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Lendava Mayor Janez Magyar, Slovenian Olympic Committee president Franjo Bobinac and Olympian Jani Klemenčič pictured with children as the Slovenian torch starts its journey around the country. Photo: Vida Toš/STA

Torch to spread Olympic spirit around the country

Sport

A day after the flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics was lit in Olympia, Slovenians have sent their own torch to tour the country with the nation's first Olympic medallist making the first leg.
The Slovenian torch started its journey in Lendava, northeast, near the tri-border with Hungary and Croatia

Part of the Cistercian Monastery of Stična. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Two Slovenian Cistercian monasteries win European Heritage Label

Culture

Two Cistercian monasteries are the latest Slovenian sites to win the European Heritage Label, a title awarded by the European Commission to what it says are milestones in the creation of today's Europe.
Seven sites were picked for the title this year, including Cisterscapes - Cistercian Landscapes

Convicted businessman Sergej Racman. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Former cinema chain owner in prison

Crime

Businessman Sergej Racman, once one of the wealthiest Slovenians, has started serving prison time for cutting off creditors in the 2014 sale of the largest cinema complex in the country.
Racman, who started off in stock trading and finance before moving to entertainment and casino business, was sen

Snow on a blooming meadow in Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

From hot to freezing in a day

Environment & Nature

Shorts are out and winter coats and gloves are back in in Slovenia after temperature rollercoaster brought down readings by up to 26 degrees Celsius in a single day in a new record.
After more than ten days of unseasonably warm, summer-like weather with temperatures hitting 30C and over, the countr

Day of German-Slovenian Business in Bled. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Green transition challenge for businesses

BusinessExclusive content

The impact of the green transition on competitiveness was one of the challenges discussed at the annual Day of German-Slovenian Business, organised by the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the IEDC - Bled School of Management on 16 April.
The event, themed Circular Economy: The I

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon (right) greeted by her Japanese counterpart Yoko Kamikawa. Photo: The Slovenian Foreign Ministry

Advanced technologies in focus as foreign minister visits Japan

BusinessPolitics

Cooperation in new technologies, in particular green hydrogen, ranked prominently as Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon visited Japan on 15 and 16 April accompanied by a business delegation, before heading on to China.
Fajon, the first Slovenian foreign minister to visit Japan in 16 years, met

Exclusive content

Green transition challenge for businesses

BusinessExclusive content

The impact of the green transition on competitiveness was one of the challenges discussed at the annual Day of German-Slovenian Business, organised by the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the IEDC - Bled School of Management on 16 April.
The event, themed Circular Economy: The I

Containers at the Koper port. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

New technologies key for the future of logistics

BusinessExclusive content

The challenges faced by the logistics industry amid the global uncertainties and disruptions to global supply chains, and solutions in the application of new technologies such as AI were discussed as an international logistics congress opened in Portorož on 27 March.
The logistics industry is an i

Hidria CEO Bojan Gantar (third from left) accepts the German Business Award, pictured with German Deputy Ambassador Eva-Ricarda Willems, president of the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dagmar von Bohnstein, and dean of the Bled School of Management Drikus Kriek. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Hidria wins German Business Award

BusinessExclusive content

Hidria, a leading Slovenian supplier of the global car industry, is the winner of the 2023/24 German Business Award, which recognizes important technological and economic innovation that has long-term effects.
The award is presented by the Slovenian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooper

Business

Akrapovič signs deal with Ferrari

BusinessSport

The Slovenian exhaust system manufacturer Akrapovič has signed a multi-year agreement with the Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari that will see Akrapovič become a technical partner for Ferrari Hypercar, which competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
The Slovenian company said th

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon (left) meets her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua/STA

Foreign minister talks politics and trade in China

BusinessPolitics

Accompanied by a sizeable business delegation, Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon is visiting China on a four-day official trip aimed at boosting political dialogue and trade. With both countries currently sitting in the UN Security Council, global conflicts and ways to resolve them were high o

Green transition challenge for businesses

BusinessExclusive content

The impact of the green transition on competitiveness was one of the challenges discussed at the annual Day of German-Slovenian Business, organised by the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the IEDC - Bled School of Management on 16 April.
The event, themed Circular Economy: The I

Politics

Barbara Antolić Vupora, an ethnic Slovenian, re-elected to the Croatian parliament. Photo: Hina/STA

Slovenian community member re-elected to Croatian parliament

Politics

Slovenian minority member Barbara Antolić Vupora has been re-elected to the Croatian parliament on a party ticket, although officially the community will be represented by a member of the Bosniak minority.
Running for the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), Antolić Vupora was re-elected in th

Foreign minister talks politics and trade in China

BusinessPolitics

Accompanied by a sizeable business delegation, Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon is visiting China on a four-day official trip aimed at boosting political dialogue and trade. With both countries currently sitting in the UN Security Council, global conflicts and ways to resolve them were high o

