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In recent days, there was substantial reporting on Slovenia in the foreign press, inviting readers to daydream about the country in these unusual times and plan a visit sometime in the future or to rekindle pleasant memories of Slovenia.

Forbes magazine has recognised Slovenia as a true artificial intelligence powerhouse.

Ljubljanske Mlekarne, Slovenia's largest dairy, has dispatched the first shipment of its iconic Planica ice cream to China, part of a total of 43 tonnes planned to be exported there this year.

Major Slovenian textile companies and smaller textile workshops have joined forces to focus on the production of protective masks in response to market needs.

The book entitled "With Valvasor at the Table – Nutrition Culture in Carniola in the Second Half of the 17th Century" written by dr. Janez Bogataj was selected as one of the top three books in its respective category and received the prestigious Best in the World 2020 award.

For Christians around the world, Thursday night marks the end of the 40-day fast and the beginning of the Easter Triduum culminating on Easter Sunday. Believers are about to celebrate Easter, the most important holiday of the Catholic Church. Although it is usually celebrated within the family and includes visits to church, the epidemic has changed this tradition.

Thirty years have passed since the first multiparty elections were held in Slovenia. They were won by Demos, a coalition of new parties, which then formed the government.

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards culinary event honoured the cookbook Cook Eat Slovenia with not one, but two awards.

The company Ocean Orchids from Dobrovnik has started growing vegetables on a trial basis. Ocean Orchids is a ten-year-old company with forty employees located in the extreme northeast of Slovenia that cultivates 2 million orchids every year.

This year, World Health Day puts nurses and midwives at the forefront and the importance of community support for them. In recent months, nurses and other healthcare professionals have been on the frontline to care for those falling ill with COVID-19.

On 2 April, we celebrate International Children's Book Day.

The National Assembly adopted on Thursday a EUR 3 billion stimulus package aiming to cushion the impact of coronavirus on Slovenia's economy and people.

A crisis always opens the window of opportunity for something new.

The last days of March mark the 30th anniversary since the then Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia adopted the National Anthem Act.

Slovenians are real culture enthusiasts.

Drago Jančar, arguably Slovenia's leading contemporary writer, has been awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature 2020.

With only 168 ventilators available as Slovenia expects to soon see the Covid-19 outbreak culminate, several groups of engineers are busy developing various prototypes of a new ventilator, a critical piece of equipment that helps the most severe coronavirus cases breathe.

Croatia was hit by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake on Sunday at 6:24 with the epicentre located ten kilometres north of Zagreb. The earthquake primarily caused extensive material damage in the centre of Zagreb. The earthquake was also felt across Slovenia, which sent emergency humanitarian aid to Croatia.

A week after distance schooling was introduced in schools amid the coronavirus epidemic, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport notes that the schooling is going better than expected.

On 12 March 2020 at 18:00, Slovenia declared the coronavirus outbreak an epidemic in view of the growing number of infections.