News roundup - Monday, 1 April

Safe, naturally grown food must not be taken for granted, minister says

LJUBLJANA - Mateja Čalušić, who took over in January as Slovenia's new minister of agriculture, forestry and food, believes food security and self-sufficiency should be the common goal of all stakeholders in the sector. Talking with the STA, she said the country needed all types of farms, from small to large industrial facilities.

Roglič wins time trial at the Tour of the Basque Country

IRUN, Spain - Slovenian cycling star and Bora-Hansgrohe rider Primož Roglič started the Tour of the Basque Country with a victory in time trial on Monday to take the first leader's jersey in pursuit of his third title at the Spanish stage race. Roglič, an Olympic time trial champion, won the 10-kilometre event in Irun despite going briefly off course.

Ajdovščina included in the Phoenicians' cultural route of CoE

AJDOVŠČINA - The municipality of Ajdovščina in the southwest has been included in the Council of Europe's route reinforcing the intercultural links in the Mediterranean created by the Phoenicians. This is to boost cooperation with different institutions, universities, museums and cultural heritage research centres.