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Slovenia gives army more power amid migrant crisis

Slovenia’s given its army new powers to help police guard its state borders as thousands of migrants continue to pour into the country from Croatia

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Slovenia appeals to EU for help as refugees overwhelm the country

Slovenia is doing its best to do the right thing and welcome the refugees pouring into the country, but it is feeling the strain and has asked the

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Migrant journey to Slovenia continues despite entry limits

Thousands of migrants continued their miserable journey into the smallest country on the Balkan route: Slovenia. The country’s parliament is expected

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Chaos in the Balkans as plans to control flow of migrants break down

Various Balkan countries are struggling with a backlog of migrants after Hungary sealed its southern border on Friday while Slovenia is trying to

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Slovenia can only accept as many migrants as can exit into Austria

As the flow of migrants continued towards Germany, Slovenia said it can not accept thousands of migrants a day. That is likely to cause a further

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Slovenia takes the strain of Europe's migrant influx

Slovenia is the latest focus of Europe’s migration crisis. On Saturday some 3,000 migrants and refugees crossed the border from Croatia. Thousands

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Slovenia witnesses 'domino effect' as Croatia diverts thousands of migrants

Thousands of migrants are expected to arrive in Slovenia in the coming days, after Hungary closed its border with Croatia at midnight on Friday. The

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Refugee path through Slovenia under threat as train traffic cut with Croatia

The hope of thousands of refugees and migrants of reaching western and northern Europe have been dashed yet again following Slovenia’s decision to

Sport

Trstenjak and Nagase win gold on day four of Judo World Championships

Tina Trstenjak handed Slovenia it’s first world judo championship gold medal after reigning supreme in the women’s under 63 kilo class. The final, on

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2,000-year-old dugout canoe recovered from Slovenia river

Archeologists have recovered the second half of a 2,000-year-old dugout canoe from the Ljubljanica River in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. The

Sport

Judo titles tumble at Tiblisi's Grand Prix tournament

She won the Grand Slam event in Tokyo, now Slovenia’s Tina Tristenjak has bossed the under 63-kilo category in Tiblisi, too. The number two seed

Sport

Prevc triumphs in Planica

The Slovenian fans certainly got their moneys worth on Friday as the ski jumping season heads towards a thrilling climax. Peter Prevc won the

Sport

Vonn clinches downhill title in Meribel

America’s Lindsey Vonn won the season-ending World Cup downhill at Meribel to secure the discipline’s crystal globe, the 18th of her career. The

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The youth solutions: sharing ideas, changing the world

Young activists from around the world are coming together to share knowledge and ideas they can take home and use to improve their own communities.

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Pinturault and Hirscher claim wins at Kransja Gora

It was a day of titles on the slopes of Kransja Gora. Alexis Pinterault claimed his second win of the season in the Men’s Giant Slalom after his

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Slovenians celebrate spring's arrival with ancient tradition

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Slovenia becomes 11th EU nation to approve gay marriage

The Slovenian Parliament has adopted by 51 to 28 votes a new law that authorises same-sex weddings

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Fenninger turns up the heat with back-to-back wins in Bansko

On form Anna Fenninger boosted her overall world cup title hopes on Monday. The Austrian claimed her second win in as many days with success in the

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Mayer shines at Saalbach while Maze's Maribor return ends in misery

Welcome to Gravity, our weekly magazine dedicated to Alpine skiing. We begin our round-up with a look at action from the women’s World Cup

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Fenninger wins World Cup giant slalom in Maribor

Austria’s Anna Fenninger picked up her second Alpine Skiing World Cup giant slalom win of the season with victory in Maribor on Saturday. The