisage contact tracing app

LJUBLJANA - Parliament passed a legislative package meant to prepare Slovenia for the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, including with a legal basis for a contact tracing app. The app, which the government wants to make compulsory for Sars-CoV-2-positive and quarantined persons, took flack from the left-leaning opposition, part of which spoke of a too grave interference in human rights and of a constitutional challenge, but the bill was passed in a 50:23 vote. The bill brings several other measures, notably an extension of the furlough scheme by a month.

PM keen for EU recovery plan not to depart much from Commission proposal

BRUSSELS, Belgium - PM Janez Janša summed up Slovenia's goals in the negotiations on the EU's 2021-27 budget and recovery plan in Brussels by saying the final agreement should be as close as possible to the European Commission's proposal and that it should be clinched as soon as possible. Janša met President of the European Council Charles Michel and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as well as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. He told Stoltenberg that Slovenia planned to invest EUR 780 million in equipment and in better working conditions for Slovenian soldiers in 2021-2026. Stoltenberg said he was counting on Slovenia to continue to strengthen defence spending. Janša and von der Leyen said they discussed European issues.

FM deems first mission to Brussels successful

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Foreign Minister Anže Logar labelled his first trip to Brussels since assuming office in mid-March as successful. Logar said he anticipated close cooperation with all the top EU officials he met during the visit, which focussed on discussing Slovenia's approaching EU Council presidency. The talks mostly revolved around the country's preparations for the presidency in the second half of 2021. The foreign minister met the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhely, European Crisis Commissioner Janez Lenarčič, Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Miroslav Lajčak, the EU's special representative for the Belgrade-Prishtina dialogue, and Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People's Party (EPP) in EU parliament.

PM Janša to meet Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenković

LJUBLJANA - A meeting between Prime Minister Janez Janša and his Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenković is scheduled in Slovenia's Otočec this Friday. The news was announced by the spokesperson of the Croatian government and later confirmed by Janša's office. Bilateral relations and a joint fight against Sars-CoV-2 were among the topics on the agenda. This will be the first meeting of the two prime ministers in person after they talked several times on the phone amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Last Saturday Slovenia removed Croatia from the green list of epidemiology safe countries from which entrance into Slovenia is possible without restrictions.

Police say illegal migration into Slovenia on the rise again

LJUBLJANA - After restrictions imposed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic suppressed illegal migration into Slovenia, a renewed rise in the numbers trying to cross the border illegally is now being recorded. Police handled 4,993 instances of illegal border crossing between 1 January and 30 June, a decrease of 12.4% compared to the same period last year, but according to Interior Ministry State secretary Franc Kangler the six-month statistics in fact reflected the situation in three months only, as there was little illegal migration when the border was closed.

Logar to study proposal for withdrawal from global migration compact

LJUBLJANA - Foreign Minister Anže Logar announced the Foreign Ministry would examine a proposal from the parliamentary Home Affairs Committee for Slovenia to withdraw from the global compact for migration, just like it examines all committee proposals it receives. Committee chair Branko Grims (SDS) argued at Wednesday's session the agreement was but a dead letter and that by withdrawing from it, Slovenia would give a clear signal to illegal migrants that it did not want to be a destination country. While the motion was passed in a 8:0 vote, committee members from the opposition LMŠ and SD said they abstained, finding the motion unworthy of a vote, while coalition SMC hailed the compact as a political act that promotes, at the highest level, the respect for human rights.

Pivec enjoys support of DeSUS leadership

LJUBLJANA - The leadership of the junior coalition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) expressed support to Aleksandra Pivec to carry on as party leader after she was publicly criticised by a regional faction of the party earlier this week. Pivec said it was ideological topics that are an issue for some party members. "I've never said there are no second thoughts among the membership about joining the coalition," she said, noting similar reservations had surfed whenever DeSUS had joined a right-leaning government. The party is now in for a lot of work to implement its commitments from the coalition agreement, foremost a long-term care bill as well as the establishment of a demographic fund and a government office for demographic affairs plus raising pensions, Pivec added.

Krka Group sales up 6% in H1, profit up 15% to EUR 160.3m, AGM decides on high dividend

NOVO MESTO - Krka Group sales revenue grew by 6% year on year to EUR 803.8 million in the first half of the year, according to estimates. Net profit of the pharmaceutical group grew by 15% to EUR 160.3 million. The preliminary data was presented at the annual shareholders meeting, where it was decided that shareholders will get a dividend of EUR 4.25 gross per share this year, which is EUR 1.05 more than in 2019. Economist Matej Lahovnik, the chief adviser to the government on the anti-coronavirus stimulus legislation, became one of the four supervisors.

Vizjak says hydro power, nuclear plants crucial for Slovenia's future

BRDO PRI KRANJU - Environment Minister Andrej Vizjak said at the Green Energy Summit in Brdo pri Kranju that he could not imagine Slovenia's energy future without the planned hydropower plants and the second reactor at the Krško Nuclear Power Plant. The minister announced a long-term strategy for decarbonisation that will address some major energy issues would be sent into public debate in the coming months.

State loan guarantee scheme to be fully operational in autumn

LJUBLJANA - SID Bank, the state-run export and development bank, will provide for efficient implementation of the government loan guarantee scheme to allow commercial banks to provide much needed liquidity to businesses. It expects the scheme to be up and running efficiently in the autumn.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Thursday, 9 July 2020
09 Jul 2020, 04:30 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Thursday, 9 July 2020

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Govt limits gatherings to 10 people, as 24 more infections confirmed

LJUBLJANA - The government lowered the number of persons allowed in public gatherings from 50 to 10. Official events of up to 50 people will be allowed if the organiser keeps a record of all the participants. The decision came as Slovenia recorded 24 new infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus after 1,607 people were tested on Tuesday. The outcome is in line with the slightly raised but still fluctuating curve seen in the past week. The number of active cases rose to 223, out of 1,763 positive cases so far. A total of 14 Covid-19 patients were in hospital on Tuesday.

Janša calls for single European coronavirus tracing app

BRUSSELS, Belgium - PM Janez Janša called for a uniform and not entirely voluntary coronavirus tracing app for the whole of Europe, saying this was the only option that would allow tourism to continue and prevent public life from coming to a halt again. Janša made the call in a video debate on the challenges of the EU organised by the Foundation for a Civic Hungary and also featuring Hungarian PM Viktor Orban and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Janša also spoke of "cultural Marxism" as the biggest ideological threat to the EU.

Pahor, Van der Bellen to mark 100 years of Carinthian plebiscite together

VIENNA, Austria - Slovenian and Austrian presidents, Borut Pahor and Alexander Van der Bellen, agreed to mark the centenary of the Carinthian plebiscite, which determined the border between Austria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, together. The programme of the 10 October event has largely been agreed, Pahor said, arguing this would be an opportunity to reflect on the past and think about the future. Pahor and Van der Bellen met on Tuesday evening ahead of the seventh trilateral meeting of the presidents of three neighbouring countries - Slovenia, Austria and Croatia. Today the presidents, including Croatia's Zoran Milanović, discussed measures to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and to fight climate change.

PM Janša fails to notify parliament of Interior Minister Hojs' "irrevocable resignation"

LJUBLJANA - Parliament did not receive a PM Janez Janša's formal notification of Interior Minister Aleš Hojs's 30 July "irrevocable resignation that was accepted by the PM" by the Tuesday midnight deadline. This raises the question of whether Janša did not accept it and whether Hojs is staying on. The PM's office has not yet provided an explanation, while Hojs said when asked whether he was staying on, that this was in Janša's hands. The minister stepped down when the police carried out several house searches, including at the home of Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek, as part of a probe into alleged wrongdoing in the procurement of PPE during the epidemic.

