Trbovlje

The Trbovlje Nightingales – from superstardom to oblivion

They were superstars between the world wars. They performed to audiences around Europe. They were better that the world's best known singers at the time despite coming from a poor mining town and having no formal musical education - and their story has been largely forgotten for the better part of a century.

Slovenia’s joblessness keeps falling

Ljubljana – A total of 70,655 people were registered as unemployed in Slovenia in July, a decline of 0.6% from June and down as much as 21% from July 2020, according to a report released by the Employment Service.

The total kept falling despite the number of the newly registered rising by 54% from June to 5,443. The latter figure was still nearly 34% bellow last year’s.

Parents protesting closure of schools

Koper – Rallies were held across the country on Sunday as parents protested closure of schools after two regions slipped back into black tier last week. The government decided schools should return to remote teaching and kindergartens close on Monday in the two regions after pupils in grades one to three were allowed back in nine of 12 regions last week.