News roundup - Friday, 19 July, until 3pm
Ljubljana, 19 July - Below is a roundup of major events on Friday, 19 July, until 3pm local time:
Mount Trstelj wildfire fully under control
KOMEN - A wildfire that engulfed around 150 hectares of forest on Mount Trstelj in the Kras region in western Slovenia has been localised and is fully under control. Around 480 firefighters are still on the ground performing preventive work, said Blaž Rogelja, the commander of the Komen volunteer fire brigade. He believes that firefighters will be kept busy at least until Saturday.
Global IT outage affects some Slovenian companies
LJUBLJANA - A major outage linked to Windows workstations hit businesses worldwide and is also affecting companies in Slovenia. The Ljubljana Airport is experiencing problems with information systems for flight check-ins, which is causing small delays in plane departures. The pharma company Krka is also affected, but said the situation was stabilising and was not expected to affect its business.
Opposition demands inquiry into state-owned energy companies
LJUBLJANA - Opposition MPs filed a request for a parliamentary inquiry on the threat to Slovenia's energy sovereignty, in which the Democrats (SDS) and New Slovenia (NSi) want to investigate the operations of state-owned energy companies in the last ten years. They want to find out whether Slovenian energy companies operated in line with the regulations and principles of transparency.
Floating Castle festival in more intimate rendition
STARI TRG PRI LOŽU - Floating Castle, an international festival of music and performing arts, will start on Saturday near Snežnik Castle in the south of the country. This year's rendition will be "simple, small and intimate" with performances by 35 music groups. The festival will open with a concert by Etno Histeria World Orchestra, featuring 60 musicians from 17 countries.
Bravo advances in Conference League qualifying, joined by Maribor
LJUBLJANA/MARIBOR - The Ljubljana football club Bravo defeated the Welsh side Connah's Quay Nomads in the first round of qualifying for the UEFA Conference League to advance to the second round. They will be joined there by Maribor, which was eliminated from the UEFA Europa League qualifiers by Botev Plovdiv from Bulgaria.