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Positivity rate nears 40% as almost 3,000 new cases recorded
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia recorded 2,985 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the second highest daily figure in the current wave, as more than 39% of all PCR tests came back positive. Hospital numbers remained flat as 561 patients were hospitalised this morning, up by three, and the number of intensive care cases declined by two to 132. Nine patients with Covid-19 died. The latest figures bring the 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 population to 1,263, up by 73 from the day before.
Fmr president accuses govt of being undemocratic
SEVNICA - Milan Kučan, Slovenia's former president, has accused the current government of being undemocratic as he told a ceremony that the next election will "decide about the return of democracy". He said Slovenians had to send the clear message that "we are not willing to submit to the way the current government is governing, which is alien to Slovenia." Kučan said the government was undermining the Constitution and the rule of law, and indeed abandoning the rule of law altogether.
Language and culture in focus as minister visits minority in Austria
KLAGENFURT, Austria - Minister for Slovenians Abroad Helena Jaklitsch paid a visit Friday to the Slovenian minority in Gailtal/Zilja, a valley in Carinthia. The preservation of Slovenian language and culture as well as bilingual education were in the focus. Instruction at bilingual primaries is not at the expected level, and what parents miss the most is the live presence of Slovenian language in everyday speech, the Office for Slovenians Abroad said.
Mobile banking outpacing online banking
LJUBLJANA - Mobile banking apps are being used by more and more Slovenians, the number of mobile bank users among natural persons having already surpassed the number of online banking users by the middle of this year. In the second quarter, a total of 1,041,918 natural persons and sole proprietors used mobile banks in Slovenia, while 1,011,274 used online banking, according to data by Slovenia's central bank Banka Slovenije. The gap widened even further in the third quarter.
