“If Ukraine falls, then Moldova will be next, and then probably Georgia. Something may be brewing in the Western Balkans. That is, wherever the periphery of the European Union is not yet in touch. And in NATO. Then it is almost certainly the turn of the Baltic states and then we are on the brink …
Slovenia has the capacity to accommodate between 180,000 and 200,000 refugees from Ukraine, Interior Minister Aleš Hojs said on Sunday. “At least this is what we have discussed in the past few days,” he told the press after an informal session of the EU’s interior ministers on Sunday. Hojs noted that the figure is based …
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Foreign Minister Anže Logar signed decrees revoking the credentials of all Russian honorary consuls in Slovenia. “Russia no longer has honorary consuls in Slovenia,” he announced on Twitter. The move comes a day after Logar urged all Russian honorary consuls in Slovenia – the ministry website lists five – to step down from their roles. …
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The most suitable candidate for the position of Prime Minister is Janez Janša, according to a February public opinion poll conducted for Nova24TV by the Parsifal Agency. Namely, 20.3 percent of respondents believe that the current Prime Minister is the most suitable person to lead our country for another term, while only half as many …
The extraordinary adjustment of pensions has made lots of retirees very happy, as did the solidarity allowance paid to mitigate the consequences of Covid-19 and the announced energy solidarity allowance, which is expected to be paid by the 15th of April 2022. Janez Sušnik, the President of the Slovenian Federation of Pensioners’ Associations, has pointed …
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With the onset of the economic and financial crisis, social justice in the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has deteriorated on average, while the social justice index has shown a slight but ongoing upward trend since the economic recovery began in 2014. While the social imbalances in the EU …
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A total of 4,257 new coronavirus cases were logged in Slovenia on Saturday, a drop of over 3,000 from Friday as well as from a week ago. The total number of hospitalised patients infected with coronavirus is now 987, 5 more than on Saturday. Just over 145,270 cases are estimated to be active in the …
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A court has turned down a damages suit ex-PM Marjan Šarec’s state secretary for national security Damir Črnčec has filed against New Slovenia (NSi) leader Matej Tonin after the latter accused him of abusing the SOVA intelligence agency to undermine the opposition. The suit pertains to the period when Tonin, now defence minister, chaired the …
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The eyes of the world are on Russia, as there is a real danger of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, judging by the build-up of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border. The U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Russian forces are now in a position from which they can carry out a major military …
In recent years in Slovenia, we have witnessed the ease with which some people call others “fascists.” Professor Stanković from the Faculty of Social Sciences recently called Slovenian folk music “fascistoid” on the radio programme Val 202. In his column in the Mladina magazine, another professor from the same faculty, Vlado Miheljak, came to Stanković’s …
Slovenia has taken a serious step forward in the process of the digital transformation of society, which the foreign media have also reported on. The first step was the recent introduction of digital vignettes, and starting next year, the drivers’ licences will also become digital. Croatia, for example, plans to introduce digital drivers’ licences in …
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Although the mainstream media outlets are filled with reports on the united appearance of the so-called Constitutional Arch Coalition (which are actually the left-wing parties of the current opposition) and the party of the new face of Slovenian politics, Golob, it is clear to everyone at first glance that the relations between the aforementioned political …
