The hearing in the Škorc commentary (gloss) case concluded at the Ljubljana District Court (Slovenia). The former editor-in-chief of Demokracija Jože Biščak and the former external collaborator of Demokracija, Aleksander Škorc, were sentenced to suspended sentences at first instance for satirical writing. The ruling is not yet final, as an appeal has been announced. Aleksandar …
After Marta Kos withdrew from her announced candidacy for the position of President of the Republic of Slovenia, we in the media speculated what might have motivated her for that decision. Until today, when we received a hint that Robert Golob, after an intervention by Milan Kučan, had promised her one of the most prestigious …
“One hundred days of the Janša government: the first in the European Union to defeat the epidemic, re-establish a functioning economy, save jobs. One hundred days of the Golob government: one of the highest inflation rates in the European Union, political personnel changes and plans for an energy ‘lockdown,’” MP Andrej Hoivik from the Slovenian …
“We at the Association of Journalists and Publicists have noticed that the news of sexual abuse allegedly taking place in the premises of Fotopub and in the apartment of its founder, Dušan Smodej, has almost completely disappeared from media coverage, and some media outlets have practically not reported on it at all, which is worrying.” …
If we say that totalitarianism is one hundred per cent control by the state should we not say that if fifty per cent control is half totalitarianism? We know from experience that totalitarian regimes are very poor at delivering economic progress on a consistent basis. They can have moderate success at the beginning such as …
This week marks the first 100 days of the government of Robert Golob. The parties that are part of the current government have promised a different policy and better communication, assuring that they have a whole bunch of ideas for timely action to mitigate the coming crisis. If under the previous government we saw rapid …
At a recent press conference, Dejan Kaloh, an MP from the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), spoke about the draft law on mandatory drug testing of public officials, which has been resubmitted by the SDS parliamentary group for the legislative procedure. All 27 SDS MPs have voluntarily taken drug tests at the …
The coordinator of the Left party (Levica), Luka Mesec, has apparently decided to declare war against the economic sector. While the economy, in the face of rising prices, is calling for measures to bring down inflation, Mesec has decided to propose the introduction of a compulsory Christmas bonus. It is as if he does not …
The deep state is in a lot of trouble. They have sent a candidate who is not only a very conflict-prone, arrogant and hypocritical person but who is also heavily burdened with suspicions of corruption and financial malversation from her past, in connection with her husband, to the presidential race, where she has to face …
After yesterday’s meeting between the government and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, one thing is clear. Robert Golob does not want to rein in the electricity speculators, which is what the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is proposing. Instead, he will accept a package of aid for the economy, which amounts to …
The European Commission, together with the left-wing mainstream media, has started to propagate the idea that Europeans should learn to eat bugs. Since three insects were declared fit for human consumption by the European Food Safety Authority in June 2021, a growing number of organisations and media outlets have started to promote the benefits of an insect-based …
The list of Golob’s empty promises is getting longer every day, this time former members of LMŠ and SAB parties got on the wrong side of him. When Golob announced that after SAB and LMŠ joined Golob’s party, their members would automatically become members of the Gibanje Svoboda party, however, this is not the case, …
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