More than 80% of Slovenians support the idea that the EU should adopt a law to make companies reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to contribute to the UN target to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a recent survey conducted in ten…
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Cautious reactions to abolition of top-up insurance
The government’s announcement of a rapid abolition of top-up insurance in favour of a new mandatory contribution has been met with caution. The opposition has described it as “cheap PR”, private insurers say it will not help make the health system sustainable long-term, whereas employers warn against any new levies.
Cautious reactions to abolition of top-up insurance
The government’s announcement of a rapid abolition of top-up insurance in favour of a new mandatory contribution has been met with caution. The opposition has described it as “cheap PR”, private insurers say it will not help make the health system sustainable long-term, whereas employers warn against any new levies.
Ministries commit to taking on overcrowded closed wards of psychiatric facilities
The ministries responsible for the field committed as part a meeting at the Supreme Court on Tuesday to immediately start addressing the continuing acute shortage of space and staff at the closed wards of long-stay psychiatric facilities in th…
Večer critical of govt over health reform
The newspaper Večer says in its commentary on Tuesday that the health reform will not only make or break the government but has also become a battlefield of social perspectives and interests, a battle between politicians, doctors, insurance co…
For 90% of respondents health reform is the most urgently needed
Health reform is the most urgently needed of all the reforms the government has announced, according to an opinion poll Mediana carried out for the newspaper Delo. 70% of those polled said that it is very urgent and 21% that it is urgent. Long…
Dnevnik worried about EUR 300m flood safety project
A EUR 335 million flood control investment project has apparently got out of control, as the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning and the Water Agency have been unable to provide any answers about it for weeks, the newspaper Dnevnik says in Saturday’s commentary When Minister Forgets about EUR 300 Million.
Year after deadly blast, Melamin taking part in EU green project
Slovenia is taking part in the e-CODUCT project aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in heating and industry. The pilot line will be set up in the Melamin chemical plant that was hit by a deadly explosion last year.
Delo criticises govt’s submissive attitude towards insurers
The newspaper Delo comments on insurer Generali announcing a 30% rise in top-up health insurance on Saturday, wondering why Health Minister Danijel Bešič Loredan is acting so submissively while the three private insurance companies offering to…
Voice of the People stages march for public healthcare
The Voice of the People civil initiative held in Ljubljana on Friday what it labelled a march for public healthcare to call for the situation in the sector to be improved, also proposing changes to three laws. Prime Minister Robert Golob and t…