Slovenia

Ljubljana – Young Slovenian basketball ace Luka Dončić has been honoured by the Slovenian tourism community with the Crystal Triglav, awarded to those who contribute the most to Slovenia’s promotion around the world. Mark Cuban, the owner of Dončić’s NBA team Dallas Mavericks, became the ambassador of Slovenian tourism for 2021.

Ljubljana – Most basic food products became more expensive in 2020, the year marked by the Covid-19 epidemic, the Statistics Office said on Tuesday in light of the upcoming World Food Day on 16 October. They added that price rises were the most substantial in apples (+35.4%) and minced meat (+22.8%).

Portorož – The 24th Festival of Slovenian Film will open in the coastal town of Portorož on Tuesday with the screening of Inventura, a film by Darko Sink. Until Sunday, a total of 54 films will compete for the festival’s awards.

Maribor – The Slovenian men’s football team conceded defeat to Russia (1:2) in Maribor on Monday evening. Thus, Slovenia failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

The eighth match of the qualification was fatal for the Slovenian side, which will miss out on the World Cup in Qatar. The team still has two more matches to play, one away match in Slovakia and a home game against Cyprus.

Ljubljana – Petrol, Slovenia’s largest energy company, will significantly increase the prices of electricity and natural gas on 1 December. The price of electricity is expected to rise by around 30% and of natural gas by 12%, with Petrol citing higher energy prices on international markets as the reason.

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Ljubljana – Slovenia recorded 186 new coronavirus cases on Sunday as the curve of infections kept falling. Another six Covid-19 patients died, government data show.

This morning 422 Covid-19 patients were treated in hospitals, five more than the day before, including 121 in intensive care.

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s industrial output grew by 1.1% in August compared to the month before, expanding by 8.4% year-on-year, fresh data from the Statistics Office shows.

The monthly growth was driven by a 7.2% growth in the electricity, gas and steam supply industry and a 1.2% growth in manufacturing as mining and quarrying contracted by 10.1%.

Ljubljana – Slovenia will follow the recommendation of the national advisory committee on immunisation to use the Pfizer vaccine for those under 30 years old, Health Minister Janez Poklukar said on Monday. In general, the use of mRNA vaccines will be recommended over viral vector vaccines.

Bulgaria is at the bottom of the statistics on reused waste in the European Union. With an indicator of 2.9%, it is quite far from the EU average of 49.4%. Even Romania is ahead of us, albeit by a minimum of 3.5%, BGNES reported.