{ "country": "Slovenia", "code": "SI", "lastUpdated": "2026-09-13", "source": "https://happychef.cloud/en/press-contacts/si.html", "national": { "description": "Slovenia's national press is compact but well organised: a handful of Ljubljana- and Maribor-based dailies (Delo, Dnevnik, Večer, Slovenske novice) set the news agenda and run weekend lifestyle supplements that regularly cover restaurant openings, chefs and reviews. Beyond the dailies, the market has a dedicated food platform (Okusno.je), popular lifestyle weeklies such as Suzy, and a specialised B2B hospitality trade title (Gostinec) that reaches restaurateurs directly. The public broadcaster RTV Slovenija and the national wire service STA round out the landscape for broadcast and syndicated coverage.", "tip": "Start with Delo's weekend Sobotna priloga/Nedelo desk and Slovenske novice's Ona/Onaplus lifestyle section, both of which run regular restaurant and chef features, then pitch Okusno.je directly for recipe- or menu-driven stories since it has the largest dedicated food audience in the country.", "sources": [ { "name": "Delo", "type": "newspaper", "email": "centralna@delo.si", "website": "https://www.delo.si", "notes": "Leading national quality daily; central newsroom desk. Its Sobotna priloga (weekend supplement) and Nedelo Sunday paper cover lifestyle and dining." }, { "name": "Dnevnik", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.dnevnik.si", "notes": "National quality daily based in Ljubljana; Nedeljski dnevnik covers lifestyle and leisure." }, { "name": "Večer", "type": "newspaper", "email": "tajnistvo@vecer.com", "website": "https://vecer.com", "notes": "Second-largest national daily, headquartered in Maribor; contact via the editorial secretariat." }, { "name": "Slovenske novice", "type": "newspaper", "email": "info@slovenskenovice.si", "website": "https://www.slovenskenovice.si", "notes": "Slovenia's highest-circulation daily; its Ona/Onaplus section covers lifestyle and food." }, { "name": "Žurnal24", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.zurnal24.si", "notes": "Free national daily (print and online) with an active lifestyle desk." }, { "name": "STA (Slovenska tiskovna agencija)", "type": "wire", "email": null, "website": "https://www.sta.si", "notes": "National news wire agency; pitch its consumer/lifestyle desk for openings and events." }, { "name": "RTV Slovenija", "type": "tv", "email": null, "website": "https://www.rtvslo.si", "notes": "Public broadcaster (TV and radio networks); approach the culinary/lifestyle programming editors." }, { "name": "Okusno.je", "type": "blog", "email": "urednistvo@okusno.je", "website": "https://okusno.je", "notes": "Slovenia's leading recipe and food platform, operated by Pro Plus." }, { "name": "Gostinec", "type": "trade", "email": null, "website": "https://gostinec.si", "notes": "B2B trade magazine for the hospitality industry, distributed directly to HORECA businesses." }, { "name": "Suzy", "type": "magazine", "email": null, "website": "https://www.suzy.si", "notes": "Widely-read weekly lifestyle magazine with food and human-interest features." } ] }, "regions": [ { "id": "ljubljana-central-slovenia", "name": "Ljubljana & Central Slovenia", "nativeName": "Ljubljana in osrednja Slovenija", "description": "As the capital region, Ljubljana concentrates most of Slovenia's national press, but it also has its own city-focused lifestyle titles and digital newsrooms, giving restaurant owners the widest set of press contacts in the country.", "tip": "City Magazine is the natural first stop for a Ljubljana opening or chef story since food and city culture are core to its beat; Delo's central newsroom is the best route into a national quality daily.", "sources": [ { "name": "Delo", "type": "newspaper", "email": "centralna@delo.si", "website": "https://www.delo.si", "notes": "National daily headquartered in Ljubljana." }, { "name": "Dnevnik", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.dnevnik.si", "notes": "National daily based in Ljubljana." }, { "name": "City Magazine", "type": "magazine", "email": null, "website": "https://citymagazine.si", "notes": "Ljubljana lifestyle magazine covering food, culture and city stories; publishes an online contact form, no public email." }, { "name": "N1 Slovenija", "type": "tv", "email": null, "website": "https://www.n1info.si", "notes": "Ljubljana-based news channel and portal with lifestyle coverage." } ] }, { "id": "slovenian-littoral-coast", "name": "Slovenian Littoral (Coast)", "nativeName": "Slovenska Istra / Primorska", "description": "Slovenia's short but tourism-heavy coastline (Koper, Izola, Piran, Portorož) is covered by one long-established regional daily and RTV Slovenija's dedicated coastal radio studio, both closely tied to the area's dining and hospitality scene.", "tip": "Primorske novice is the leading regional daily for coastal restaurant news; Radio Koper is a strong pick for reaching a loyal local audience through interviews and mentions.", "sources": [ { "name": "Primorske novice", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.primorske.si", "notes": "Leading regional daily for the Slovenian coast, based in Koper." }, { "name": "Radio Koper", "type": "radio", "email": "radio.koper@rtvslo.si", "website": "https://radiokoper.rtvslo.si", "notes": "RTV Slovenija's regional radio station for Primorska." } ] }, { "id": "stajerska-maribor", "name": "Štajerska (Maribor region)", "nativeName": "Štajerska", "description": "Slovenia's second city, Maribor, and the surrounding Štajerska region are served by the national daily Večer, which is headquartered there, alongside an independent local news website.", "tip": "Contact Večer's Maribor newsroom for regional restaurant coverage, and Maribor24.si for faster-turnaround local news items.", "sources": [ { "name": "Večer", "type": "newspaper", "email": "tajnistvo@vecer.com", "website": "https://vecer.com", "notes": "National daily headquartered in Maribor with strong Štajerska coverage." }, { "name": "Maribor24.si", "type": "blog", "email": "urednik@maribor24.si", "website": "https://www.maribor24.si", "notes": "Leading independent news website for Maribor and Štajerska." } ] }, { "id": "gorenjska", "name": "Gorenjska", "nativeName": "Gorenjska", "description": "The Alpine Gorenjska region (Kranj, Bled, Škofja Loka) has its own long-running regional newspaper and a local radio station, both well placed for restaurant and tourism-related stories in this heavily visited part of Slovenia.", "tip": "Gorenjski glas is the region's dominant newspaper and the best first contact for restaurant press releases; Radio Sora is a good secondary pick for the Škofja Loka/Kranj area.", "sources": [ { "name": "Gorenjski glas", "type": "newspaper", "email": null, "website": "https://www.gorenjskiglas.si", "notes": "Long-established regional newspaper for Gorenjska (Kranj, Bled)." }, { "name": "Radio Sora", "type": "radio", "email": null, "website": "https://www.radio-sora.si", "notes": "Local radio station based in Škofja Loka." } ] }, { "id": "pomurje", "name": "Pomurje", "nativeName": "Pomurje", "description": "Slovenia's easternmost region around Murska Sobota has its own regional weekly newspaper and an active local news portal, both attentive to community and hospitality news in an area with a distinct culinary identity.", "tip": "Vestnik is the region's paper of record and worth a direct pitch to its editorial office; Pomurec.com is useful for quick-turnaround online coverage.", "sources": [ { "name": "Vestnik", "type": "newspaper", "email": "info@vestnik.si", "website": "https://vestnik.svet24.si", "notes": "Regional weekly newspaper for Pomurje, based in Murska Sobota." }, { "name": "Pomurec.com", "type": "blog", "email": null, "website": "https://www.pomurec.com", "notes": "Leading regional news website for Pomurje." } ] } ] }