The Association for Values of Slovenian Independence has new leadership. At the members’ assembly in Stična that took place on the 4th of September, Lojze Peterle was elected the new president of the association, and he succeeded the current president Aleš Hojs. Peterle was also the Prime Minister of the first Slovenian government. “I would …
Left-wing extremism has many faces. One thing they all have in common is the imitation of the traditions of Nazism and fascism, which they usually hysterically try to distance themselves from, and also claim to despise. The latter is certainly a good thing; however, their hypocrisy is not, as there is often no noticeable difference …
Slovenia can expect the first transfer of funds under the EU’s recovery and resilience instrument very soon, European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said after a virtual session of EU finance ministers. Finance Minister Andrej Šircelj said the financing agreement had already been signed and submitted to the Commission last week. Slovenia is entitled to …
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On Friday, members of the Slovenian National Assembly discussed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons. The essential feature of lethal autonomous weapons is that they are not controlled by a human (a member of the armed forces) but instead operate independently on the basis of pre-designed algorithms, which is basically a synonym …
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According to the District State Prosecutor Maša Podlipnik, a person is allowed to do practically everything in the name of art. Namely, the prosecutor has assessed that in the case of vandalism of the building of the Ministry of Culture and harassment of the ministry’s employees by the suspects Vuk Čosić and Miha Zadnikar Ilić, …
According to the latest results of Parsifal’s public opinion poll, large growth in support has been recorded for the parties that are in favour of cooperation and integration in a development-oriented coalition. These results indicate that a good part of the participants in the survey find it important that the party which they will vote …
This year’s Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), the 16th in a row, will certainly prove to be outstanding due to the highest number of participants in the history of the forum, which includes both foreign as well as domestic politicians, businessmen and experts. In the sixteen years of its existence, the forum has more than obviously …
After Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn sided with those who support mass migrations of migrants by expressing his support for the admission of tens of thousands of Afghans to the European Union, common sense has nevertheless prevailed in the end. In a joint statement, Ministers of the Interior of the EU Member States wrote that …
An amendment to the Kindergartens Act has recently come into force, which provides free kindergarten for the second and all subsequent children from one family. In the period from 2021 to 2024, the government will allocate a record 114.7 million euros for kindergarten and primary school projects. As of Tuesday, kindergarten will be free for …
Prime Minister Janez Janša attended the 16th Bled Strategic Forum, which is being held under the title “The Future of Europe”. In the morning, Prime Minister Janez Janša took part in the leaders’ panel on the future of Europe together with other leaders: President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, President of the European Council …
The stalled process of EU enlargement to the Western Balkans was one of the topics debated at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) panel on the future of Europe. The panellists called for a continuation of the enlargement process as a matter of strategic importance. The debate was prompted by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who assessed …
Several bilateral meetings were held on the sidelines of the first day of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). President Borut Pahor met Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, while Foreign Minister Anže Logar and Defence Minister Matej Tonin met Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations. Pahor and Zaev said Slovenia and entire Europe were …
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