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Slovenia Times
1. April, 2021
Ljubljana – Four business chambers or associations associated in an Economic Circle initiative urged the government to be more ambitious in its debureaucratisation drive and lower the planned social security cap, as they presented a number of ideas for a lean state at an online news conference on Wednesday.
Welcoming capping social security contributions to EUR 6,000 gross in monthly pay as the right step, they want a lower cap, at EUR 4,600, which is two average wages.
Should this not be possible now, the government should put it in a law to achieve it gradually in the coming few years.
Slovenia Times
29. January, 2021
Ljubljana – PM Janez JanÅ¡a believes the first half of 2021 will be similar to 2020 in terms of the epidemic and economic recovery, while the second half should be much better. He also accepted the Manager Association’s offer for cooperation to improve productivity as he addressed its annual get-together, which was held online on Thursday.
“We expect the situation to be at least as normal in the summer as it was last summer, and the autumn will be significantly better than last year’s,” said JanÅ¡a.
He hopes that at least in the second half of 2021, economic results will be similar to those from last year’s third quarter when Slovenia did better than the rest of Europe.
Slovenia Times
7. January, 2021
Jasna HengoviÄ, Woman Engineer of the Year (Photo: STA)
Ljubljana – Jasna HengoviÄ, a software developer at Cosylab, has become the Woman Engineer of the Year, as this accolade has been given out for the third year to encourage young women to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Together with her colleagues, the winner develops software and integrates it with hardware for the most advanced systems in the world, such as ITER, ESA, CERN or ALMA.
She is most proud of the software developed for hospitals to improve cancer treatment as part of proton therapy.
The co-organisers of the event, Mediade company, said the winner had the key component of a good role model: top expertise and innovation as well as true humanity.