News roundup - Sunday, 29 September

Tadej Pogačar road race World Champion

ZURICH, Switzerland - Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar crowned a dream season by winning the World Championship road race after an enormous 100-kilometre solo attack. The 26-year-old finished the 273.9-kilometre race 34 seconds ahead of the Australian Ben O'Connor and with 58 seconds on last year's champion, Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands.

State collects more taxes and social contributions in 2023

LJUBLJANA - Total revenue from taxes and social contributions increased for the third year in a row in 2023, up 9% from 2022 to EUR 23.5 billion, data provided by the country's Statistics Office shows. Total tax revenue accounted for 20.8% of last year's GDP, which is however 0.7 percentage points less than the year before.