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PM Janša says US to remain Slovenia's strategic partner
LJUBLJANA - The US is a strategic partner of Slovenia, which will continue to build close friendly ties with Washington in the future, PM Janez Janša said in his latest tweet related to the US presidential election, posted a day after Democrat Joe Biden declared victory. This is in reference to some who have wondered how his government would cooperate with the US under Biden after he said it was "pretty clear" incumbent Donald Trump won when many votes were yet to be counted and several key states were yet to declare the winner. Several foreign media noted today that unlike many world leaders, including President Borut Pahor, Janša had not yet congratulated Biden.
Slovenia's Roglič crowned Tour of Spain winner for second time
MADRID, Spain - Slovenian rider Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) crossed the finish line in Madrid to seal his victory of Vuelta a Espana, defending the title, which he won for the first time in 2019. This is another culmination for Slovenian cycling after the stunning double victory at Tour de France Tadej Pogačar and him secured in September, confirming Roglič's reputation as one of the best riders in the world. Apart from winning the red jersey for the second year running, Roglič also won the green jersey for best sprinter, which makes him the first ever rider at Vuelta's 85-year history to win both two years in a row. Saying the two jerseys were the crown of this year's season for him, the rider said there were still challenges ahead, as he had not yet won the Tour de France or Giro d'Italia.
Share of new Covid-19 infections keeps dropping, death toll exceeds 550
LJUBLJANA - 889 new Covid-19 infections were recorded on Saturday from 3,918 tests, meaning the share of infections in relation to tests dropped by over three points to roughly 22.7% compared to Friday, the government's coronavirus spokesperson Jelko Kacin said on Twitter. The two-week average of infections per 100,000 residents was 1,058, down from 1,096 the day before. Covid-related deaths have meanwhile risen by 23 to 554 today compared to yesterday. The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care dropped by two to 176 compared to Friday, putting the number of hospitalised patients at 1,125, up from 1,084 on Friday. Kacin said the number of patients in intensive care dropped even if the number of those discharged on Saturday - 42 - was by more than half lower than on Friday. He said the trend showed "the measures are working".
Poll shows SDS strongly in the lead ahead of SD, LMŠ
LJUBLJANA - Should a general election he held today, it would be won by the coalition Democrats (SDS) with 21.3% of the vote, according to a poll released by the private broadcaster Nova24TV. The SDS would be followed by the opposition Social Democrats (SD) with 11.1% and the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) with 10.1%. The opposition Left would place fourth with 5.9%, the coalition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) fifth with 4.7% and the opposition New Slovenia (NSi) sixth with 4.2%. The other parties would not garner the necessary 4% of the vote to enter parliament, shows the poll. 18.5% of respondents were undecided.
All neighbouring countries on Slovenia's red coronavirus list
LJUBLJANA - As of today, several more countries are on Slovenia's red, quarantine list, including all of its four neighbours - Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy, as well as Serbia and Spain. Only the southern region of Calabria remains the "orange" exception in Italy. The government updated the coronavirus-risk lists on Thursday, and while the changes were expected to enter into force on 9 November, they kicked in already on 8 November. The red list now features 147 countries, up from 116, but in some countries only some regions are red-listed.
Alenka Artnik improves freediving world record
SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt - Slovenia's best freediver Alenka Artnik set another world record, diving to 114 metres in monofin after she and Italy's Alessia Zecchini won the 2019 Freediving World Championships with a record 113 metres last year. Artnik now improved the record she held with Zecchini by one metre at the Blue Week competition in Egypt's Sharm el Sheik. Her record-breaking dive, which she labelled the greatest success of her career, lasted three minutes and 41 seconds.
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