Morning headlines for Slovenia: Sunday, December 19, 2021
Vizjak remains Minister of the Environment
LJUBLJANA – Environment Minister Andrej Vizjak remains in place after a proposal for his removal failed in the National Assembly on Saturday morning. 43 deputies voted in favor of his removal, three were missing from the required majority, 29 were against. The vote of no confidence was supported by its initiators, the Marjan Šarc List (LMŠ), the Social Democrats (SD), the Left, the Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) and a parliamentary group of unaffiliated deputies. Deputies from the Nova Slovenija (NSi) coalition, who said they did not support Vizjak before the vote, and the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS) abstained, 29 deputies from the old Democrat (SDS) coalition and the younger Modern Center Party (SMC) coalition. ) was supported by the Minister.
On Friday, 1286 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA – A total of 1,286 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in Slovenia on Friday, which is eight more than the day before, but 190 less than on the same day a week ago. The positivity rate of the PCR test was 28.7%, according to new data from the National Institute of Public Health. Hospitalizations continue to decline, with 703 people still in hospitals today, 43 fewer than the previous day, 223 of them in intensive care, 14 fewer than on Friday, the government said on Twitter. Another 19 patients with covid died on Friday.
The lawyer believes that access to the Constitutional Court should be somewhat limited
LJUBLJANA – Lawyer Tone Jerovšek, one of the authors of the Slovenian constitution, believes that the constitution is still good and modern even after 30 years. However, some changes should be made, especially with regard to access to the Constitutional Court, which he considers too broad. Especially during the epidemic, it turned out that the current system allows individuals to often complain to the Constitutional Court, while the court is drowning in cases, Jerovšek said.
The president of SSH says that state property is well managed this year
LJUBLJANA – State property was well managed in 2021, said the president of the Slovenian State Holding (SDH) in an interview for Delo’s Saturday supplement. “The return on equity of the portfolio under management will be 1.3 percentage points higher than planned. According to the current assessment of the company’s operations, it will reach 5.5 percent,” he said.
SPIRIT will launch a start-up accelerator in Israel
LJUBLJANA – The Agency for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Investment SPIRIT Slovenia, in cooperation with the Slovenian Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Slovenian Entrepreneurship Fund (SPS), will launch the first start-up accelerator in Israel for Slovenian start-ups in February. . The SPIRIT Slovenija agency has announced that six to twelve of the best Slovenian start-ups will have the opportunity to leave for Israel, submitting their applications by 16 January.
Association of Journalists and Commentators Critical of SAB
LJUBLJANA – The Association of Journalists and Commentators of Slovenia (ZNP) has criticized the advertisements of the opposition Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) on social networks. The ZNP believes that the ads “directly and brutally announce a showdown with many media outlets.” According to the ZNP, the SAB “counts the days until the elections” in advertisements “when the time comes to pursue ‘fake news'”, with images suggesting that Demokracija, Nova24, Požareport, Moje Podravje, Moj Maribor and other media targets.
Ski jumper Zajc third in Engelberg
ENGELBERG, Switzerland – Slovenian ski jumper Timi Zajc (282.6 points) won third place at the World Cup in Engelberg, Switzerland. German Karl Geiger won (287.4 points), followed by Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi (286.6 points). Slovenian Anže Lanišek (265.9 points) was eighth. For Zajc, this is the winner of the first podium in the individual discipline. The Slovenian national ski jumping team with Zajc, Cene Prevec, Peter Prevec and Anže Lanišek took third place in the first team match of the World Cup this season on December 4 in Wisła, Poland.
Cross-country skier Lampič third in the World Cup in Dresden
DRESDEN, Germany – Slovenian cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič won third place in the sprint run of the Women’s World Cup in Davos, Germany. Slovenian Eva Urevc was sixth. First and second place went to Sweden’s Maja Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling. There will be team matches in Dresden on Sunday, and Lampič and Urevc will defend third place from last season.