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Žan Kranjec wins silver in Olympic men's giant slalom
BEIJING, China - Žan Kranjec won silver in the men's giant slalom in what is his first Olympic medal and the sixth for Slovenia at the Beijing Olympics. After placing 8th in the first run, he put on a dream-like second run as conditions were tough due to snowing, to improve on his 4th place from the 2018 Games. Kranjec's is only the third men's Olympic medal in Alpine skiing for Slovenia, after Jure Košir won bronze in slalom 28 years ago in Lillehammer and Jure Franko silver in giant slalom at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics.
Ex-state secretary loses damages suit against NSi leader
LJUBLJANA - A court has turned down a damages suit ex-PM Marjan Šarec's state secretary for national security Damir Črnčec has filed against New Slovenia (NSi) leader Matej Tonin after the latter accused him of abusing the SOVA intelligence agency to undermine the opposition, N1 news portal said on Saturday. The suit pertains to the period when Tonin, now defence minister, chaired the parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Commission as an opposition MP, while Črnčec was state secretary at Šarec's office. The Kamnik Local Court gave priority to Tonin's right to the freedom of speech over Črnčec's right to protect his reputation, arguing Črncec was a public figure.
Number of new coronavirus cases keeps dropping
LJUBLJANA - A total of 4,257 new coronavirus cases were logged in Slovenia on Saturday, a drop of over 3,000 from Friday as well as from a week ago. The total number of hospitalised patients infected with coronavirus is now 987, 5 more than on Saturday. Just over 145,270 cases are estimated to be active in the country, a drop of almost 9,590 from a day earlier. Seven coronavirus-infected patients died.
