Post-communist countries always go in one of two specific directions: either they develop into the free path of Western liberal capitalism, or they follow the path of the Russian oligarchic system. In 1992, when the late Jože Mencinger ordained the economy as an old man with a scythe and a hood on his head, the
According to official information, a knife attack happened in the centre of Ljubljana on Tuesday evening. As reported by the National Press Agency, a dark-skinned man stabbed a girl in front of the Parlament pub on Šubičeva Street, who was allegedly his partner. The police have confirmed that the attacker is an Eritrean migrant. The
On Monday, Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tanja Fajon, attended a meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union, during which she practically admitted that the attitude of the government of Robert Golob towards illegal migration is producing disastrous results. “When Croatia joins the Schengen area, we do not want Slovenia to become a kind
“This could have happened in 2018 already, but it did not!” said Janez Sušnik, President of Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations (Zveza društev upokojencev Slovenije – ZDUS), in a video published by Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS). His statement refers to E-care, which the current government of Robert Golob wants to abolish,
Minister of Culture Asta Vrečko announced the merger of two museums at the end of October. The opposition parties Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) and New Slovenia party (Nova Slovenija – NSi) oppose the merger, as does the Association for Values of Slovenian Independence (Združenje za vrednote slovenske osamosvojitve – VSO). The
“We stop being hostage to these foreign and private non-governmental organisations that organise the routes, the traffic, the transport and the migratory policies,” the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini, recently said. He has been dealing with the issue of illegal migration since his days as the Minister of the Interior, and he also
“The implementation further confirms the assessment that the adopted amended state budget is unrealistic,” the Fiscal Council wrote today. They also warned of the risk that the government would not allocate the resources of the interventionist legislation to mitigate the effects of the rising prices and the energy crisis. The implementation of this year’s budget
Presidential candidate Nataša Pirc Musar always proclaims that she will be the President of all Slovenians. Her predecessors had done the same – from Kučan, Drnovšek, Türk, to Pahor. But only two of them managed to do what they promised relatively well, while the other two remained loyal soldiers of their political option. With the
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It only took a few days for the Siol web portal to become the bulletin of the ruling coalition with the new, far-left editor-in-chief. Former editor Peter Jančič made the web portal popular among politically centric readers, too, as he always kept journalistic integrity in mind and made sure that both sides of every story
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An incident recently took place in a fast food restaurant in the centre of Ljubljana, where a crazy Balkan man threatened and destroyed the said restaurant, which led to a fight. Many people in Ljubljana are noticing an increase in crime and less and less cultured behaviour among the new residents of the city. Namely,
In the middle of the week, the government appointed representatives of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Public Administration to help the journalists’ union resolve disagreements between journalists and the management of RTVS. As the representatives of the founder of the public institution, the government appointed the state secretary at the Ministry of
According to the economist Dr Rado Pezdir, who was a guest of the Beremo show, the owner of the company still bears responsibility – the argument “I did not know” is not sufficient under Slovenian legislation. With this, of course, he aimed at Nataša Pirc Musar, who claims that she knows nothing about the affairs of her