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Is Luka Doncic playing tonight against Great Britain? Latest on Slovenian superstar's availability for EuroBasket after knee injury (Aug. 18)
Luka Doncic and Slovenia will be chasing their first win in the preparation phase for EuroBasket 2025 when they take on Great Britain on Tuesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET at Stozice Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Doncic picked up an...
Ljubljana uni calls for Israel Horizon Europe suspension
Ljubljana, 18 August - The University of Ljubljana has called on the European Commission to make another proposal to partly suspend Israel from its flagship science research programme Horizon Europe after the Council of the EU rejected the first...

The 36th Ljubljana biennale of graphic arts. The oracle
The Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts is one of the oldest international biennial events in the world, celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2025. The event was founded by the former director of the Museum of Modern Art, Zoran Kržišnik. It placed...

Luka Doncic Injury Update: Slovenian star avoids major knee injury in teammate collision against Latvia
Luka Doncic sent the LA Lakers and the Slovenian fans into panic mode when he exited the exhibition game against Latvia in EuroBasket 2025. However, to the consolation of many fans, it was later reported that the injury wasn't anything major....

"Carrying Slovenia on his back’: Luka Doncic leaves fans in awe with shocking lockdown defense in stunning scoring barrage
NBA fans reacted to Luka Doncic's lockdown defense in the 2025 EuroBasket exhibition game against Latvia on Saturday. The LA Lakers star was already showing off his masterclass on the offense. However, the fans were truly in awe when they watched...

Why is Luka Doncic not playing tonight against Lithuania? Latest injury update on Slovenia’s superstar status for EuroBasket preparation game
Luka Doncic has been ruled out for Slovenia’s EuroBasket 2025 preparation game against Lithuania on Friday. The LA Lakers superstar will sit this game out as the team has only planned for him to play in one of two back-to-back games, according to...

Slovenia’s HESS inks 9.2 MW deal for two solar power plants near HPP Brežice
Two new photovoltaic facilities in the pipeline are the continuation of investments in solar near the Brežice hydropower plant. Hidroelektrarne na Spodnji Savi (HESS), owned by GEN and HSE, installed a 6 MW PV plant in May 2023 next to the...

inside the world of ::vtol:: and his kinetic sculptures, robotics and code-driven installations
::vtol:: constructs kinetic sculptures, robotics and installations Dmitry Morozov, known as ::vtol::, develops technology-based installations and kinetic sculptures that combine robotics, sounds, coding, and interactive systems. A Moscow-born,...

"I don't knock him one bit" - Stephen A. Smith surprisingly backs Luka Doncic’s EuroBasket run despite NBA concerns
There was genuine concern for LA Lakers star Luka Doncic after he had to exit the exhibition game between Slovenia and Latvia on Saturday. A teammate fell on his leg and was in visible pain afterward. Fortunately for Doncic, he was able to walk on...
SLOVENIA: ‘For a just energy transition, laws should recognise the right to defend human rights’
Interviews 06 August 2025 CIVICUS discusses human rights challenges in transitions to renewable energy with Ella Skybenko, senior researcher and representative for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre...
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Romania and Slovenia rival NASDAQ 100 returns over the past decade
Romania and Slovenia have delivered some of the highest equity returns globally over the past decade, matching the performance of the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 but at far lower valuations, according to an analysis by Divo Pulitika, board member at...

Romania, Slovenia among stock markets with the highest returns over the last decade
Over the last decade, Romania and Slovenia have delivered returns at the very top of the global table, right alongside the NASDAQ 100, but without NASDAQ-style valuations, according to an analysis from Divo Pulitika, board member at asset manager...

Qatar emerges as regional air power with US and Israeli technology despite terror ties
In April this year, a year and a half after Hamas' October 7 massacre, a multinational air drill took place in Middle Eastern skies, an exercise whose execution required a significant degree of cynicism. Alongside the air forces of Israel, France,...

Ruta Mave: Why we’re rewarding confidence over competence
Ruta Tangiiau Mave. Photo: CI NEWS For the small number of conscious and conscientious minds in the world right now shaking their heads and wondering what is going on with many of the world leaders from large economical countries to the United...

Seabourn, Uniworld launch luxury river-ocean cruise combo
Seabourn and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises announced a new partnership that combines two of their most popular itineraries into a single package. The new 'Venice and the Mediterranean Sea' package for 2026 pairs Uniworld's Venice and the Jewels...

From record R&D to CERN: Slovenia’s innovation surge
Slovenia leads Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for government-funded R&D investment according to a new report released in the wake of the country becoming the 25th member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). The CEE country...

Slovenia introduces reduced Working Hours or Fridays off
A new law will come into force in Slovenia on 1 January 2026, bringing major changes to the labour market, including reduced working hours, Fridays off, increased unemployment benefits and better conditions for students and pensioners. According...
Slovenian Cinematheque goes outdoors
Ljubljana, 7 August - Vesna, a popular Slovenian romantic comedy from 1953, will open on Thursday evening a series of films the Slovenian Cinematheque screens annually in Metelkova museum district. Some of the films screened until 23 August will...

Melania’s Embarrassing Letter to Putin Has Huge I-Can-Fix-Him Energy
“Dear President Putin, every child shares the same quiet dreams in their heart,” First Lady Melania Trump begins her absurd letter to the Russian president. “They dream of love, possibility, and safety from danger…Mr. Putin, you can singlehandedly...

Slovenia orders additional IRIS-T SLM units
The Slovenian Ministry of Defence has signed a purchase contract for two more fire units of the IRIS-T SLM medium-range ground-based air defence system. This acquisition is part of the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) framework and was...