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PM Janša warns of domino effect if Ukraine falls
LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Janez Janša warned of a domino effect if Ukraine falls, noting in an interview for three media outlets that the country's fate was instrumental not just for Europe but the world as a whole. He said Moldova and Georgia would be next if Ukraine falls, with Baltic countries probably next in line and "things being cooked up" in the Western Balkans. Even Taiwan could be affected since Beijing and Moscow have been coordinating some moves. He said sanctions against Russia would hurt Europe, but would ultimately help it wean itself off Russian energy.
Slovenia willing to accept up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Slovenia has the capacity to accommodate between 180,000 and 200,000 refugees from Ukraine, Interior Minister Aleš Hojs said after an informal session of the EU's interior ministers. Hojs noted that the figure is based on experience from the Yugoslav wars in the early 1990s, when Slovenia hosted more than 300,000 refugees from the Yugoslav republics. Hojs said Slovenia would "take care of them to the best of our abilities" given that they come from the immediate neighbourhood.
Slovenia revokes credentials of Russian honorary consuls
LJUBLJANA - Foreign Minister Anže Logar signed decrees revoking the credentials of all Russian honorary consuls in Slovenia. "Russia no longer has honorary consuls in Slovenia," he announced on Twitter. The move comes a day after Logar urged all Russian honorary consuls in Slovenia - the ministry website lists five - to step down from their roles.
Russia closes airspace for Slovenia, Baltic countries
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia closed its airspace for Slovenian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian planes, a retaliatory measure after these countries banned Russian aircraft from their airspace due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Due to unfriendly moves by aviation authorities of Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Estonia, restrictions will be introduced for air carriers of the above-mentioned states and/or airlines registered there," Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport said on Saturday.
GZS backtracks on appeal against banning Russia from SWIFT
LJUBLJANA - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) backtracked on an appeal to the government that Slovenia should not support Russia's exclusion from the international payment system SWIFT. "We accept all sanctions that the EU will adopt due to the aggression on Ukraine," GZS director general Aleš Cantarutti said in a written statement on Saturday before EU members agreed to bar some Russian banks from SWIFT.
Sports associations urged to boycott events in Russia, Belarus
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian Olympic Committee called on all sports associations to refrain from participating in competitions organised in Russian and Belarus. It said that although sports should be above politics, "we simply cannot and should not look the other way" as Russia attacks Ukraine. "This is an unfathomable act that is causing the suffering of innocent people." The Volleyball Association already said it would not send the national team to the World Championship in August if Russia remained the host.
Two-month low of 901 cases confirmed on Saturday
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia confirmed 901 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, the lowest daily figure since 1 January, show the latest data by the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ). The headline figure however comes from far fewer tests, as free mass testing was scaled back when restrictions were eased last weekend. A total of 391 patients were hospitalised due to Covid-19 as their primary condition this morning, down by 27 from yesterday, of which 94 needed intensive care, one more than yesterday.
Slovenia's Križnar wins Hinzenbach
HINZENBACH, Austria - Double Olympic medallist Nika Križnar won the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Hinzenbach, besting overall leader Marita Kramer of Austria by twenty points with the longest jumps in both series. Križnar, who finished second yesterday, was in the lead after the first series and cemented her third win of the season with a 92.5-metre jump in the final series, the longest jump of the day.
