“A carrot for those on welfare and a stick for workers, in the form of a reduction in real wages due to the abolition of the adjustment of income tax brackets to inflation, and a smaller increase in the general tax relief, is a strange message – but what matters most is that the trade …
Gross pay in Slovenia averaged EUR 2,008 in June, up 0.9% in nominal terms compared to May, but down 1.8% in real terms. The highest average earnings were in finance and insurance, at EUR 2,932. Average net pay amounted to EUR 1,308, a month-on-month increase of 0.8% nominally and a 1.9% drop in real terms, …
A total of 2,664 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia from Friday to Sunday in what is practically level with the figure a week ago, and three Covid patients died, fresh official data shows. Yesterday, 94 patients were treated in hospitals for Covid-19 as their main condition, including eight in intensive care, which …
More than 2,500 Covid cases logged in past three days Read More »
Yesterday was the first day when candidates vying to become Slovenia’s president in the 23 October election could submit their bids, and voters can formally support their candidates with signatures. The candidates have until 28 September to submit their candidacy with the National Electoral Commission. A candidate needs to be backed either by 10 MPs, …
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The Council of Christian Churches and the Islamic Community in Slovenia addressed a joint statement to the government and both houses of parliament at the weekend to raise “concern over the changing of fundamental concepts of our society” after the Constitutional Court recently legalised same-sex marriages and adoptions. They say the decision undermines the constitutional …
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After the verdict of the Celje court on the Moskovič villa, the European court could have the opportunity to rule on the return of Jewish property confiscated under the Nazi or communist dictatorship. Forced sale as robbery. Slovenia is a signatory of the Terezin Declaration on the restitution of Jewish property,” commented lawyer and historian Marko …
Večer reported that Mitja Nerat brought the TEŠ case to court, and now he was preparing a related criminal complaint against Rudis and checking the responsibility of politicians in the construction of block 6. The criminologist was apparently demoted by the new police chief Boštjan Lindav for the reward, and according to some information, he …
The key criminologist in the Teš 6 case was supposedly criminally transferred to Tacen Read More »
“I wonder if anyone can answer the question of what is the name of the form of a political system in which ‘independent’, ‘impartial’ journalists, most often from the impeccable ‘public media outlet’, who, under the previous government mercilessly hammered this point of them being independent home, often below any level of professional journalistic activity, …
With the recent reports of continued strong GDP growth in the second quarter of this year, the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development of the Republic of Slovenia warns that the outlook for the second half of the year has deteriorated due to high uncertainty related to the war in Ukraine, problems with energy supply …
Bad Prospects For The Economy – Will The Government Give Up Its Socialist Experiments? Read More »
According to a public opinion poll by the Ninamedia agency, presidential candidate Anže Logar has overtaken Nataša Pirc Musar in the race for the role of President of the Republic. Compared to the last Ninamedia poll from about a month ago, support for Logar has risen from 28.2 percent to 30.2 percent, while support for …
Support For Anže Logar Has Risen Sharply; Should Pirc Musar Be Officially Prosecuted? Read More »
The trial of three Chechens who beat a 15-year-old Belgian for having an affair with a Chechen girl last October has started in Belgium. The prosecution claims it was a “hate crime” as the Belgian boy, Ethan, was attacked because of “hatred and contempt for those who are not Chechens”. The attack took place in …
Anže Logar, the former foreign minister, has taken the lead ahead of the 23 October presidential election in the latest poll commissioned by the newspapers Dnevnik and Večer. Logar, an MP for the opposition Democratic Party (SDS), polled at 30.2%, up by two percentage points compared to July. He is now 2.7 points ahead of …
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