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The 108th Giro d'Italia, one of the three Grand Tours, the most prestigious road cycling races, will take riders through Slovenia in stage 14 on 24 May.
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Dec 6, 2024 · Police special forces arrested three men in Ljubljana on 5 December after a mafia-style execution of a Bosnian national connected with organised crime sent shockwaves through the country.
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Nov 5, 2024 · Katarina Čas, the Slovenian actress best known internationally for her role in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, has been cast in Wild Cherry, a new BBC series written by BAFTA winner Nicôle Lecky.. The 48-year-old actress will appear in a supporting role in all six parts of the series.
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The Škoda Superb has been voted the Slovenian Car of the Year for 2025, pipping the Dacia Duster, Peugeot 3008, Citroen C3, and the Renault Symbioz to the title in what was the first time since 2017 that only European car makes made the shortlist.
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Sep 28, 2024 · The cult English band The Cure have released their first single in 16 years as the opening track of a new album. Both the video of the song Alone and the cover of the Songs of a Lost World album feature a sculpture by Slovenian artist Janez Pirnat (1932-2021).. The black-and-white video of the new single shows a spinning 1975 sculpture by Pirnat called Bagatelle, which is also featured in the ...
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Jan 18, 2024 · Saša Dončić, a former basketball player and coach who is best known as the father of the NBA superstar Luka Dončić, has been named director of sport of the Slovenian Basketball Federation (KZS). He will coordinate communication between young players and the federation's management and coaches of various age categories.
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The Maribor Synagogue, a medieval building that serves not as an active place of worship but as a Jewish cultural centre, was daubed with antisemitic graffiti over the weekend in a widely condemned incident.
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One of the two foreign nationals using diving gear in an attempt to retrieve a large shipment of cocaine from a ship docked at the Koper port in March has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty, while the second one failed to reach a plea bargain with the prosecution and will
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Slovenia becoming the 23rd member of the European Space Agency (ESA) starting from 2025 was described as a historic moment by the agency's director general Josef Aschbacher as the country marked the occasion with two high-profile events on 10 January.
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Dec 11, 2024 · The 25-year-old climber received 305 points as ballots were cast by 108 association members, to trump judoka Andreja Leški (208), the Olympic champion in the 63 kg category, and ski jumper Nika Prevc (108), the overall winner of the 2023-24 World Cup.