Europe Slovenia The Slovenian Tourist Board has signed an agreement with Janja Garnbret, currently the world's best female climber, multiple world champion and Olympic gold medalist, who will become an ambassador for Slovenian tourism
Europe Slovenia Following the changeover to electronic vignettes on 1 February, the motorway company DARS has so far sold 748.800 electronic vignettes, 91% of which are annual
Europe Slovenia A report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows Ljubljana as the third greenest city in Europe
Europe Slovenia The Catholic Advocacy for Victims of Sexual Abuse in the Slovenian Catholic Church Dovolj.je has called for the appointment of a properly funded independent commission to investigate and crack down on those crimes as soon as possible
Europe Slovenia A solar power plant will be built on the site of the former coal mine Trbovlje-Hrastnik; with a capacity of 1.5MW, it will be among the largest in the country; work will start soon, depending on weather conditions
Europe Slovenia With yesterday's end of the Slovenian semester of EU Council Presidency, analysts have underlined how there have been poor results on the most important decisions, including the EU enlargement to the Western Balkans
Europe Slovenia The country had a gross external debt of €51,2 billion at the end of October, the equivalent of 109% of GDP at current prices
Europe Slovenia The Slovenian Olympic Committee has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the need to preserve glaciers: a piece of the Mount Triglav glacier will be displayed in China during the Winter Olympics to warn of the impact of global warming on the Alps
Europe Slovenia A collection of cultural and natural heritage, folk tales, stories and traditions has been presented at the Cankarjev Dom cultural centre in Ljubljana and will be part of the Google Arts & Culture portal
Europe Slovenia Ski jumpers Ema Klinec and Urša Bogataj secured their first double victory in the individual World Cup in Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Europe Slovenia The modernisation of a 26-kilometre railway section between Zidani Most and Celje in eastern Slovenia has been declared complete; the project cost 230 million euro, which is about 50 million euro less than the initial cost estimate
Europe Slovenia A violence-awareness haunted house has been set up in Ljubljana's city square and will remain open until today; visitors can experience first-hand the fear that victims of violence are constantly confronted with