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Krka remains Slovenia's leading company, DARS in second
Ljubljana, 8 October - The business paper Finance has released its 2024 ranking of the country's largest companies, with the pharmaceutical group Krka once again securing the top position. National motorway operator DARS has climbed to second...
Preview: Kosovo vs Slovenia - prediction, team news, lineups
Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between Kosovo and Slovenia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Kosovo will be looking to stun the footballing world for the second time in two months when they...
'In one-day races, he can become Pogačar's equal' – Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe confidently plotting how to help Remco Evenepoel close the gap on Slovenian champion
As the dust settled on the European Championships elite men's road race and another Tadej Pogačar exhibition, with 31 seconds still separating them at the line, silver medallist Remco Evenepoel could only concede that he needs to improve -and this...
Illinois men's basketball still out in front for international recruiting
CHAMPAIGN — Brad Underwood spent the last weekend in June in Serbia as a guest speaker at the Belgrade Basketball Clinic. Associate head coach Orlando Antigua made the trip with him. It was an interesting time to be in the Serbian capital. Tens of...
Mladen Zizovic: Tragedy hits European football as manager dies at 44 during match, club issues statement
The football world is once again in mourning following the tragic passing of a top European coach The incident occurred during a Serbian SuperLiga match on Sunday, November 2, despite swift medical intervention Tributes have been pouring in from...
'He was in a lot of pain and we doubted he’d make it to the finish' – the knee injury that almost derailed Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France triumph
Tadej Pogačar's knee injury at the Tour de France was so bad that a hospital visit was required, his UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammate Tim Wellens has revealed. In an interview with French sports newspaper L'Équipe, published on Tuesday, the Belgian...
International Security Force proposal for Gaza sent by US to UN Security Council
The United States has reportedly sent several member-nations of the UN Security Council a document setting out a plan for an International Coalition which would be responsible for governing Gaza for at least the next two years. As reported by...
Why regulating speech is a bad and dangerous idea
The state must act as a fiduciary of power, not as a censor By Tomaz Lovsin Across the EU, policymakers and regulators are drifting toward tighter control of expression. This article makes the legal and philosophical case – rooted in a...
House sales in Europe: Which markets are growing, which are slowing?
Home sales in Ireland plummeted in the second quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2024, according to data from Eurostat. It was one of four EU countries that saw a fall in year-on-year house sales while overall EU home sales posted...
Could free public buses work in the UAE?
Should public buses be free? Cities and countries across the world have experimented with such schemes for years. The latest advocate is New York's newly-elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, who pledged faster and free buses in the city as part of his...
A Patti Smith pilgrimage
With Patti Smith's The Melancholy of Me & You out November 4, 2025, we look at how her live shows have become a kind of homecoming for fans worldwide and especially one Lonely Planet writer. “I’m going to see Patti!” “Aw, Patti! I wish I was there...
Turning connection into action: VML Heal...
L-R: Urška Košir, Victoria Harmer, Thomas Hofmarcher, Nichole Davies VML Health hosted its inaugural Patient Advocacy Summit in Berlin, uniting key patient advocacy leaders, clinicians and industry partners from across Europe, North America,...
One in five doctors and nurses are migrants
In total, the health systems of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) employ more than 830,000 doctors and 1.75 million nurses born abroad, says the annual report "International Migration Outlook 2025". The figures...
The Latest: France deploying riot police to enforce masks
PARIS — The French government is sending riot police to the Marseille region to help enforce mask requirements, as more and more towns and neighborhoods are imposing mask rules starting Monday to slow rising infections. Government spokesman...
Le nuove sanzioni statunitensi metteranno davvero alle corde la Russia?
Oppure l’importanza delle sanzioni imposte alle compagnie petrolifere russe è stata esagerata? Segue nostro Telegram. Il 23 ottobre, dopo aver proclamato la cancellazione del vertice di Budapest con Putin annunciato solo pochi giorni prima, il...
EIB Global and Erste Bank Serbia team up to boost social inclusion
(Credit:Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. EIB Global has signed a €10 million loan and a €1.3 million grant with Erste Bank Serbia. The funds are aimed at supporting small businesses, with a focus on...
'We even considered him abandoning the race' – Tim Wellens reveals how close Tadej Pogačar was to missing out on fourth Tour de France victory due to knee injury
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) dropped a relative bombshell in October when he revealed how a knee issue at the Tour de France made him "have doubts about continuing", but teammate Tim Wellens has confirmed just how serious things were for...
Global exhibitors bet on Chinese market at 8th CIIE
Volunteers of the upcoming 8th China International Import Expo take a selfie at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai on Monday. SHI JUE/FOR CHINA DAILY The eighth edition of the China International Import Expo is set to open...
Melania Trump's claim to speak six languages slammed by expert including 'fake Italian'
Melania Trump says she speaks six languages Melania Trump, first lady and wife of President Donald Trump, has stated she speaks multiple languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, and her native Slovenian. Yet, there's...
Plastic packaging specialist ALPLA takes over Energoplast’s closure production
The internationally active ALPLA Group continues to grow in the compression and injection moulding segment and is taking over the production facility of Serbian closure manufacturer Energoplast. As a system provider, ALPLA supplies high-quality...