The central theme of this year’s World Water Day is groundwater – making invisible visible. The focus is on the importance of groundwater as it supports the supply of drinking water as well as sanitary systems, agriculture, industry and ecosystems.

The Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Decree determining the prices of certain petroleum products.

The gender pay gap in the EU was 13% in 2020, according to figures released today by Eurostat, the European statistical office. The lowest gap between men’s and women’s gross earnings was recorded in Luxembourg, where it was 0.7%. Slovenia ranked third with 3.1%.

Today, the highest-rated restaurants and recipients of special Gault & Millau Slovenia 2022 awards were revealed at the online event.

France has paid special tribute to the great Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik. The French postal service issued a series of four stamps depicting the architectural gems of Ljubljana: the Triple Bridge, St Nicholas Cathedral, Ljubljana Castle and Tivoli Park.

In Slovenia, Shrovetide begun on Fat Thursday and will end on Shrove Tuesday. The local authority in Cerknica was taken over by masked figures known as Butalci, and carnival characters known as Kurenti occupied Ptuj on Wednesday evening. There were nearly 800 of them.

The Slovenian athletes are giving a dazzling performance at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. So far they have won seven medals, which places Slovenia among the world's winter sport superpowers in terms of the number of medals won per capita.

Since it's Valentine's Day, it's time we share some of the top romantic ideas, which you can browse through on STO website.

Not only that Ljubljana won the European Best Destination 2022 competition, it won it with the highest number of votes outside its borders in the entire history of this competition, which shows that Ljubljana is a favourite to many.

On Tuesday, the day of the Slovenian cultural holiday, the Slovenian National Day was celebrated at the World Expo in Dubai. Several events were held as part of the celebrations, including two ceremonies and a concert of Slovenian music. On this occasion, Slovenia was represented by Minister of Economic Development and Technology Zdravko Počivalšek and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar.

Booking.com has revealed the top 10 most welcoming cities from around the globe, after analyzing 232 million of its verified reviews. Bled ranked second.

Toli, a sample of the Triglav Glacier, has come to the end of its 36-day journey, arriving at the venue of the upcoming XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. With this, Mission: Triglav Glacier to Beijing is nearing its climax.

Areas in our surroundings that are permanently or occasionally under water, are most commonly known as bogs, marshes, saltpans, floodplain and wet meadows, floodplain forests, saltwater lagoons, floodplains along rivers, and so on.

The Slovenian pavilion at the Expo is hosting in its exhibition area a gigantic Carniolian grey bee, one of the biggest attractions at this year’s World Expo in Dubai. The three-dimensional 100:1 model of the bee has already been seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors.

The public agency Spirit Slovenija conferred this year’s prizes for top foreign investors who generated exceptional results in the past 12 months and contributed to the development of the Slovenian economy.

On Friday, the German Crediterform Rating agency confirmed its credit rating for Slovenia's national debt. The Slovenia's credit rating thus remains at AA- and the prospects are stable. The rating has already been confirmed by Fitch and S&P Global and DBRS Morningstar.

The company Bird Buddy, the winner of last year's competition for the Slovenian start-up of the year and the creator of the bird feeder of the same name, is reaching new heights. After receiving an additional financial injection worth US$8.5 million from the US company General Catalyst in December, it was recently featured on the platforms of the television network CNN.

According to Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec, the need for digitalisation, including of the logistics sector, has further increased during the epidemic. "Transport and logistics are important factors in our economy and today's business forum is the right step towards Slovenia becoming a green hub of the whole of Europe," he said at the Expo in Dubai.

The Toli project, the journey of a piece of the Triglav Glacier to the venue of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, has been upgraded, with a green aspect added today in Slovenia. A tree will be planted for every kilometre travelled, and there will be a total of at least 13,000, the Olympic Committee of Slovenia (OKS) announced.