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Cycling star Tadej Pogačar wins bronze Olympic medal
TOKYO, Japan - Reigning Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar won the bronze medal in the men's cycling road race at the Tokyo Olympics in what is the first Olympic medal in cycling for Slovenia and the first medal for Slovenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won the gold medal and Wout van Aert from Belgium the silver. "This is something completely unbelievable, I'm speechless," Pogačar told the public broadcaster TV Slovenija. He became the first rider ever to have won an Olympic medal after winning the Tour de France.
Hospitality providers will also have to check Covid certificates
LJUBLJANA - Under the government's decision made on Friday evening hospitality providers in Slovenia will have to check guests' Covid certificates from Monday. Indoor venues such as pubs, cafes, restaurants, casinos, clubs and accommodation facilities will have to check compliance with the rule that visitors be vaccinated, tested or have recovered from coronavirus before entry. The rule, which already applies to organisers of public events and gatherings, is in place until 1 August for now, said the Government Communication Office.
Friday case count rises week-on-week
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia reported 93 new coronavirus infections for Friday in what is another daily case count increase in weekly comparison after two days of a downward trend in infections. The 7-day average case count is up by four to 63 and the cumulative 14-day incidence per 100,000 residents rose by one to 39, fresh official data show. The latest cases come from 1,865 PCR tests with the positivity rate standing at 5%, up from 3.5% a week ago. The NIJZ estimates that the number of active cases in Slovenia has increased from 818 to 831.
Janša urges pre-election efforts at SDS annual get-together
BOVEC - The leader of the ruling Democrats (SDS) Janez Janša addressed the party's rank and file at the kick-off of their annual gathering, calling on the party's members to step up in the 2022 election campaign. The Slovenian prime minister told the get-together that the party had been successfully steering Slovenia through the Covid-19 epidemic for almost a year and a half. As the super election year of 2022 is approaching, SDS members and supporters should highlight the party's achievements in the pre-election period, Janša said.
