All news on the topic: Slovenia

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EU faces 9.6 million home shortage as housing overtakes unemployment as voters’ top concern
In March, the European Parliament adopted its first report on the housing crisis in the EU and possible ways to address it. Polls show that housing has become one of Europeans’ most pressing concerns, rivaling national security in importance.
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EU prosecutors say false credentials were used in attempted €205k fraud against recovery fund programme
EPPO in Ljubljana has indicted five companies and their representatives in Maribor for alleged subsidy fraud involving EU Recovery and Resilience Facility funds meant to improve working conditions for employees with disabilities.
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EPPO orders arrest in Italy over alleged €4.6 mln VAT fraud laundering scheme
At EPPO Venice’s request, Italian Financial Police arrested an Italian businessman based in Dubai, suspected of laundering money from a large VAT carousel fraud scheme.
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EU prosecutors investigate €113 million VAT fraud linked to Chinese imports
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Liberec (Czechia), multiple searches and investigative measures were conducted today in Czechia and Slovakia, in a probe into suspected large-scale customs fraud and VAT evasion involving the imports of textiles, shoes and e-commerce goods from China into the EU.
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Europe faces rising landfill pollution risks as climate change accelerates erosion
The findings come from the first continent-wide mapping of landfills, conducted by the Guardian, Watershed Investigations, and Investigate Europe.
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Slovenia declares Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu persona non grata
On Thursday, Slovenia declared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu persona non grata, preventing him from entering the country, as announced by the government following a Cabinet session.
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Fraudsters in Slovenia posing as laid-off employees on Facebook steal banking data
Fraudsters use emotional posts and fake giveaways to steal personal and banking data from Facebook users in Slovenia.
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Governor of Slovakia’s central bank convicted of corruption: scandal hits ECB’s image
The governor of Slovakia’s central bank was charged with bribing an official in 2016, during his tenure as finance minister.
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Carl Lundström, Pirate Bay supporter, killed in plane crash in Slovenia
The supporter of a controversial file-sharing website has been killed in a plane crash in Slovenia.
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Russian spies sentenced in Slovenia after pleading guilty
Pair’s conviction could pave way for inclusion in any future prisoner exchange between Russia and west
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England disappoint again but still top their group after a stalemate with Slovenia
It had been universally accepted that England needed a performance to reinvigorate their fans here in ­Germany after the toil of their ­opening Euro 2024 ties against Serbia and Denmark.
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A (not so) brief ‘criminal’ history of the ECB
From political witch-hunts and nobbling bank mergers to hacking Covid regulations, the ECB’s brushes with the law are varied and plentiful.
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Rescue effort as tour party trapped by flood waters in cave in Slovenia
The tour party was reportedly made up of a three adults - who were said to be members of the same family - and two guides, who became stuck in the Krizna Jama cave on Saturday when water levels rose