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Slovenia win silver at European Volleyball Championship
KATOWICE, Poland - Slovenia have the second consecutive silver at the European Volleyball Championship after losing to Italy 2:3. With silver medals from the 2015 and 2019 tournaments Slovenia were hoping to take it one step further this time, but Italy proved too strong in a game of equals.
545 new coronavirus cases confirmed, hospital figures flat
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia confirmed 545 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, down slightly on the week before. The 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 population stood at 621 and the seven-day average of new daily cases at 1,038, according to the National Institute of Public Health. Hospital numbers remained broadly flat with 360 patients in hospital, of which 90 in intensive care. Four patients with Covid-19 died.
Gender pay gap in Slovenia at 2.2% in 2020
LJUBLJANA - The pay gap between men and women in Slovenia narrowed slightly in 2020, by 3.6 points annually to 2.2%, preliminary figures released by the Statistics Office show. The gap in the private sector stood at 6.5% and at 10.7% in the public sector. Average monthly net pay in the country increased by 5.4% to EUR 1,252 in 2020 over 2019. Men's average monthly net pay was 0.7% above the average, while women's was 0.8% below the average.
Jasmine Paolini wins Portorož WTA tournament
PORTOROŽ - Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini won the WTA tournament in Portorož, defeating Alison Riske of the US in straight sets 7:6 (4), 6:2 to clinch her maiden WTA title. Paolini knocked out four seeded players, including Dayana Yastremska, Sorana Cirstea and Yulia Putintseva, on the way to her first final.
