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Slovenia battles delays in drawing of EU funds, minister blames previous govt

Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič has acknowledged that Slovenia is and will remain behind schedule in drawing funds from the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility, largely due to a misguided approach taken by the previous government. But the first payment is due in April and he remains confident it will be possible to secure all the funds available until the end of 2026.

Boštjančič, Vasle discuss Slovenia’s relatively good economic situation in Washington

Washington – Global economy is in trouble, but given the circumstances Slovenia is in a relatively good financial and economic shape, Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič and Banka Slovenije Governor Boštjan Vasle said at the end of the a meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, US. The talks focussed on inflation.

PM expects aid to business could top EUR 1.5 billion

Ljubljana – The corporate sector will need aid in excess of EUR 1.5 billion to cope with high energy prices, Prime Minister Robert Golob said on Monday after meeting with representatives of business associations. The exact scope of the aid will depend on how successful reform of EU energy markets will be.

Just weeks ago Golob said that aid would have to amount to a billion euros.

Second win for Slovenia at the Eurobasket

Cologne – Slovenia easily defeated Hungary 103:88 (29:16, 54:33, 88:60) in the second round of play at the Eurobasket on Saturday night.

The team started out with a 18:2 run and opened a 24-point gap by the first half, allowing coach Aleksander Sekulić to give the top players some rest ahead of the deciding games.

Revised budget for 2022 increasing expenditure, deficit unchanged

Ljubljana – Presenting the draft supplemental budget for 2022, which “has no budget user getting less”, Finance Minister Klemen Boštjaničič said the changes were needed due to measures adopted by the previous government. The proposal envisages expenditure increasing by EUR 600 million to 14.6 billion without significantly changing the deficit.

Constitutional Court legalises same-sex marriage, adoptions

Ljubljana – The Constitutional Court legalised same-sex marriage and adoptions with immediate effect after finding a law under which only heterosexual partners can marry and same-sex couples cannot adopt children to be in contravention of the constitutional ban on discrimination.

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