Ex-PM warms up to the idea of alternative interim cabinet

LJUBLJANA - Marjan Šarec, the former prime minister and leader of the largest opposition party, appears to have had a change of heart about the idea of attempting to form an alternative government. However, he believes the new PM should not come from a political party. Šarec initially rejected the idea, championed by Alenka Bratušek, another former prime minister, to call a "constructive vote of no confidence" in incumbent PM Janez Janša by putting forward a new PM candidate, as flawed. Bratušek's SAB party and the SocDems welcomed Šarec's change of mind. The Left insists on a snap election.

Report: Ministry working on media reform not just changes to RTVS act

LJUBLJANA - The Culture Ministry is not preparing only changes to the RTV Slovenija act but a media reform that would affect the acts on the media, the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) and audiovisual media services, the newspaper Delo reported. The changes to the act on the STA would change the appointment procedure for supervisors and for dismissing the STA director, putting the government in charge instead of parliament. The changes to the media act would extend the status of special importance also to other printed and on-line media, so they too would be financed from a part of the RTV Slovenija licence fee. Meanwhile, the opposition Left tabled amendments to the STA act to assign the wire service the duty to inform the international public in English about volunteer activities and NGOs.

30 years on, reconciliation still far away

LJUBLJANA - Divisions remain rife among Slovenians 30 years, to the day since a commemoration was held in the Kočevski Rog woods in a bid to heal the wounds the nation suffered as a result of post-WWII summary killings by Partisans. The event is believed to have made the nation more united when it was seeking independence, while many are convinced that it is even more divided now. More than 30,000 people attended the 8 July 1990 commemoration, which was led by then Ljubljana Archbishop Alojzij Šuštar and addressed by then President Milan Kučan.

C-bank expects labour market deterioration, especially once support is removed

LJUBLJANA - Banka Slovenije pointed out that the coronacrisis stimulus measures are having a marked effect on the labour market and that employment and wage statistics could deteriorate significantly once they are lifted. The central bank added that a deterioration on the labour market was also heralded by surveys conducted among companies. Banka Slovenije's latest quarterly report moreover says Slovenia suffered a strong decline in GDP in April, the prospects for the second half of the year are, however, more favourable. The financial situation of businesses meanwhile remains stable, while the state's fiscal situation has deteriorated. Revenue in the first five months decreased year-on-year by EUR 720 million or 9.2%, while expenditure was up by EUR 874 million or 11.4%.

Ljubljana airport operator's boss Skobir makes another call for state aid

BRNIK - Passenger numbers at Ljubljana airport have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic even if many routes have already been relaunched. This is why Fraport Slovenija director Zmago Skobir believes the government should help airlines with state aid to preserve routes and aviation as a whole, which he sees as extremely important for Slovenia. "The situation now is no better than we anticipated back in April," Skobir said in an interview with the STA. The airport thus expects to realise only 30% of the planned passenger transport for 2020, or half a million passengers, but only if the relaunched routes are kept.

Lonstroff announces production expansion

LOGATEC - Lonstroff, a Swiss maker of elastomers, announced that its facility in Logatec south of Ljubljana, which was launched in January, would be an excellent starting point for expanding production across Europe. The company plans to boost workforce and increase production capacities in Slovenia. The 15,000-square metre facility is turning into Sumitomo's largest plant for medicinal products, said Naofumi Harada, director at the Lonstroff owner, the Japanese multinational Sumitomo Rubber Industries. Some six million products are expected to be produced there per year.

Hisense Gorenje setting up global R&D centre in Velenje

VELENJE - Home appliances maker Hisense Gorenje announced it would set up a global R&D centre for cooking appliances and dishwashers for the entire Hisense group in Velenje. "This means the in-house development team will be in charge of the entire development of the technology and appliances," the company said. This is an important step as until last year, Hisense Gorenje had only been developing products for factories in Europe. Hisense Europe employs some 360 experts in R&D, 290 of whom in Slovenia.

Slovenia preserves 12th ranking in Agenda 2030 implementation

LJUBLJANA - A report on progress towards the goals of UN's Agenda 2030 for sustainable development keeps Slovenia ranked in 12th place, while also ranking the country seventh when it comes to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the 17 goals, Slovenia is marked best when it comes to the first goal, the eradication of extreme forms of poverty, and goal 16, the guaranteeing of peace, justice, and strong institutions. The biggest outstanding challenges for Slovenia concern measures targeting the eradication of poverty, securing sustainable ways of production and consumption, as well as measure against climate change and the preservation of the sea and its resources.

Embassy puts on display Germany's EU presidency priorities

LJUBLJANA - The German Embassy in Ljubljana inaugurated a photo exhibition featuring some of Germany's main political goals as the EU presiding country in a bid to draw the attention to the presidency's priorities beyond the coronavirus crisis. Large boards featuring urban environments, infrastructure, memorials, the countryside and people were put on the fence around the embassy in the city centre where Prešeren Road and Šubič Street meet. The exhibition runs until the end of the year.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Wednesday, 8 July 2020
08 Jul 2020, 04:07 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Wednesday, 8 July 2020

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Flattening of curve urged as Slovenia turning Covid-19 yellow

LJUBLJANA - Officials announced ramped up inspections and testing and the possibility that gatherings could be limited to 10 people as the country recorded 23 new cases out of 1,325 tests conducted on Monday. Urging adherence to existing measures to flatten the curve, Mario Fafangel, the chief epidemiologist at the National Institute of Public Health, said the cumulative average infection rate per 100,000 inhabitants in the past two-weeks was 9.85, meaning at the 10 threshold "we've been using for other countries when designating them no longer safe" and coding them yellow. While the number of infections at the Vipava care home rose by one to 11 residents and seven staff, Fafangel revealed that another resident tested positive at a small care home in Kras. Cerknica, south of Ljubljana, is another hotspot after five residents tested positive Monday, having attended a private party of 30-40 people. Local authorities thus fear more infections.

Von der Leyen ready for dialogue with Slovenia on ECB archives

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission would like to keep the dialogue with Slovenia on ECB archives, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in her response to a recent letter PM Janez Janša addressed to her over the suit the Commission has brought against Slovenia because of a 2016 seizure of ECB documents. Janša had inquired whether there was any chance the Commission withdraw the lawsuit, arguing it brought the investigation of alleged wrongdoing in the 2013 bank bailout in Slovenia to a standstill. Janša is scheduled to meet von der Leyen in Brussels on Thursday, so the issue could come up at the meeting.

Contact tracing app step closer to being adopted

LJUBLJANA - The parliamentary Labour Committee endorsed late on Monday a legislative package in preparation for the second wave of Covid-19 which seeks to save jobs and create a legal basis for a contact tracing app. Since they have failed to get the latter removed from the bill, the opposition announced they would challenge the app at the Constitutional Court. The government wants to make the use of the app mandatory for persons who test positive for the novel coronavirus and those ordered to quarantine. The package, to be debated by the plenary later this week, also extends the furlough scheme and expands where residents can redeem government holiday vouchers, among other things. Today, the Ljubljana Law Faculty's Institute for Criminology joined calls against the mandatory introduction of the app, saying the solution was not transparent, and interfered with legally protected human rights.

