Morning addresses for Slovenia: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
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Janša calls for a realistic approach to achieving climate goals
GLASGOW, UK – At the World Leaders Summit, Prime Minister Janez Janša emphasized the need to create a realistic way to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement at a high-level political event in Glasgow as part of the COP26 climate conference. Moving away from coal and oil is a key element in achieving the set goals, and nuclear energy could replace fossil fuels as a transitional energy source, Janša said after his office. He said urgent action was needed to limit climate warnings and called on all countries to contribute their share. “It’s high time we created a realistic path to the 1.5 degree Celsius target,” he said.
Covid infections are on the rise, with a positivity rate of almost 50%
LJUBLJANA – A total of 1,257 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia on Sunday, compared to 707 last Sunday, with the positivity rate reaching a record 48 percent, according to the latest data from the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). . Eleven patients with Covid died. There are now 603 covid patients in hospitals, 31 more than on Sunday, the first time since May 2 that the number of hospitalizations has exceeded 600. 142 are in intensive care, up 4 from yesterday.
Regular testing begins in hospitals, social care institutions
LJUBLJANA – As the epidemiological situation worsens, regular tests for coronavirus have been introduced in all hospitals and social welfare institutions today, and employees in all sectors who are not vaccinated or convalescent will have to be tested more often, every 48 hours. Voluntary self-testing for primary and secondary school students and students is intensified from once to twice a week. It is now recommended for all school children, including those in the first six years of primary school who have so far been exempted from this rule.
The fundraising campaign for STA has started again
LJUBLJANA – The Slovenian Journalists’ Association (DNS) has again launched a fundraising campaign for STA, which has not received any budget funds for its public service since the beginning of the year. As part of the For STAsurvival campaign, EUR 5 can be donated via SMS donations, and larger donations can be transferred to a special DNS bank account. The DNS launched such a campaign for the first time on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, raising 275,000 euros in a month.
Cigarettes are more expensive
LJUBLJANA – Slovenian tobacco prices rose due to changes in excise duties confirmed in September. A pack of 20 cigarettes is now 10 cents or about 2.5% more expensive. A second round of tobacco excise tax increases will follow in April next year. After the two price increases, the retail price of cigarettes will increase by 4.6% on average, which will bring 15.6 million euros a year to the state budget.
All over the country, the dead are remembered
LJUBLJANA – Slovenians marked the Day of Remembrance of Death or the Feast of All Saints by visiting graves to honor the dead. Authorities, meanwhile, laid wreaths at monuments to victims of war and war-related violence. The President of the Republic Borut Pahor and a delegation of high state officials laid a wreath at the monument to all victims of war and war violence at the central state commemoration on Kongresni trg in Ljubljana. Speaker Igor Zorčič then laid wreaths at several monuments at the Žale cemetery in Ljubljana.
Minister Jaklitsch visits Slovenes in the Udine area
CIVIDALE, Italy – Minister for Slovenes Abroad Helena Jaklitsch visited the Slovene national minority in the area of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia on the Sunday before Remembrance Day. On behalf of Slovenia, she laid wreaths at two monuments, visited the grave of Slovenian patriot and cultural worker Viljem Čern (1937-2017), and also met the mayor of Resia, Anna Micelli.
Trucks are not allowed to overtake on all Slovenian motorways
LJUBLJANA – The overtaking of heavy goods vehicles on Slovenian motorways has been banned since today, after it imposed a ban on the A1 motorway on 15 January, ie between Šentilj (SV) and Koper (JZ). A fine of 300 euros is threatened for the offense. The ban on trucks heavier than 7.5 tons on the Šentilj-Koper motorway gave good results and improved traffic flow, the Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec wrote on Twitter when announcing the new measure.