Almost 130,000 children return to schools, kindergartens

Ljubljana, 26 January - Kindergartens and primary schools for the first three grades reopened in nine of Slovenia's twelve regions, with no major disruption in the process reported. Education Minister Simona Kustec said 53,306 children returned to school and 74,630 to kindergartens, expressing the hope that this is "the first sign of going back to normal."