Planet TV sold to Hungarian media company for EUR 5m

LJUBLJANA - National telco Telekom Slovenije signed a contract with Hungarian media company TV2 Media selling Planet TV, its subsidiary which produces the eponymous TV channel. TV2 will pay EUR 5 million for the 100% share. The deal is expected to be finalised by the end of September after its gets all clearances, Telekom said in a release. TV2 is owned by Jozsef Vida, whom media associate with the business network of Hungary's ruling party Fidesz. Media reports suggest Planet TV could merge with Nova24TV, the TV associated with the ruling Slovenian Democrats (SDS) and also owned by Hungarian individuals reportedly close to Hungarian PM Victor Orban. Planet TV was launched in 2012 under the then SDS-led Janez Janša government.

Pahor meeting Austrian, Croatian counterparts in Vienna

VIENNA, Austria - President Borut Pahor arrived in Vienna tonight for what is the 7th trilateral meeting with his Austrian and Croatian counterparts, Alexander Van der Bellen and Zoran Milanović. The main topic of the talks, which will be held tomorrow, will be Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic and after it. They will talk about their countries' experience in facing the pandemic, measures to mitigate its impact and relaxing restrictions, as well as the EU's action to tackle the fallout from the pandemic.

Brussels keeps Slovenia forecast for 2020 at -7%

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In its summer forecast, the European Commission kept its projection for Slovenia's economy to shrink by 7% this year, while downgrading its outlook for the country for 2021 by 0.6 of a percentage point compared to the May forecast to 6.1% growth. The economic outlook for Slovenia for this year is better than for the eurozone as a whole, which is projected to see a 8.7% drop in GDP, which is a full percentage point more than the contraction projected in the spring.

DeSUS Ljubljana loses confidence in party leader Pivec

LJUBLJANA - The Ljubljana members of the junior coalition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) passed on Monday a motion of no-confidence in DeSUS leader Aleksandra Pivec, accusing her of failure to react to contentious government actions, acting contrary to the party's platform and engaging in opaque staffing. It wants the matter to be discussed by the DeSUS council, which has the power to discuss support for the president. In a brief written statement for public broadcaster TV Slovenija, Pivec said this was a carefully orchestrated affair. TV Slovenija added the no-confidence motion reflected the opinion of a minority of DeSUS members and had practically no chance of success. Pivec has led DeSUS since defeating long-serving leader Karl Erjavec at a party congress in January.

Profit for banks halved in first five months of year

LJUBLJANA - Banks in Slovenia generated EUR 152 million in pre-tax profit in the first five months of the year, a 50% drop year-on-year. Growth in loans to households was halved and loans to companies are gradually declining too. Exposure to non-performing loans due to anti-coronavirus crisis measures is not increasing yet, Banka Slovenije said in its latest report. The total assets of the banking system rose to EUR 42.9 billion in May, which is 7.2% more than in May 2019.

Insurance sector well capitalised after a successful year

LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian insurance sector performed successfully last year, while it is facing a demanding year in 2020, primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Insurance Supervision Agency's report for 2019 shows. The sector's capital adequacy nevertheless remains high, standing at 2.17 for insurers, and 2.82 for reinsurance companies. "The insurance sector is solid and is well capitalised," the agency's director Gorazd Čibej told the press, so it was well prepared for future challenges.

Police discover EUR 38m worth of tax evasion in two investigations

LJUBLJANA - Ljubljana criminal police presented the successful completion of two lengthy investigations which discovered a total of EUR 38 million in evaded taxes. One involved trade in electronic equipment among companies from several European countries and one discovered massive tax evasion in trade with scrap metal. Martin Rupnik, the head of the Ljubljana Police Department's sector for corporate crime, told the press the separate investigations into crimes that carry prison sentences of one to eight years, lasted several years, having had an international dimension. Criminal complaints were filed against three Slovenian companies and 28 individuals, of whom six British and three Italian citizens.

HIT records 50% drop in visits as casinos reopen

NOVA GORICA - Slovenia's largest gaming company HIT, which reopened its facilities on 13 June, is recording half the visitors seen in the Nova Gorica area (W) the same period last year, while turnover in its establishments in Kranjska Gora and Šentilj is somewhat better. The Nova Gorica-based company told the STA, following the reopening after the anti-coronavirus measures had been lifted, visits to HIT casinos were in line with the expectations. Out of 1,660 employees, some 100 remain on furlough.

Slovenians acquire most properties in Croatia since it joined EU

ZAGREB, Croatia - Since Croatia entered the EU in 2013, Slovenian citizens purchased a total of 9,439 properties in the country, which makes them the most numerous foreign owners of real estate in Croatia in that period. Unofficial estimates meanwhile put the total number at 110,000, mostly houses or apartments on the coast, as the bulk of them had been bought during the time of the former Yugoslavia, writes the Croatian newspaper Večernji List, citing data from the Croatian Tax Administration.

Charter flights with Greece set up again

BRNIK - A consortium of travel agencies has relaunched charter flights connecting Slovenia to Croatia's Dubrovnik and ten Greek islands. The first passengers flew to Greece from Brnik airport last Friday, so now more than 1,000 people are already holidaying there. The charter flights by air carrier Trade Air are being organised by travel agencies Palma, Kompas and Relax. According to Palma CEO Matej Knaus, the demand for package holidays in Greece is in line with expectations, at some 30-40% of last year's bookings. Some 200 flights are planned in the second half of the year. The consortium plans to maintain Slovenia's connectivity the whole year around to replace the charter flights that were in the past in the domain of the bankrupt Adria Airways.

Newspaper publishers investigated over ownership of dealer

LJUBLJANA - Radio Slovenija reported the Competition Protection Agency (AVK) had investigated the newspaper publishing companies Delo, Dnevnik and Večer over their failure to notify their ownership of Izberi, a leading national distributor of print and packages. The investigation is based on a 2019 report in which the three newspaper publishers are suspected of having taken over Izberi without notification of concentration. Delo reportedly holds a 52% stake, while Dnevnik and Večer, which are in the process of merging, hold 24% each. Izberi supplies over 2,450 outlets with daily newspapers and magazines issued by Slovenian publishers, and distributes print to more than 100,000 households.

Slovenia's guest of honour appearance in Frankfurt and Bologna postponed

LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian Book Agency announced that Slovenia's stint as the guest of honour country at the Frankfurt Book Fair was postponed for a year to 2023 due to coronavirus ramifications. So was the country's planned guest of honour appearance at the Bologna Children's Book Fair moved forward to 2022. The move comes after Canada, the country that was expected to be in the spotlight at this year's Frankfurt Fair, requested to postpone its status due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Writer Boris Pahor to be conferred state orders as part of Trieste ceremony

LJUBLJANA - The 13 July commemoration marking 100 years since the burning down of the Slovenian National Hall in Trieste by Fascists will also see President Borut Pahor and his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella confer the highest state orders on Trieste-born Slovenian author Boris Pahor, who witnessed the arson as a child. President Pahor is to confer on the 106-year-old concentration camp survivor the Order of Exceptional Merits for his life-long contribution to the understanding and connecting of European nations and for relentless efforts for Slovenianhood and democracy. Despite some initial reservations, the writer will accept the honours and dedicate them to everybody who died in concentration camps.

