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“We're working on getting me a Slovenian passport”: $3.4M Lakers vet announces plans to play for Luka Doncic's national team
Luka Doncic could get some NBA help on his national team after Lakers center Jaxson Hayes claimed they're working on getting him a Slovenian passport. Hayes and Doncic have formed an excellent dynamic since teaming up in LA. The Lakers' veteran...
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The Iris Affair review – it takes real guts to write TV this thrillingly preposterous. Strap in!
There’s in media res and then there’s the opening of The Iris Affair. The new caper-drama opens with a man being beaten half to death while a woman (Niamh Algar) looks on unmoved and refusing to hand over a MacGuffin to the man ordering the...
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Jason Kidd praises Luka Doncic's offseason fitness journey and NBA growth
Former Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd recently commented on the progress of Luka Doncic, his former star player, as the guard prepares to lead in a new era with the Los Angeles Lakers. Kidd praised Doncic's offseason work on conditioning...
Owner: Urbano Cairo
Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz 2025 Announces Lineup
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The Film New Europe
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LJUBLJANA: A total of 101 films have been selected for the 28th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, which will run 21 - 26 October 2025 in Portorož. Six feature films, six long documentaries and one long animated film will compete for the Vesna...
French and Slovenian treasuries join Eurosystem wholesale money DLT project
Representatives from the French and Slovenian treasuries are among a newly announced rollcall of participants in the latest stage of a European initiative focused on distributed-ledger technology (DLT) and central bank money. The ‘Pontes’ project...
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Lakers Center Working on Slovenian Citizenship to Team With Luka Doncic
Getty Los Angeles Lakers fans may be seeing more Luka Doncic–Jaxson Hayes lobs. The 25-year-old center told reporters on October 15 he’s working on obtaining a Slovenian passport to team with Doncic internationally. A reporter asked about the...
Owner: Simon Asaad
The media landscape of the Western Balkans and Turkey: Stuck in transition
This article was originally published on the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) website If journalism is to survive, it must not only defend itself legally and through unions, but also revolutionarily redefine...
Owner: IPS Communication Foundation
174th regular session of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia
Proposed Act on the intervention measure to extend the validity of annual electronic vignettes At today's session, the Government approved the text of the proposed Act on the intervention measure to extend the validity of annual electronic...
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Musical Evita opening at Maribor opera house
Maribor, 10 October - Evita, the internationally celebrated musical about Argentina's former first lady Eva Peron with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, is opening at the Slovenian National Theatre (SNG) Maribor tonight in the...
Owner: Slovenian Government
Entertainment The Guardian Širom: In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper review – a cacophonous folk kaleidoscope
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Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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Some bands use a variety of traditional instruments to make music – and then there are Širom. A trio that formed a decade ago over interests in post-rock and drone (their name means “around” or “widely” in their native Slovenian), they list more...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs expose picked up by ABC, TVNZ and Corus Entertainment
MIPCOM: Diddy: In Plain Sight, the one-hour film which debuted on Channel 4 in the UK to coincide with the start of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial in May 2025, has been picked up by a host of international broadcasters. Leading independent distributor...
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Where was ‘The Iris Affair’ filmed? The glamorous locations behind the high-stakes thriller
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Time Out
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It’s the ideal time of the year for escapist telly and Luther creator Neil Cross has understood the assignment perfectly. His new Italy-set Sky thriller The Iris Affair is exactly what a dank October calls for: Hitchcockian capers in exotic...
Owner: Peter Dubens
Europe's ripple effect: Media freedom reimagined
This article was originally published on the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) website We live in an era when the very foundations of journalism are being renegotiated—between the demands of digital capitalism,...
Owner: IPS Communication Foundation
Slovenia demands EU reponse to US attacks on judicial indepencence and the rule of law
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Statewatch
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Home / News / 2025 / October / Slovenia demands EU reponse to US attacks on judicial indepencence and the rule of law Topic Country/Region 09 October 2025 The Slovenian government wants EU justice and interior ministers to discuss "how to protect...
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Heraklion Cultural and Convention Center: The program for the 2025-26 artistic season was presented
The program for the new 2025-26 artistic season of the Heraklion Cultural and Convention Center was presented today, Wednesday, October 15, in the Concert Hall. The new program, supported by the Region of Crete, was presented by the Artistic...
Owner: Ioannis Giannakakis
CEO Dejan Paravan leaving Slovenian state-owned GEN energija – report
GEN energija, which is developing a project for Slovenia’s second nuclear power plant, is about to appoint a new CEO, the necenzurirano.si news website learned, without revealing its sources. Dejan Paravan, the current head of the...
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Sajovic declines to reveal Slovenia's contribution for US weapons for Ukraine
Brussels, 15 October - Defence Minister Borut Sajovic said Ukrainians cannot be left on their own before the winter as he spoke about Slovenia's joining NATO's initiative to finance supplies of US weapons to Ukraine. He declined to reveal...
Owner: Slovenian Government
Pogačar’s Dominance, Rwanda’s Power Play, and Sport’s Global Shifts | The Outer Line AIRmail Weekly
This week’s edition of AIRmail from The Outer Line dives deep into the most compelling stories shaping professional cycling and the wider world of sport. From Tadej Pogačar’s historic fifth straight Il Lombardia victory and the debate over whether...
Owner: Richard Pestes
Monument honours migrants who perished on Balkan route
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The Slovenia Times
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In a small cemetery in the village of Vojna Vas, southeastern Slovenia, a new monument stands to honour migrants who lost their lives attempting to cross into Slovenia and who are typically buried in unmarked graves, the identities of many...
Owner: Slovenian Government
National festival to show over 100 films this year
Ljubljana, 14 October - The 28th Festival of Slovenian Film (FSF), to be held in Portorož between 21 and 26 October, will show 101 features, documentaries and animated films, of which 69 will be part of the festival's competition programme. The...
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