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LJUBLJANA, Aug 4, 2023 (AFP) – Three people have died after floods and landslides caused by heavy rains cut off access to villages and disrupted traffic in northeastern and central Slovenia, authorities said Friday. Sirens alerting citizens against flooding were sounded in the cities of Ljubljana, Maribor and Celje after the country’s environment agency issued the highest “red alert” warning due to heavy rainfall that started overnight. “Three people have died over the last 24 […]
By Bojan KAVCIC Agence France-Presse LIPICA, Slovenia, May 29, 2023 (AFP) — People watched in awe as the world-renowned Lipizzan horses put on a dazzling show this month in the village of Lipica in the small Alpine state of Slovenia. The home of one of the world’s most distinguished horse breeds — and seven countries in the region that once were part of the Habsburg Empire — have reason to celebrate. Their shared tradition of […]
First visit of foreign leaders in Ukraine after Russia attack KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — The Polish, Czech and Slovenian prime ministers met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Tuesday in the first visit by foreign leaders to Ukraine’s besieged capital since Russia’s invasion. The prime ministers, who arrived by train, sat round a table with their Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmyhal amd and the Ukrainian president, who detailed the situation to them. “They are shelling […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — NBA star Luka Doncic scored a sensational 48 points as Slovenia routed Argentina 118-100 in their first game of the Tokyo Olympics men’s basketball tournament on Monday. On his Olympic debut, the 22-year-old Dallas Mavericks guard had 31 points in the first half and at one stage was on track to break the Olympic scoring record of 55 points set by Brazil’s Oscar Schmidt in 1988. His final total still tied […]
by Bojan Kavci Agence France-Presse MARKOVEC, Slovenia (AFP)–When he used to go hunting, Miha Mlakar would dream of killing a bear. But today the 33-year-old from Slovenia makes his living watching the animals, peacefully, in their natural forest environment. The turnaround to shooting bears with a camera, not a rifle, puts Mlakar, who runs bear observation tours, in step with wider efforts in the small Alpine nation to promote the coexistence of humans and […]
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP) — Slovenia’s former center-right Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his Democratic Party (SDS) look set to emerge on top in early parliamentary elections on Sunday, as campaigning enters the home stretch. The campaign has been overshadowed by controversy over Jansa’s strident anti-migrant rhetoric and the public support he has received from fellow firebrand Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. According to the latest poll published by daily Dnevnik on Wednesday, Jansa’s SDS is […]
(Eagle News) — Get to know Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia, which was declared as Europe’s Green Capital City for the year 2016. Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s correspondent in Europe Malou Francisco with Marie Francisco-Weir gives us a tour of the “green city” including Ljubljana’s “old town,” its town hall and beautiful bridges. She also takes us to Ljubljana’s “medieval castle” and to a boat tour at night when the city turns into a […]
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP) — The Slovenian government hopes MPs will vote to recognize the Palestinian state and become only the second country to do so as an EU member-state, Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec said Monday. “Everybody (other EU member-states) backs such a Slovenian step that will happen if parliament green lights the proposal for recognizing the Palestinian state,” Erjavec told private channel POP TV. The minister was speaking from Brussels, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service All rise for the new kings of European basketball. Miami Heat star guard Goran Dragic’s 35 points and two crucial baskets by American naturalized player Anthony Randolph with two minutes left in the game gave Slovenia a 93-85 win over perennial powerhouse Serbia to capture the 2017 Eurobasket championship and their first European title. The win caps Slovenia’s magical run, an unbeaten one from the group stages with big […]
