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8 February — Slovenia’s Cultural Holiday, the Day of France Prešeren

The France Prešeren’s Day (official name in Slovenian: “Prešernov dan, slovenski kulturni praznik”) is the main Slovenia’s cultural and national holiday — a day off in the Republic of Slovenia, the anniversary of death of the greatest Slovenian poet France Prešeren. On this day, the official state ceremony takes place, at which the Frances Prešeren

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Government Meal Subsidy for Students in 2017

In December 2016, the Slovenia’s Parliament adopted the Law “On Amending and Supplementing the Law on Enforcement of the Right for Public Funds.” The law has an important innovation for all persons belonging to the second and third categories of material security – the partial subsidy is changed into a full meal subsidy.

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Jožef Stefan Institute Researchers Develop Smartwatch to Help the Elderly

The Jožef Stefan Institute reports that the IN LIFE smartwatches developed using the latest technology make it possible for elderly people to live a productive life. The new watches have 10 manual functions, including an automatic call in case of a user’s fall, an emergency call button and a built-in tracking device in case of

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Slovenia Is Awarded at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (China)

The craftsmen from all over the world, including Slovenia, demonstrated their skills at the world’s largest Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin. A Slovenian master of ice sculptures Miro Rismondo, the author of the Ice Edge project (Ledena dežela), won the prestigious award for ingenuity. He presented Slovenia with his project “Idrija Lace” (Idrijske
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Eurostat: Slovenia is Among the EU Countries with the Highest Rates of Retail Sales Growth

The economy of Slovenia shows good results. In November last year, the volume of retail sales on a monthly level increased by 1.4%, and on the annual level – by 11.3%. Luxembourg. In November 2016, as compared to October 2016, the retail sales volume in the euro region decreased by 0.4% and in the EU

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