Survey finds distance learning more challenging for pupils and teachers

LJUBLJANA - Half of the Slovenian pupils think that remote learning poses more challenges than in-classroom learning, shows a survey presented by the National Education Institute. Teachers concur with that, highlighting that most targets have been achieved despite taxing circumstances. The study on the functioning of the educational system during the coronavirus epidemic involved some 10% of all primary and secondary school children, a third of Slovenian teachers and two thirds of head teachers. As many as 70% of teachers believe that remote work produced worse results than in-classroom teaching.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Tuesday, 7 July 2020
07 Jul 2020, 03:51 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Tuesday, 7 July 2020

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Sixteen new coronavirus cases, including Vipava care home outbreak

LJUBLJANA/VIPAVA - Slovenia recorded 16 new coronavirus cases after 530 tests on Sunday, including seven in an outbreak at the Vipava care home where nine elderly residents and seven staff are now infected, the latest data from the government and the care home show. The number of patients hospitalised with Covid-19 has increased to 11 after four residents from the Vipava facility were hospitalised. Slovenia now has 195 active cases, out of the total of 1,716. More testing will be conducted at the Vipava care home, which plans to test all 108 residents and 45 staff.

Care homes say no systemic solutions found after first Covid-19 wave

VIPAVA - Responding to the coronavirus outbreak at the Vipava care home, the first such case after care home bore the brunt of Covid-19 deaths in Slovenia in the first wave of the pandemic, the Association of Welfare Institutions said no systemic measures had been put in place that would allow infected residents to be isolated effectively. "Despite our warnings that most care homes are without even basic conditions to implement full isolation," the association said. Meanwhile, an expert team from the nearby Šempteter hospital begged to differ, saying after a visit to the Vipava home that the solutions there were appropriate and that a transfer to hospital was not necessary.

France and almost entire Czechia reinstated to green list

LJUBLJANA - The government has re-instated France and the Czech Republic, with the exception of the Moravian-Silesian Region, to the green list of the epidemiologically safe countries, with the decision effective as of Tuesday. Announcing the news, the Government Communication Office said that the decision had been made following a briefing on the Covid-19 situation in the two countries by the National Public Health Institute.

Couple face sanctions for breaching quarantine rules

LJUBLJANA - Government spokesman Jelko Kacin revealed that a couple had breached quarantine rules and now face a fine or even prison on suspicion they spread coronavirus out of negligence. A 37-year-old woman was notified her husband had Covid-19, but failed to inform healthcare staff about the infection right away, whereby she jeopardised other people's health. Her husband kept going to work despite being ordered to self-isolate. The government might discuss sanctions for breach of quarantine rules later today. Kacin said 1,213 quarantine orders were issued to arrivals at the border.

Fiscal Council puts budgets costs of crisis measures at EUR 1.1bn so far

LJUBLJANA - The Fiscal Council, a government advisory body, estimates the public budget costs of coronacrisis stimulus measures by the start of July at around of EUR 1.1 billion, well below the government's initial estimate of EUR 4 billion and subsequent correction to EUR 2.8 billion. The body overseeing Slovenia's adherence to the fiscal compact initially estimated the first and third stimulus package - the two that were implemented so far - at EUR 2.3 billion in total or 5.1% of GDP.

Opposition insists on own inquiry into coronavirus measures

LJUBLJANA - The four left-leaning opposition parties have filed for a parliamentary inquiry to check financial (in)efficiency of government measures taken to contain the Covid-19 epidemic and mitigate its consequences. They would also like to examine potential violations of human rights and freedoms. The motion by the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ), the Social Democrats (SD), the Left and the Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) also takes aim at the legal basis used to appoint advisory groups and the general appropriateness of the anti-epidemic measures.

Prosecutors deem Janša's letter inadmissible pressure

LJUBLJANA - The State Prosecutors' Council condemned a letter PM Janez Janša recently addressed to the state prosecutor general, criticising alleged inaction in prosecuting death threats expressed at anti-government protests and attacks on the police taking place as part of them. It labelled the letter an "unacceptable and political pressure". In the 19 June letter to Drago Šketa, Janša said the prosecution was neglecting its legal role in relation to the anti-government protests for failing to respond to incitement to violence and that Šketa would be responsible if the violence escalated.

Logar vows Slovenia's support for Albania's EU accession

LJUBLJANA - Meeting Albanian Deputy Foreign Minister Gent Cakaj, Foreign Minister Anže Logar vowed that Slovenia would provide support for Albania on the latter's path to the EU. The pair focussed on the country's progress in fulfilling requirements for starting accession negotiations with the bloc. The ministers also talked about the Covid-19 pandemic and the response of both countries, with Cakaj lauding Slovenia's response, and efforts to strengthen bilateral cooperation, most notably in business.

Concerns aplenty as contact tracing app hits parliament

LJUBLJANA - A debate in parliament at the committee level on the emergency bill in preparation for the second wave of Covid-19 turned into a discussion on a contact tracing app. The opposition has accused the government of hiding "control over citizens and repression" among welfare measures. The fourth stimulus package, adopted by the government a week ago, includes a legal basis for introducing an app tracing contacts of persons infected with the new coronavirus and of persons who have been quarantined.

Ethnic Slovenian elected to Croatian parliament for first time ever

ZAGREB, Croatia - Barbara Antolić Vupora, an ethnic Slovenian running on the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) in Sunday's elections, has made it to the Croatian parliament. She has become the first member of the Slovenian minority in Croatia to enter Sabor in its 30-year history. The Slovenian minority did not have its candidate in the special electoral unit for ethnic minorities in Croatia, with Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj being re-elected as the joint representative of the Albanian, Bosniak, Montenegrin, Macedonian and Slovenian minorities.

Outlawed in Ormož, Štajerska Ward still plans new campaigns

ORMOŽ - The municipal council in Ormož (NE) has decided to deny hospitality to members of the self-styled Štajerska Ward as the first Slovenian municipality to do so. The paramilitary group nevertheless plans to organise its summer camp there and claims that the decision was unlawful. Last week, the municipal council unanimously endorsed the proposal from the local list Building Future Together, who said that "reason, moral criteria and ethics of all members" had prevailed, as it announced the vote on Facebook on Monday.

Labour Inspectorate issues fines worth over EUR 4m

LJUBLJANA - The Labour Inspectorate conducted almost 14,120 inspections in 2019, finding over 25,220 violations and imposing fines worth EUR 4.1 million. The inspectorate reported suspected offences in 40 cases. The number of alleged violations reported to the inspectorate increased, from almost 6,400 in 2018 to over 7,200. "If there were more inspectors, we could carry out more inspections, and undoubtedly discover even more violations," the inspectorate report for 2019 says.

Slovenia will see fewer residents, more elderly in 2100, says Eurostat

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's population will total more than 1,888,000 residents in the year of 2100 or 207,000 fewer than at the beginning of 2020, show recent Eurostat projections. Senior citizens will represent almost a third of the population in 80 years' time. The life expectancy at birth is expected to get longer and the elderly, aged 65 or more, will account for more than 31% of the population, compared to almost 20% in 2019, the Statistics Office reported based on the EUROPOP2019 projections.

