Covid daily case count dips to one-month low
LJUBLJANA - Another 899 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Saturday, down 28% from the same day a week ago, as the coronavirus case count keeps falling. This is the lowest daily tally of infections since early March. The National Institute of Public Health estimates 36,740 people are actively infected in the country, down 613 from the estimate on the previous day.
Slovenian Catholic Church apologises to sex abuse victims
LJUBLJANA - Novo Mesto Bishop Andrej Saje, the head of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference, apologised to the victims of sexual abuse by clergy on behalf of the Catholic Church in Slovenia, as he marked the day of prayer for such victims. The Church has made important steps in the past in detecting and sanctioning the abuses, but the road to preventing unacceptable wrongdoing is long and challenging, he said.
NGO collects necessary signatures in favour of repeal of several laws in one day
LJUBLJANA - The 8 March Institute has already collected enough signatures to introduce a bill aimed at repealing several government-sponsored laws that the NGO finds harmful. The two-month nationwide campaign started on Wednesday and the minimum threshold of signatures, 5,000, was crossed already that day, said the NGO, which aims to get 60,000 signatures.
Last remaining member of anti-fascist organisation TIGR dies
LJUBLJANA/SEŽANA - Alojz Kralj, the last surviving member of the underground anti-fascist organisation TIGR, died on Saturday aged 101, said TIGR Primorska, an association promoting anti-Fascist values. Having written down his memoirs, he preserved many stories about the TIGR organisation. Established in 1927, TIGR is considered one of the first anti-fascist resistance movements in Europe.
Slovenj Gradec mayor voted best in all 12 urban municipalities
LJUBLJANA - The latest public opinion poll measuring how happy locals are with the work of their mayors in Slovenia's twelve urban municipalities sees Slovenj Gradec Mayor Tilen Klugler receiving the highest mark, followed by Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković and Murska Sobota Mayor Aleksander Jevšek. The worst marks were given to Nova Gorica Mayor Klemen Miklavič, Kranj Mayor Matjaž Rakovec and Maribor Mayor Saša Arsenovič.