Advanced technologies in focus as foreign minister visits Japan

BusinessPolitics

Cooperation in new technologies, in particular green hydrogen, ranked prominently as Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon visited Japan on 15 and 16 April accompanied by a business delegation, before heading on to China.
Fajon, the first Slovenian foreign minister to visit Japan in 16 years, met

Society

Slovenian artist Nika Špan's work at the 60th Venice Art Biennale. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Alien and enigmatic, Slovenian pavilion at Venice Biennale

Culture

Slovenia has inaugurated its pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale. It features a work by conceptual artist Nika Špan, displayed in a park between the main exhibition venues of the Arsenale and Giardini.
An unusual nomadic structure, Špan's Garden Secret for You is both a sculpture and architect

Two Slovenian Cistercian monasteries win European Heritage Label

Culture

Two Cistercian monasteries are the latest Slovenian sites to win the European Heritage Label, a title awarded by the European Commission to what it says are milestones in the creation of today's Europe.
Seven sites were picked for the title this year, including Cisterscapes - Cistercian Landscapes

Former cinema chain owner in prison

Crime

Businessman Sergej Racman, once one of the wealthiest Slovenians, has started serving prison time for cutting off creditors in the 2014 sale of the largest cinema complex in the country.
Racman, who started off in stock trading and finance before moving to entertainment and casino business, was sen

Travels

The Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit on the Javorca hill. Photo: Taminu Petelinšek/STA

Javorca Church and Tolmin Gorge inaccessible until June

Travels

Two major tourist sites in the Tolmin area in the west of the country, the Memorial Church of the Holy Spirit on the Javorca hill, and the spectacular Tolmin Gorge will remain closed until June due to a major rockslide that was triggered in the area in January.
The rockslide, in which one man was k

A vantage point above Radlje ob Dravi on the Stari Grad (Old Castle) nature trail, one of the 14th best forest educational trails this year. Photo: Vesna Pušnik Brezovnik/STA

The mysteries of forest up close

Environment & NatureTravels

Slovenia is rich in forests that bustle with wildlife and one way to experience and explore them is by taking one of the many educational trials that criss-cross the country.
There are around 700 nature trails in Slovenia running more than 5,600 kilometres in length. Of these, 93 are forest trails

The Šmarje pri Jelšah Calvary. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Calvary, a landmark and place for contemplation

CultureTravels

Paths zigzagging up a hill from one little chapel representing the suffering of Jesus to another make a familiar landmark in many parts of Slovenia. The best known calvary is that of Šmarje pri Jelšah in the east of the country, which attracts 10,000 visitors a year.
An open-air representation of

Sport

Akrapovič signs deal with Ferrari

BusinessSport

The Slovenian exhaust system manufacturer Akrapovič has signed a multi-year agreement with the Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari that will see Akrapovič become a technical partner for Ferrari Hypercar, which competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).
The Slovenian company said th

Torch to spread Olympic spirit around the country

Sport

A day after the flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics was lit in Olympia, Slovenians have sent their own torch to tour the country with the nation's first Olympic medallist making the first leg.
The Slovenian torch started its journey in Lendava, northeast, near the tri-border with Hungary and Croatia

The Slovenian women's handball team. Photo: Handball Association of Slovenia

Slovenian women's handball team earn first Olympic berth

Sport

The Slovenian women's handball team has qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris in a historic first for the country's women athletes in team sports.
Slovenia secured the ticket by defeating Montenegro 30:26 in the last match of a qualifying tournament in Germany's Neu-Ulm on 14 April.
At th

Opinion

Boštjan Zalar, director of the Jožef Stefan Institute. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Jožef Stefan Days evince keen interest in science

Opinion

The Jožef Stefan Institute, the country's leading scientific research institution, opens its doors wide to the public for a week every year to present scientific achievements in accessible ways. This is especially important at a time when it is often difficult to separate quasi-science from scienc

Kyriacos Kakouris, vice-president of the European Investment Bank. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

EIB's crucial role in shaping a sustainable future

Opinion

The green transition is not just a moral imperative but a vital driver of Europe's economic competitiveness, Kyriacos Kakouris, vice-president of the European Investment Bank, writes in his op-ed for the Slovenia Times as he sets out the bank's role in financing climate action and fostering sustain

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Robert Golob.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Our Earth, our responsibility

Bled Strategic ForumOpinionPolitics

In his op-ed for Bled Strategic Times ahead of the Bled Strategic Forum, Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob makes a call for "global solidarity to save our planet", combining it with an appeal to Russia to end the war of aggression against Ukraine.
In the first days of August, as I was walking t

Bled Strategic Forum

FDI Summit