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Microplastic Pollution in Vineyard Soils: How Do High Doses of PP/PVC Affect Soil Health?
Newswise
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August 19, 2025
Newswise — In Europe, approximately 32.3 million tons of plastic waste are generated annually, with 23% ending up in the natural environment. The agricultural sector consumes about 6.7 million tons of plastic each year, with grape cultivation—due...
Kirin develops hops that could help beer survive global warming
The Asahi Shimbun
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Abnormal weather conditions and rising global temperatures are threatening world-wide production of hops, the key ingredient in beer. However, Kirin Holdings Co. has developed a technique to create heat-resistant hops during the seedling...
Weather: Changeable, with showers and thunderstorms possible
STA
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August 16, 2025
Ljubljana, 16 August - Weather in Slovenia on Sunday will be changeable, with a weak bora wind blowing in the western region of Goriška. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible mid-day and in the afternoon. Morning lows will range from...
Money-maker or Scourge? Tourism across the EU Flourishes
Bulgarian News Agency
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This article is based on content provided by agencies participating in the European Newsroom (ENR), including the Bulgarian News Agency. Tourism is a major economic factor in the EU. Visitor numbers are mostly back to pre-pandemic levels, and...
Večer urges more funds to build environmental resilience
STA
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August 17, 2025
Ljubljana, 18 August - The newspaper Večer says in its commentary on Monday that unless the EU's next multi-year budget earmarked "serious funds" for the environment, the bloc and its people will lose resilience to the environmental phenomena. The...
Weather: Heat not letting up
STA
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August 14, 2025
Ljubljana, 14 August - The hot weather will continue until Sunday when a brief respite is expected. It will be sunny in Slovenia on Friday with daytime highs ranging from 29 to 33 degrees Celsius, or up to 36 on the coast and in the Nova Gorica...
Slovenian mountains have claimed 27 lives this year
STA
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August 13, 2025
Ljubljana, 13 August - Slovenian mountains have seen a 28% increase in accidents over the past five years, claiming 27 lives this year already, six more than in the same period last year. Presenting the data on Wednesday, mountain rescuers urged...
Ljubljana airport completes taxiway upgrade
The Slovenia Times
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August 13, 2025
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport has completed a new Taxiway J, at over €5 million one of the biggest investments in its runway infrastructure in the last decade. The project is aimed at enhancing the airport's competitiveness, boosting operational...
Weather: Daytime highs around 35C
STA
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August 12, 2025
Ljubljana, 12 August - Mostly clear but even a bit hotter day is forecast for Wednesday in Slovenia with a light bora still blowing across the western region of Primorska. Morning lows will range from 14 to 19 degrees Celsius while daytime highs...
Slovenia Advances Roma Inclusion With EU-Funded Cultural Initiatives
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 11. The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development of Slovenia has approved European funds for the public call“Connected through Culture”, Trend reports. The public call is divided into two...
SLOVENIA: ‘For a just energy transition, laws should recognise the right to defend human rights’
CIVICUS
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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...
Blue chip companies going strong
The Slovenia Times
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August 23, 2025
Slovenian blue chip companies performed well in the first half of the year with most of them reporting double-digit growth in net profit compared with the same period a year ago. Energy group Petrol posted €75 million in net profit, up 44%...
Hunting, pollution and tourism in EU threatening some seal species into extinction
The Journal
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August 15, 2025
FROM THE STORMY North Sea in Belgium, to the sun-warmed sea caves of the Greek islands, Europe’s seals are facing a growing crisis. Once driven to near extinction, species such as the grey seal, harbour seal and Mediterranean monk seal are meant...
Ukraine and Europe must be participants in peace talks - phone talk between speakers of parliaments of Ukraine and Slovenia
Interfax Ukraine
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August 14, 2025
Ukraine and Europe should be participants in peace negotiations, according to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk and the Chairman of the National Assembly of Slovenia Urška Klakočar-Zupančič. "I have just finished a conversation...
The 2023 floods were not just a natural disaster, they were a turning point
Republic of Slovenia
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August 4, 2025
A total of 15,517 affected locations were recorded, with just under 2,000 km of roads and 4,000 km of waterways damaged, several bridges destroyed and dozens more damaged to varying degrees. More than 13,000 buildings were damaged, of which almost...
Wildfires Are Sweeping Across Europe, Accelerated by Climate Crisis
Truthout
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August 13, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. With firefighters in southern Europe battling blazes that have killed people in multiple countries and forced thousands to evacuate,...
Slovenian, Italian unions alarmed by increasing anti-Slovenian sentiment
STA
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August 8, 2025
Trieste, 8 August - Two major confederations of trade unions, one from Slovenia and the other from Italy, issued a joint statement on Friday to express their deep concern and indignation at the offensive slogans that appeared on the entrance to...
Weather: Hot days ahead
STA
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August 7, 2025
Ljubljana, 7 August - Slovenia is heading into a sunny and warm weekend. Temperatures will range from 10 to 17 degrees Celsius on Friday morning, rising to 29 to 32 degrees during the day. The rest of this news item is available to subscribers....
Environmentalists critical of draft bottle bill
STA
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August 7, 2025
Ljubljana, 7 August - Eko Krog, an environmental NGO, is critical of a recently tabled bill to introduce a deposit system for plastic bottles and can containers, saying it contains a condition under which such a system would be introduced. As a...
Record high daytime low temperature reported in Slovenia's coastal city
Xinhua News Agency
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LJUBLJANA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia has recorded its highest-ever daytime low temperature, with the coastal city of Koper staying above 28 degrees Celsius for 24 consecutive hours on Monday, the Slovenian Environment Agency reported. At the...