Lendava

Lek, the Ljubljana-based pharmaceutical company which is part of the Swiss generics group Sandoz, will build a US$400 million high-tech production centre for biosimilars in Lendava, in north-eastern Slovenia. The investment is to create around 300 new jobs.

Maribor – The Maribor Synagogue will hold open day on Sunday to kick start a series of events celebrating the annual European Days of Jewish Culture in Slovenia. This year the events focus on the theme of renewal.

Lendava – President Borut Pahor and his Hungarian counterpart Katalin Novak cut the ribbon at the opening of the newly renovated House of the Hungarian Community in Lendava on Friday. Novak encouraged community members to preserve their Hungarian identity, while Pahor advocated the nurturing of identity and harmony.

Ljubljana – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is to make an official visit to Slovenia on Monday as part of which he is to meet his counterpart Janez Janša in Lendava, the newspaper Večer and TV Slovenija have reported citing unofficial sources. Janša’s office has not responded to the STA’s question about the visit.

Lendava – The spa in Lendava, known for its paraffin thermal water, has been closed for more than a year. Its director, Daniel Kovacs, says the spa will reopen this year after the buildings have been renovated and new services introduced. The spa in the city close to the Hungarian border was acquired at the end of 2019 by Comitatus Energia, a Hungarian fund, for EUR 9 million.

Lendava/Murska Sobota – Touring the north-eastern region of Pomurje on Tuesday, the cabinet discussed various projects, including in agriculture, the leading industry in the area, as well as challenges, such as efforts to convince young people to stay in the region.

Maribor/Lendava – Six Slovenian towns have joined the 2021 European Days of Jewish Heritage, a festival focusing on the diversity of Jewish heritage and its historical role which is this year held in 36 countries.

The Hungarian government of right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban is hostile to migrants and those who help them, and MMONK apparently balked.

Kepe insisted it was her job to "make room for artistic freedom" and refused to cancel. The premiere went ahead and the director, Mess, took to the stage to denounce Horvath's intervention.