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Govt further relaxes coronavirus restrictions
LJUBLJANA - The government decided at a correspondence session to lift the Covid pass mandate for health and social care workers and the requirement to wear masks at pharmacies. The new rules enter into force on Sunday, 8 May. While staff at health and social care institutions no longer need the Covid pass - which was imposed for practically all activities in the country on 15 September - it remains in place for visitors to these institutions.
Govt agrees to promoting Urbanč to major general
LJUBLJANA - The government approved Brigadier General Roman Urbanč's promotion to the rank of major general. Urbanč, deputy chief of the general staff, has worked for the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) since 1994. He will now have to be formally promoted by the SAF's supreme commander, President Borut Pahor, thus joining another three active Slovenian major generals - Chief of the General Staff Robert Glavaš, Miha Škerbinc, the SAF's force commander, and ex-Chiefs of the General Staff Alenka Ermenc and Alan Geder.
President Pahor visits minority in Udine province
UDINE, Italy - President Borut Pahor and Minister for Slovenians Abroad Helena Jaklitsch visited the Slovenian ethnic minority in Italy's province Udine on Friday as the 34th festival of songs from Benečija area opened in the Grimacco/Garmak municipality. In his address, Pahor stressed the role of co-existence and the common European homeland, to which the Slovenian and Italian nations belong. Pahor and Jaklitsch also held a meeting with the minority's representatives.
Speaking from own experience, Cerar has advice for Golob
LJUBLJANA - Miro Cerar, a jurist who formed a government in 2014 after his new party won the election, warned in an interview with the STA that now that Robert Golob is following in his footsteps, it will be important how he performs as prime minister but also whether he is able to keep unity in his party and make sure it holds on to true values. Cerar, whose SMC party has since imploded, attributes the historic victory of Golob's Freedom Movement to the political bloc that rallied against outgoing PM Janez Janša getting concerned about potential dispersion and subsequent loss of votes, which was shared by the voters.
Coronavirus cases down 27% in a week
LJUBLJANA - A total of 747 new coronavirus cases were logged on Friday, a 27% drop over a week ago, and three patients died. The National Institute of Public Health estimates that there are now just over 11,400 active cases in the country, a daily drop of 306. Health Ministry data shows that there were 188 persons infected with coronavirus in hospitals on Saturday morning, of whom 20 in intensive care.
GEN-I raising gas prices for "old" clients as well
LJUBLJANA - GEN-I is joining the natural gas suppliers that have already increased prices over the last heating season, announcing a 1 July price hike for "old" clients after raising the price for households and small businesses that switched to GEN-I after 25 February already in winter. The new price will be EUR 0.060 per kilowatt-hour VAT included, up from EUR 0.032, according to a price list posted on GEN-I's website on Friday. The price without the 22% VAT rate will be EUR 0.049.
Almost 26,000 turn out for memorial Walk along the Wire
LJUBLJANA - The 64th Walk along the Wire, an event commemorating the 9 May 1945 liberation of Ljubljana, attracted over 23,150 hikers and 2,670 runners of three-member teams between Thursday and Saturday as it returned to the city after a two-year coronavirus-prompted break. What is one of the biggest recreational sport events in Slovenia usually attracts over 30,000 people. It remembers the period during WWII when the Fascists wired off Ljubljana in February 1942 to stop supplies to the Partisan resistance movement. In 2016, the Culture Ministry entered it into the Slovenian register of living cultural heritage.