Slovenia to host European Ladies Amateur Golf Championship

LJUBLJANA - The European Golf Association (EGA) has picked Slovenia to host the European Ladies Amateur Championship, which will be one of the largest international sporting events in Slovenia this year. It will take place on the Cubo course in Smlednik, north-west of Ljubljana, between 30 September and 3 October. The events, which had been originally planned to take place in Finland, has been awarded to Slovenia as a Covid-19 safe country.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 6 July 2020
06 Jul 2020, 04:41 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Monday, 6 July 2020

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Covid-19 outbreak at Vipava nursing homes as 21 new cases recorded in Slovenia

LJUBLJANA/VIPAVA - Fifteen Covid-19 cases have been confirmed at a nursing home in Vipava since its first resident tested positive on Friday. Nine of the infected people are Pristan Centre for the Elderly residents and the rest staff. The source of the infection is not yet known, but the centre is closed to visitors. The latest government data meanwhile show that 21 new cases were confirmed from 716 tests on Saturday, of which the majority, or four, in Vipava. Six persons were in hospital yesterday, none in intensive care, and one was discharged from hospital. There were also no new deaths, which leaves the national coronavirus death toll at 111. Yesterday's rise in new case prompted PM Janez Janša to take to Twitter saying "the virus is spreading from within", apparently in reference to non-imported cases. He also indicated that there are many violations of the law on infectious diseases and of coronavirus restrictions, especially in hospitality and public assembly, which is capped at 50 persons.

Almost 300 quarantine orders served on border Saturday

LJUBLJANA - Slovenian health authorities issued and served 290 quarantine orders on the border with Croatia and Hungary on Saturday, the first day of tighter restrictions for arrivals in Slovenia. More than half were issued to Slovenian residents who were returning from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Health Ministry told the STA. The majority of orders for quarantine were served on the border crossing Obrežje with Croatia (130), while only five were handed out at Pince on the border with Hungary. Quarantine orders are served on the border as of 4 July, a day after the government changed a relevant decree to speed up quarantine order serving and moved Croatia, France and the Czech Republic from the green list of safe Covid-19 countries to the yellow one.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Sunday, 5 July 2020
05 Jul 2020, 04:45 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Sunday, 5 July 2020

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Slovenia's daily coronavirus case count surges to 30

LJUBLJANA/MARIBOR - Slovenia recorded 30 new coronavirus infections from 1,456 tests on Friday, a new high since mid-April. The latest official data bring the number of active cases to 160. On the up side, only six Covid-19 patients remain in hospital, after four were discharged. None of them requires intensive treatment. More than half of the new cases are aged up to 44, including a child less than four years old. The number of infected staff at the emergency medical unit of the Maribor community health centre increased to eleven, plus one at the UKC Maribor hospital.

Janša offers app as solution until Covd-19 vaccine found

LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Janez Janša responded to the daily number of coronavirus infections hitting an eleven-week high by warning that there is a limited scope for action until an effective medication or vaccine against Covid-19 has been developed, offering a contact tracing app as a solution. Reacting on Twitter, Janša said one of the options was drastic shutdown of public life, border closures, social distancing and depression, while the other was mandatory use of a contact tracing app. The legislative proposal for such an app will be debated in parliament next week.

Border restrictions in force for citizens of Croatia, France, Czechia

LJUBLJANA - Croatia, France and the Czech Republic are no longer deemed green Covid-19 safe countries by Slovenia. Citizens of the countries demoted to the so-called yellow list will be submitted to a mandatory two-week quarantine on entering Slovenia unless they are just transiting the country or have booked accommodation here while their country was still green and also have a valid certificate proving they have tested negative for Sars-CoV-2. Belgium and the Netherlands have been promoted to the green list of what are now 21 countries for which no restrictions apply.

Ex-PM sceptical about impeachment motion

LJUBLJANA - Marjan Šarec, the former prime minister, expressed doubt about the Social Democrats' (SD) idea to seek an impeachment motion against PM Janez Janša after scepticism had already been aired by the opposition Left and the Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB). So the leader of the LMŠ party sceptical about Bratušek's idea to seek to put forward an alternative PM. "It will be hard for anyone to persuade us again to attempt a third government this term just so it is not Janša. We've seen that before," Šarec, who resigned as PM in late January, said on his Facebook profile.

ALDE to send fact-finding mission to Slovenia

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The ALDE party's bureau has decided to send a fact-finding mission to Slovenia, expectedly after the summer break, according to unofficial information available to the STA. The mission is to assess political developments in Slovenia with ALDE saying that more details would be announced later. However, ALDE party press service said yesterday there was "no discussion on expelling any of the Slovenian parties" from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). This was in response to rumour that the Modern Centre Party (SMC) was to be expelled.

Only Janša yet to get damages for imprisonment in Patria case

LJUBLJANA - The newspaper Dnevnik reported that retired brigadier general Tone Krkovič, one of the defendants in the Patria defence corruption trial, had reached a settlement with the state for EUR 60,000 in damages for wrongful imprisonment. This means that only Janez Janša, the incumbent PM, is yet to get damages for wrongful imprisonment over a guilty ruling that was quashed by the Constitutional Court in 2015. Businessman Ivan Črnkovič settled for EUR 63,000 in 2018. Janša claims EUR 900,000.

Slovenia recycled almost 40% of all waste in 2018

LJUBLJANA - Almost 3.6 million tonnes of waste was recycled in Slovenia in 2018, which is 38% of all waste generated in Slovenia or imported to the country. Another 43% of the waste or 4.1 million tonnes, mainly construction and demolition waste, was used for backfilling, the Statistics Office said. Still, 157,000 tonnes of all types of waste or 2% of all waste ended up on landfills. Some 207,000 tonnes or more than 2% was incinerated and utilized for energy and the remaining 39,000 tonnes was incinerated.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Saturday, 4 July 2020
04 Jul 2020, 04:28 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Saturday, 4 July 2020

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Logar, Maas, Silva say EU better prepared for potential second Covid-19 wave

BRDO PRI KRANJU - Foreign Minister Anže Logar and his German and Portuguese counterparts, Heiko Maas and Augusto Santos Silva, found the EU was better equipped to deal with a potential second wave of coronavirus infections. Speaking after a trio EU presidency meeting at Brdo estate, where Maas was present in person and Santos Silva via video link, the ministers said they did not wish for strict preventive measures to be reintroduced, but they were willing to step up efforts if needed. Apart from the trio presidency plans they also discussed the EU multi-year budget and recovery plan. Maas also met Prime Minister Janez Janša and President Borut Pahor.

Three countries removed from Covid-19 safe list

LJUBLJANA - The government confirmed delisting of Croatia, Czechia and France as Covid-19 safe countries from Saturday, while decreeing that Belgium and the Netherlands be moved from yellow to the green list. As a result, a 14-day quarantine will apply to citizens of the new yellow-listed countries, safe for exceptions, while even Slovenians returning from Croatia would have to prove they had actually come from there rather than from a red listed country, or else they will be served quarantine orders. Interior Minister Aleš Hojs threatened the border could be "fully closed" should the latest measures not help to contain the virus's spread.

Sixteen Covid-19 cases on Thursday

LJUBLJANA - In what is in keeping with the slightly raised but mostly flat curve of new coronavirus cases in Slovenia in the past week, 16 infections were confirmed as 1,274 people were tested on Thursday. Ten patients are hospitalised. The latest data take the number of active cases to 136 and the overall tally to 1,649. The death toll remains at 111. The epidemiologists are currently following 11 infection clusters in Slovenia, most of which were imported from abroad. One of them appeared in a large trade company, while restaurants are also a source of infection, a public health official said.

