LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – China’s household appliances maker Hisense (000921.SZ) plans to start producing TV sets in Slovenia in January 2021, creating about 350 jobs in the country, Hisense said on Monday. Production would be approximately 1.5 million TV sets in ... More »
POSTOJNA, Slovenia (Reuters) – Three rare aquatic creatures known as baby dragons are going on display in an aquarium at Slovenia’s Postojna Cave, one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions. The cave-dwelling animals, officially called proteus or olms, h... More »
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s most popular band, Dubioza Kolektiv, invites its audience to “stay connected and disinfected” during a weekly “Quarantine Show” online to cheer up fans locked in their homes due to the coronavirus. Bosnia, like most states in Euro... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but one country, Sweden, stands out for allowing life to go on much as before, Google data show. An... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Formula One drivers Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were racing on Sunday but, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix canceled due to the coronavirus, it was against invisible opponents on virtual racetracks. The world of esports came... More »
SELA PRI KAMNIKU, Slovenia (Reuters) – A large wooden sculpture that strongly resembles Donald Trump was erected this week in Slovenia, home country of Trump’s wife Melania, though its designer insists it is meant to represent a “statue of liberty”, not the U.... More »
ARE, Sweden (Reuters) – Austria’s Ramona Siebenhofer was fastest in the downhill leg of the women’s combined at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday, with American Lindsey Vonn back in action after crashing earlier in the week. Siebenhofer, winner o... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will not withdraw its political support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia, its foreign minister said on Monday, as some lawmakers suggested curtailing the project to punish Moscow for its seizure of Ukrainian ships and t... More »
CARCASSONNE, France (Reuters) – Will Chris Froome attack Geraint Thomas, or will the defending champion support the current yellow jersey holder? That is the question on everyone’s lips as the Tour de France heads into its final week. But four-time champion Fr... More »
KRANJ, Slovenia (Reuters) – The first monument to the blockchain technology that underpins crypto-currencies took center stage on Tuesday on a roundabout in Slovenia, authorities in the country’s fourth largest city said. Weighing three tonnes and with a diame... More »
Feb 13, 2018- Toronto, Ontario, CAN- Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic (7) talks to the media during the warm up before a game against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) – Slovenia’s Goran Dragic c... More »
Ice Hockey – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men Preliminary Round Match – Olympic Athletes from Russia v Slovenia – Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea – February 16, 2018 – Kirill Kaprizov, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, celebrates his goal w... More »
Alpine Skiing – FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men’s Alpine Giant Slalom – Alta Badia, Italy – December 17, 2017 – Austria’s Marcel Hirscher celebrates after winning the Men’s Giant Slalom. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini ALTA BADIA, Italy (Reuters) – Austrian Marce... More »
FILE PHOTO: Great Britain’s Aljaz Bedene after falling during his third round match against Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller REUTERS/Tony O’Brien LONDON (Reuters) – World number 49 Aljaz Bedene has finally given up on representing his adopted country Britain and wil... More »
FILE PHOTO: The charging plug of an electric Volkswagen Passat car is pictured at charging station at a VW dealer in Berlin, Germany, February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has partnered with top carm... More »
Slovenia’s historic triumph at the European basketball championship left their coach Igor Kokoskov as the unsung hero after the Alpine country’s impressive 93-85 win over Serbia in a rip-roaring final in Istanbul. More »
An electric display of scoring by Slovenian captain Goran Dragic paved the way for his side's stunning 93-85 victory over neighbors Serbia as they were crowned Eurobasket champions for the first time after a thrilling final on Sunday. More »
Slovenia, a member of the euro zone, will hold a presidential election on Oct. 22, parliament speaker Milan Brglez said on Friday. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump holds First Lady Melania Trump before Trump’s public speech in front of the Warsaw Uprising Monument at Krasinski Square, in Warsaw, Poland July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Slovenian President Borut Pahor, attending a meeting of ... More »
Actor Klemen Slakonja plays the German chancellor Angela Merkel in Ljubljana, Slovenia, April 23, 2017. Picture taken April 23, 2017. Jani Ugrin/Handout via REUTERS A Slovenian comic who has attracted millions of online hits with extravagant musical parodies o... More »
A firm in Slovenia are giving tombstones a 21st-century makeover, with 48-inch interactive screens that can show pictures, video and other digital content. More »
FILE PHOTO: The European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters is pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, January 21, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo The European Central Bank can set binding requirements if it thinks a bank is not cutting its pile of unpaid loans ... More »
Alpine Skiing – FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships – Women’s Downhill – St. Moritz, Switzerland – 12/2/17 – Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia in action. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler Slovenia’s Ilka Stuhec blasted to victory in the women’s downhill at the Alpine Skiing... More »
FILE PHOTO: An ash tray with cigarette butts is pictured in Hinzenbach, Austria, February 5, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, acco... More »
Thousands of people demonstrate against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in the centre of Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2016. Reuters/Eric Vidal Southern Belgium is ... More »
A logo is pictured on UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse UEFA elects a new president on Wednesday whose main task will be to stop what European officials say is an inexorable slide toward a breakaway soccer Super Le... More »
Slovenian Primoz Roglic won the Chianti Classic individual time trial that formed the ninth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, while Italian Gianluca Brambilla held on to the leader’s pink jersey. Roglic, from the Lotto-NL team, clocked 51 minutes 45 second... More »
BRUSSELS Europe’s emerging migration policy is looking increasingly like Donald Trump without the hair. Except that, unlike the Republican presidential frontrunner, who wants to make Mexico pay for a wall to keep migrants out of the United States, the European... More »
GENEVA/BRUSSELS The United Nations and human rights groups warned on Tuesday that a tentative European Union deal to send back all irregular migrants to Turkey in exchange for political and financial rewards could be illegal. “I am deeply concerned about any a... More »
BRUSSELS “A breeding ground for violence” the mayor of Molenbeek called her borough on Sunday, speaking of unemployment and overcrowding among Arab immigrant families, of youthful despair finding refuge in radical Islam. But as the Brussels district on the wro... More »
BERKASOVO, Serbia Thousands of migrants clamored to enter European Union member Croatia from Serbia on Monday after a night spent in the cold and mud of no-man’s land, their passage west slowed by a Slovenian effort to impose limits on the flow to western Euro... More »
Companies and organizations are pledging to provide funds, goods and services to help thousands of migrants arriving in Europe from war-torn and impoverished countries. Companies are helping through both corporate and employee schemes. Following are some examp... More »
PARIS An attempt by Airbus to make history by crossing the English Channel in an electric plane ended in wounded pride on Friday after a French pilot claimed to have beaten it by hours. In a further twist, a Slovenian businessman said he might have beaten both... More »
