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STA - Below is a roundup of major events on Sunday, 31 March 2019:
MEP Zver heads joint SDS and SLS slate for EU elections
LJUBLJANA - The opposition Democrats (SDS) and the non-parliamentary People's Party (SLS) announced they would file a joint list of candidates for the May elections to the European Parliament, with the current MEP Milan Zver (SDS/EPP) heading it. Placed second and third on the list after Zver, who also headed the SDS's list in the 2014 EU elections, are the current MEPs from the SDS Romana Tomc and Patricija Šulin, respectively. MEP Franc Bogovič, the former president of the SLS who was elected to the European Parliament five years ago from a joint list of the SLS and New Slovenia (NSi), is fourth on the list.
Cerar says US recognition of Golan unilateral move
LJUBLJANA - Foreign Minister Miro Cerar said the recent recognition by of the Golan Heights as an Israeli territory by the US is a unilateral move that has surprised the international community, including Slovenia. "This was not the first such decision recently. We insist that such issues cannot be addressed with unilateral acts but in the spirit of the UN charter," Cerar said in an interview for the newspaper Dnevnik. He said that "Slovenia supports the EU's common position, which is based on the resolutions of the UN Security Council, and does not recognise Israel's sovereignty over that territory".
PM's security aide says all extremisms present in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA - Damir Črnčec, the state secretary in the prime minister's office for national security, told the Siol web portal that all types of radicalisms or extremisms are present in Slovenia, but noted that Slovenia is a safe country. Črnčec said that "all three types of radicalisms and extremisms are present in Slovenia - the right and left, as well as Islamic fundamentalism." While noting that Slovenia was a safe country, he said that the biggest potential threats were those of the information and cyber type and the issue of illegal migrations, terrorism and a rise of extremism and violent extremism.
Zavarovalnica Sava ups net profit 18% last year
MARIBOR - Insurer Zavarovalnica Sava posted a EUR 29.5m net profit last year or 18% more than in 2017, with gross insurance premiums increasing by 8% to EUR 395.1m, and payments of gross damages being up by 16.5% to EUR 275.7m, according to the company's annual report. The property insurance segment contributed EUR 18.4m in net profit last year, while the life insurance segment contributed EUR 11.2m. The Maribor-based insurer, a part of the Sava Re group, had a 16.6% market share in 2018 measured by gross premiums, to remain the second largest insurer on the Slovenian market.
Karateka Ristić wins silver at European championships
GUADALAJARA, Spain - Slovenia's Tjaša Ristić won the silver medal at the European Karate Championships in Spain's Gualadajara in the women's 61kg category, losing in the final to Merve Coban of Turkey 0:4. This is the best achievement for Slovenia in women's karate in history. "I knew that it would be very difficult, as have never beaten the Turk, but I did not surrender in advance. Regardless of the defeat, I'm very happy," the 25-year-old told the STA. The next stops for Ristić will be world series events in Morocco and Turkey in which she will be looking to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
