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Koper – Slovenian climber Luka Potočar secured his first ever World Cup win in the lead as the world’s best climbers gathered in Koper on Saturday. In the women’s competition, triple European champion Janja Garnbret was second.

Koper – After receiving notable quantities of rain in the last ten days, the Slovenian coast, where water use restrictions were introduced in early July, will again be able to use water also for non-essential purposes. The supply of water from the Postojna area will end tomorrow.

Koper – Italian senators Debora Serracchiani and Tatjana Rojc, both members of the Democratic Party (PD), met representatives of the Italian community in Slovenia on Monday. The minority’s representatives said they would like Italy to support their efforts for their constitutional rights. The officials agreed minorities should have MP seats guaranteed.

Koper – In Saturday’s commentary headlined Patients Not the Only Ones to Be Blamed for Waiting Times, the newspaper Primorske Novice says that the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) is also to be blamed for long waiting times, having done nothing to ensure a single system of referrals registration at national level.

Koper – The regional newspaper Primorske Novice says in Tuesday’s commentary that only politics can drive politics out of the media, as it urges the Robert Golob government to do this at RTV Slovenija and then to resist the temptation to exert political pressure itself.

Koper – Slovenian gymnasts Tjaša Kysselef and Teja Belak won two medals in the vault at a World Cup event in Koper on Saturday. Kysselef won silver, scoring 13.200 points, and Belak won bronze with 13.050 points. Zsófia Kovács bagged the gold (13.325 points).

Koper – Primorske Novice finds it unusual that the Robert Golob government has decided to review all appointments, reassignments and promotions in the state administration since 1 January 2020 to see whether some staff got the job through political connections. The newspaper believes this will do little to solve the problem.

Koper – The incoming government has perhaps taken the right approach to sport by transferring it from the existing ministry of education, science and sport to the planned ministry of the economy, tourism and sport. “It should be clear in a year’s time whether this is a winning combination,” Primorske Novice says on Saturday.

Koper – The regional newspaper Primorske Novice writes about understaffed urban police in Friday’s commentary, looking at the implications this has on the safety of businesses, locals and visitors there.

Koper – Despite his solid majority, and no matter what kind of coalition he puts together, election winner Robert Golob will have his work cut out as he tries to navigate the many traps of government, Primorske Novice says in Saturday’s commentary.