Europe Slovenia Last year, the average person threw away 68kg of food, 1kg more than in 2019, of which 40% was still edible; households and the food trade generated more food waste, while food production and the catering and food service industries generated less
Europe Slovenia An exhibition of works by Zoran Mušič, the most internationally recognised artist of Slovenian origin, has opened at the Maribor Art Gallery
Europe Slovenia Fish catches in 2020, exceeding 155 tonnes, increased for the first time in five years, registering an increase of 29% on 2019
Europe Slovenia Efforts to rejuvenate the lynx population in the northwestern region of Gorenjska have been successful: the first cubs were born after five lynx were released into the wild by Life Lynx project
Europe Slovenia 130 brown bears have been shot so far this year, of which 121 have been hunted on the basis of Environment Agency permits and nine have been found dead
Europe Slovenia With his play Gejm, Slovenian director Ziga Divjak has given voice to abused migrants and refugees; numerous reports and newspaper articles denounce alleged police violence in the treatment of those who take the so-called Balkan route to Western Europe
Europe Slovenia A team of Slovenian researchers has created software that helps scientists analyse the content of microbiomes, the communities of microorganisms that live in the human gut, in order to detect specific pathways that may indicate the presence of a disease
Europe Slovenia An overwhelming majority of 86% has rejected in a referendum legislative changes proposed by the government that environmentalists say would pave the way for construction projects in the sea, lakes and rivers that would threaten the environment
Europe Slovenia Additional €72.5 million have been budgeted for the Ministry of Education to co-finance investments in kindergartens and primary schools between 2021 and 2024
Europe Slovenia A new housing complex of flats for people aged between 18 and 29 has been opened in Ljubljana, in the desire to help young people achieve independence and start a family while securing financial freedom
Europe Slovenia The Slovenian Press Agency celebrates today its 30th anniversary with a ceremony in front of its headquarters in Ljubljana to mark the day when it published its first news
Europe Slovenia The town of Sevnica will start renovating their oldest hair salon, which dates to 1900, as they wish to recognise it as cultural heritage
Europe Slovenia The route of the Slovenia's representative to the 2021 Eurovision song contest, the ballad "Amen" singed by Ana Soklič, has stopped before the final stage