Jobless total down 1.1% in June after three months of growth

LJUBLJANA - The registered jobless total in Slovenia stood at 89,377 at the end of June, a 1.1% decrease on May but 26.3% more year-on-year. The Employment Service said this was the first decrease after three consecutive months of unemployment growth. The number of newly registered fell by 4.7% from May to 7,558, up 83 year-on-year. Roughly half saw their fixed term contracts expire, 588 were first-time job seekers, 69 lost jobs in bankruptcies and 2,201 were permanently redundant.

European Commission president to receive Janša next Thursday

BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will receive Prime Minister Janez Janša in Brussels next Thursday, European Commission chief spokesperson Eric Mamer announced. While no official information about the context of the meeting is available, the talks are expected to focus on the recovery package after the Covid-19 pandemic and Slovenia's presidency of the EU Council in the second half of 2021. Unofficially Janša is also expected to meet European Council President Charles Michel, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

Janša talks Covid-19 situation with Hungarian, Czech PMs

LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Janez Janša talked with his Hungarian and Czech counterparts on the phone. With Hungarian PM Viktor Orban he talked about the preparations for the upcoming session of the Council of the EU and about the coronavirus situation in the region. The talks with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babiš focused about the epidemiologic situation in their respective countries as well as about measures to allow safe tourism. This was after Babiš criticised Slovenia for remove his country from the list of Covid-19 safe countries.

Pahor on phone with Icelandic counterpart

LJUBLJANA - President Borut Pahor talked with his Icelandic counterpart Gudni Johannesson on the telephone, congratulating him on his landslide victory in Saturday's election. According to the president's office, the pair also talked about their countries' successful response to Covid-19. Phor invited the Icelandic president to visit Slovenia, an invitation that Johannesson accepted, announcing he would visit as soon as a suitable opportunity arose.

Coalition makes pact with opposition SNS, minority MPs

LJUBLJANA - The ruling coalition parties signed a deal on cooperation with the opposition National Party (SNS) and the Italian and Hungarian minority MPs. The SNS and the two minority MPs agreed to support government bills and projects in the 2020-2022 period. The parties committed to adopting systemic reforms necessary for development and overcoming the coronavirus crisis. Other opposition parties turned down the offer to join the partnership on the grounds that Janša did not inspire trust. They admitted though that any action against the government was now doomed to failure.

Security tightened as rival protests held in Ljubljana

LJUBLJANA - Police security was beefed in the centre of Ljubljana as anti-government protesters took to the streets for the 11th consecutive week, while a smaller group of government supporters wearing yellow vests staged a counter-protest. The anti-government protesters and some media linked the yellow vests to the neo-Nazi groups and to the ruling party. Despite some tension the protests passed off without a major confrontation, as did similar campaigns in Maribor.

Banks receive EUR 400m-worth of loan payment deferral requests

LJUBLJANA - Slovenian banks received EUR 401.1 million worth of requests for a deferral of loan payments in the three months since the relevant legislation took effect. The number of requests filed was 23,700, which amounts to 3.6% of all loans, Banka Slovenije said. Banks have processed over 90% of the requests, approving the bulk of them. Deferred loan payments for SMEs amounted to EUR 160.7 million, for large companies to EUR 150 million, for micro companies to EUR 54.9 million and for individuals to EUR 35.6 million.

GZS proposes changes to state loan guarantee scheme

LJUBLJANA - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) urged changes to the state loan guarantee scheme for companies beyond those envisaged by the new stimulus package because of delays in its implementation. It proposes that the maximum possible amount of loans be raised to 25% of the company's annual sales. GZS conducted a survey among 272 companies showing that only less than 10% of them are interested in the guarantee scheme. "Among those companies, 54% inquired about a loan of EUR 100,000 to one million, and 33% about a loan of over one million euro."

Hoteliers expect tourism recovery in 2024

BLED - Experts expect tourism to achieve 2019 results again as late as in 2024, said Gregor Jamnik, the head of the Slovenian Association of Hotels told a conference held by the organisation. Hotel operators estimate that business will somewhat return to normal in the second half of 2021, depending on the air traffic situation. Business as usual or at least some kind of normalcy next year hinges on the coronavirus situation stabilising to a certain extent at the start of 2021, open borders and air links being resumed, said Jamnik.

Govt overhauls 2TDK supervisory board

LJUBLJANA - The government replaced four of the five supervisors of 2TDK, the company established for the construction and management of a new rail link to the port of Koper, appointing Robert Rožič the new chief supervisor. The new supervisors of what is the country's largest construction projects, roughly estimated at EUR 1 billion, are Rožič as one of two Finance Ministry representatives along with Iztok Černoš, as well as Infrastructure Ministry representatives Andrej Špenga, Peter Pungartnik, and Matej Čepeljnik. The move comes amid speculation the government will also replace the management.

Telekom Slovenije has not yet decided on sale of Planet TV

LJUBLJANA - Following unofficial reports that Telekom Slovenije has decided to sell its subsidiary Planet TV to the Hungarian free-to-air channel TV2, news broke that the supervisors of the state-owned telco had postponed a decision on the matter to next Tuesday, unofficially because they had had too little time to examine the bids. It was the editor of the news portal Požareport, Bojan Požar, who wrote on Tuesday that Planet TV, which produces the eponymous TV channel, has been sold for EUR 5 million, transaction still outstanding, to TV2.

Govt absolves four hospitals of bailout payback duty

LJUBLJANA - The government absolved four hospitals of the duty to pay back EUR 1.8 million in restructuring funds they had used in 2017 for costs that occurred after a retroactively set cut-off date. It was reported in January that five hospitals needed to return the funds spent for invoices issued after the cut-off date, but the government said the interpretation of the relevant act, passed in March, absolved them of this responsibility.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Friday, 3 July 2020
03 Jul 2020, 04:27 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Friday, 3 July 2020

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Slovenia's daily coronavirus count for Wednesday at 21

LJUBLJANA - Out of 1,198 coronavirus tests conducted on Wednesday, 21 came back positive, the highest daily figure since 16 April when Slovenia recorded 36 new cases. Nine persons were in hospital, none in intensive care. The total of estimated active cases is 122, according to the national Covid-19 tracker site data. The government's chief Covid-19 advisor Bojana Beović said the bulk of new cases continued to be imported, although the virus was also spreading within the country, the source of which could not be established, which she believes is a cause for concern. The virus has been spreading among the younger generations mostly, but Beović warned the young could develop a more severe form of the disease as well as well as pass the virus on to older relatives.

Croatia, France and Czechia to be on yellow list as of Saturday

LJUBLJANA - In a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the government is to remove Croatia, France and Czechia from the green list of countries considered epidemiologically safe by Slovenia, effective on Saturday, as it meets for a correspondence session today. Being put on the yellow list means that most foreign citizens arriving in Slovenia from these countries need to subject themselves to a two-week quarantine, while this does not apply to Slovenians returning from yellow-listed countries. The government's coronavirus spokesperson Jelko Kacin also announced that Belgium and the Netherlands would be meanwhile green-listed, and that the government would examine the border regime to put in place conditions for effectively serving quarantine orders already on the border.

Pahor and Hungary's Ader praise relations, talk migration, history

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Paying an official visit to Hungary, President Borut Pahor confirmed with his counterpart Janos Ader the excellent and friendly relations between the two countries and pointed out Slovenia and Hungary were among the countries successfully managing the new coronavirus. Pahor briefed Adler on Slovenia's plan for the EU presidency in the second half of 2021, saying Slovenia would push to restore the EU's authority. He broached the issue of "greater Hungary" maps, saying they were causing concern among Slovenians, being seen as an expression of Hungary's territorial claims. Pahor moreover addressed migration, with his office saying both countries were proponents of the protection of the EU's external border and were striving for the search for solutions to prevent illegal migration. Slovenia is also very much in favour of a search for shared models of solidarity. Pahor was accompanied by the economy and agriculture ministers, and was scheduled to meet Speaker Laszlo Köver.

Janša attacks prosecution in the face of anti-govt protests, faces criticism

LJUBLJANA - PM Janez Janša has sent a letter to State Prosecutor General Drago Šketa, saying the prosecution is neglecting its role in relation to the anti-government protests by failing to respond to inciting to violence. Janša published the letter dated 19 June in full today after the newspaper Dnevnik ran an article about it. The letter, in which he also says Šketa will be responsible if the violence escalates, has been met with strong criticism. Šketa responded by asserting that the prosecution was efficient and acting in line with the law, and the head of the opposition SocDems, Tanja Fajon, said the party would initiate an impeachment motion against Janša. Another two opposition parties, the Left and the Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB), are willing to discuss the SD proposal. Former State Prosecutor General Zvonko Fišer meanwhile said he had not witnessed such an inadmissible move in his entire career as prosecutor, not even in Yugoslavia.

Austrian and Slovenian speakers on Slovenian minority

VIENNA - Parliamentary Speaker Igor Zorčič met his Austrian counterpart Wolfgang Sobotka in Vienna in what was Zorčič's first foreign visit. The pair discussed improving the situation of the Slovenian minority in Austria and exchanged experiences in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. Zorčič said Sobotka told him that a coalition agreement target which envisaged more funding for minority organisations would be implemented. In the light of the coming centenary of the Carinthian plebiscite, both speakers agreed that they would meet again in September. Zorčič also plans to meet the speakers of Slovenia's other neighbouring countries.

SID Bank carries out its first "Covid-19" bond issue

LJUBLJANA - The state-owned SID export and development bank issued on Wednesday its first "Covid-19 bonds" to collect almost EUR 350 million. The bonds, issued on Wednesday in a public auction, come with the maturity of five years, with the annual interest rate set at 0.125% and yield to maturity at 0.141%. SID Banka said on Thursday the issue was a part of its regular borrowing on capital markets and is intended for financing SID Banka's programmes aimed at helping the Slovenian economy exist the coronavirus crisis.

Car sales stabilising after epidemic

LJUBLJANA - The situation in the automotive industry seems to be slowly stabilising after the epidemic. In the first six months of the year, sales were down by a third but in June the year-on-year drop was only 7.27%. In the January-June period, 31,741 new vehicles were registered, which is 32.55% less year-on-year, but in June 7,231 new vehicles were registered, which is 7.27% less than in June 2019, the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce (TZS) said. Just over 28,005 new cars were registered in the first six months or 31.9% less than in the same period last year. The most popular brand was Renault (4,792 cars sold), Volkswagen (4,690) and Škoda (2,946).

Conference stresses importance of bilingualism in Carinthia

KLAGENFURT, Austria - Marking this year's centenary of the Carinthian plebiscite, a two-day conference on the future of Carinthian Slovenians got under way in Austria's Klagenfurt, with the role of bilingual identity in the area, bilingual education in particular, highlighted on the first day of the event. A bilingual environment is an advantage of the region and should be promoted as such, heard the debate, with participants sharing their experience as well as views for the future. The speakers included Austrian Minister for Women and Integration Susanne Raab, State Secretary at the Office for Slovenians Abroad Dejan Valentinčič, and Reinhart Rohr, the speaker of Carinthian parliament.

Protest held against planned lay-offs at Ljubljana airport

BRNIK - Some 50 Ljubljana airport workers and trade unionists protested against the redundancies planned by airport operator Fraport Slovenija. They urged the company to put on hold the measure, which is expected to slash the company's workforce by a quarter or by some 120 workers, at least until the end of the year when the circumstance regarding traffic estimates will be clearer. Boštjan Šijanec, a legal expert of the management, responded by highlighting that the company needed to do everything it could to ensure a sustainable business. "The possibility to wait with the redundancies until the end of the year is practically non-existent," he said, adding that the operator was faced with enormous costs and extremely low revenue, and could not afford delaying such an action.

Merger to create agro co-op with a projected EUR 65m in annual revenue

TREBNJE - Two agricultural cooperatives operating in the south-east of Slovenia announced plans for a merger that will create the largest cooperative in the country with almost 1,000 members, 260 employees and an expected annual revenue of almost EUR 65 million. The merger of KZ Krka and KZ Trebnje under the wings of the latter is expected to be completed by 1 May next year at the latest. Listing the reasons for the merger, KZ Trebnje director Stanko Tomšič highlighted the need for a more competitive market position, better services and helping out KZ Krka, which has been struggling with losses for several years.

Govt allocates EUR 2.8m to municipalities for border protection costs

LJUBLJANA - The government decided to allocate EUR 2.8 million to municipalities that have seen their costs rise because of border control activities. The decision comes after the mayors of the municipalities on the external Schengen border - with Croatia - had stressed on several occasions that the increased presence of the police and army led to higher infrastructure maintenance costs. A total of 32 municipalities along the border with Croatia will be eligible for the funds. They will, however, not be reimbursed for costs of cleaning the waste that illegal migrants leave behind. The government said it expected such reimbursements would not be necessary in the future, "because the government will do everything to limit as much as possible the access of migrants who illegally cross the border".

Report says bulk of FFP2 masks in Slovenia, Europe not properly tested

LJUBLJANA - As much as 85% of the FFP2 face masks delivered to Slovenia by mid-June were supplied without the required certificates, with all but one supplier putting forward legally invalid certificates by issuers not certified for testing personal protective equipment (PPE), the Slovenian web portal Oštro reported. The report, which is the result of an international investigative journalism effort coordinated by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, reveals a similar situation across Europe. Most of the FFP2 respirator masks, the gold standard for filtering out tiny airborne particles, had certificates issued by the Italian company ECM from Bologna, which is a certified body for testing certain industrial machinery, radio equipment, elevators and certain kinds of medical equipment, but not PPE.

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Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Thursday, 2 July 2020
02 Jul 2020, 04:40 AM

Morning Headlines for Slovenia: Thursday, 2 July 2020

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Počivalšek will not resign, wants prompt and professional investigation

LJUBLJANA - Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek does not intend to step down following Tuesday's house searches related to an investigation into alleged wrongdoing in the procurement of medical supplies and personal protective equipment during the epidemic. He told the press today he had PM Janez Janša's full support to carry on, while his Modern Centre Party (SMC) is also strongly behind him. He said he had fully cooperated with the police and expected them to do their work promptly and professionally and without apparent political motivation. "I'm not going to apologise for the decisions I took during the epidemic to prevent the loss of lives, but will defend them everywhere and always," he said.

NBI director denies house searches politically motivated

LJUBLJANA - The director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Igor Lamberger, rejected the allegation by now outgoing Interior Minister Aleš Hojs that Tuesday's house searches related to the procurement of medical and protective equipment were politically motivated. The police investigators have proved that they are guided exclusively by the principles of legality and expertise, he told the news portal 24ur.com. He said that police investigators "are unbiased in their work no mater who is a suspect". He recalled the NBI had launched the investigation on the basis of a report it received in April. "I stand behind by employees and given their professional work, I see no reason for my resignation," said Lamberger, who was appointed acting NBI boss under the Janez Janša government in early May. Hojs's statements were also strongly criticised by police associations and trade unions. Political analyst Alem Maksuti meanwhile said that Hojs's resignation was a carefully crafted manoeuvre designed to divert attention and that by resigning, Hojs protected Prime Minister Janez Janša.

Andrej Jurič appointed acting police commissioner

LJUBLJANA - The government appointed late on Tuesday Andrej Jurič acting police commissioner effective from 1 July to replace Anton Travner, who handed his resignation along with Interior Minister Aleš Hojs. Jurič has been with the police force since 1986, serving as commander of the Trbovlje Police Station and the Ljubljana Traffic Police Station and most recently as a senior inspector at the Centre for Minor Offence Cases at the Uniformed Police Directorate of the General Police Department.

13 new infections as concern raised about secondary cases

LJUBLJANA - The government's chief Covid-19 adviser Bojana Beović raised concern about the emergence of secondary infections in Slovenia as well as cases without no apparent source as cases are rising exponentially. She told the government press briefing that she was worried Slovenia might close down its borders too late, while she said the advisory team she heads were divided on whether to close the border to the Balkans. This was after Slovenia recorded 13 new cases across the country for Tuesday, bringing the tally of estimated active cases to 110, and the total case count to 1,613.

Janša says EU multi-year budget must be adopted before break

LJUBLJANA - PM Janez Janša reiterated the need for the EU to adopt the next multi-year budget before the summer break as he talked to EU Council President Jean Michel in a videoconference. He warned that the current, relatively advantageous situation, as far as the coronavirus pandemic went, might be misleading as everything could change very quickly. Janša believes the EU must focus on the key recovery package, meaning aid to those member states that have been hit worst and have the poorest recovery outlook. He also expressed support for additional cohesion policy measures, rural development and the fair transition fund.

Logar defends president's wreath laying in Basovizza

LJUBLJANA - Foreign Minister Anže Logar told the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee that he did not understand the disquiet around the 13 July Trieste meeting of President Borut Pahor with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella, who will also pay tribute to Italian victims of post-WWII killings. Quizzed by a SocDem MP on the matter, Logar said that the meeting, taking place 100 years to the day after Fascists burnt down the National Hall, a community centre built by the Slovenians in Trieste, was "extremely symbolical" and would mean the two countries "turning a new leaf" in their relations.

Slovenia joins EU statement on new Hong Kong law

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia joined the EU's declaration which expresses the bloc's concern with China's 30 June adoption of a law which curbs Hong Kong's autonomy as well as rights and freedoms of its residents. The document urges preserving Hong Kong's high-degree autonomy as set down in the Hong Kong basic law and China's international commitments, the Foreign Ministry told the STA. The EU maintains that in line with the assurances China gave in the past, rights and freedoms of Hong Kong residents should be fully protected, and the rule of law and human rights not violated.

Resignation of Ambassador Kos linked to internal oversight

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's former Ambassador to Switzerland Marta Kos told the newspaper Dnevnik that she had resigned on Monday because of diverging views on how the embassy should be run and foreign policy led. She also confirmed the resignation was linked to the Foreign Ministry's recent oversight of her management of the Embassy in Bern. The ministry told Dnevnik oversight had been launched after the staff complained the embassy was not run adequately. These allegations have persisted since she served as ambassador in Berlin, it added. Kos's resignation took effect on Tuesday.

Iskratel acquired by Austria's S&T

KRANJ, Slovenia/LINZ, Austria - The Slovenian telecoms equipment maker Iskratel, which has been looking for a strategic partner for a while, was acquired by the Austrian group S&T under a EUR 37.5 million deal, signed on Tuesday. The transaction is expected to be finalised in the autumn as it awaits regulatory approval. The Iskratel group, which last year generated EUR 115 million in revenue, has been guaranteed to be able to keep its identity and brand as part of the S&T group.

Lindab closing down Slovenia subsidiary

IDRIJA - Swedish multinational Lindab will close down the IMP Klima Group, its Slovenian-based cooling arm that it acquired in 2015 from industrial conglomerate Hidria. The decision will affect 212 jobs in Slovenia and 14 in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina by the end of the year. Lindab cited fierce market competition, losses recorded by IMP Klima for several years in a row and a further deterioration due to the coronavirus crisis as the reasons for its decision announced on Tuesday.

Slovenian Sovereign Holding chairman Gabrijel Škof resigns

LJUBLJANA - Gabrijel Škof resigned as the chairman of Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH), the custodian of state assets. He cited personal reasons, saying he would focus on new challenges. The holding will be now temporarily headed by Igor Kržan, a member of the supervisory board. Škof took over as SSH chairman on 1 October 2019, replacing Kržan, who was in charge temporarily following the resignation of chairwoman Lidija Glavina. Škof said in a written statement that he was leaving SSH in a stable condition, showing good results and having met all the managerial goals.

TEŠ takes first step to get permit for waste co-incineration

ŠOŠTANJ - The TEŠ coal-fired power station from Šoštanj has sent the Environment Agency an environmental impact assessment report related to its plan to introduce co-incineration of solid recovered fuel (SRF) obtained from non-hazardous waste, thus officially launching the relevant procedure. The plan to introduce co-incineration of waste at TEŠ's newest generator, an investment estimated at EUR 6-10 million. TEŠ director general Viktor Vračar said the co-incineration plan is acceptable, as it would not worsen the existing environmental situation in the Šalek Valley.

TI Slovenia presents new tool for keeping track of lobbying

LJUBLJANA - Transparency International (TI) Slovenia has launched a new website called Integrity Watch, featuring tools for keeping track of lobbying contacts of the government and parliament, and business restrictions that apply for them. The NGO hopes the tool will improve transparency in decision-making and strengthen political integrity, thus increasing people's trust in state institutions. The tool makes it possible to select and filter data, make charts and analyse the results.

Free bus and train rides for pensioners

LJUBLJANA - Slovenia's pensioners, people with disabilities and war veterans are entitled to free intercity bus and train rides from 1 July in line with changes to the road traffic act that were passed unanimously in October 2019. Some 600,000 persons are eligible for free public intercity bus and rail services, but they are required to submit an application to make use of the benefit. Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec has indicated he will seek to expand free rides to city transit services.

Beethoven music opens Ljubljana Festival

LJUBLJANA - The Ljubljana Festival opened with Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and Piano Concerto No. 3. Conducted by Charles Dutoit, the opening concert featured Slovenia's lading pianist Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak, the orchestra and choir of the Slovenian Philharmonic, and the Megaron choir, and soloists Sabina Cvilak, Monika Bohinec, Egils Silins and Rodrigo Porras Garulo. The 68th summer festival will be running in Ljubljana until 30 August.

Exhibition at Ljubljana Castle marks 40 years of Laibach

LJUBLJANA - An exhibition of posters for Laibach concerts, theatrical performances, films and exhibitions dubbed Liberty Leads the People will open at Ljubljana Castle tonight to mark the 40th anniversary of the internationally acclaimed Slovenian art and music group. It is not widely known that since their inception in 1980 Laibach have been creating works of art, visual pieces such as posters, paintings, woodcuts, installations, videos, performances and artistic magazine projects, known as Laibach Kunst.

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