Data from the National Institute of Public Health shows that half of the adult population in Slovenia has already been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine against covid-19. To ensure the necessary vaccination rate that would prevent another wave of the epidemic, we need 70 percent of the entire population to get vaccinated. …
“For almost 33 years, the world has forgotten about the victims of the massacre. That must change,” said Prime Minister Janez Janša in his address at Saturday’s event organised by the Iranian Diaspora Free Iran World Summit. Hossein Abedini, a member of the Iranian parliament in exile, stressed that millions of Iranians rejoice to see the …
Police officers received a report from SDS MP Janez Moškrič, who was verbally attacked by a group of extremists and threatened with death and murder of his family. This is the second consecutive attack on a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS). Yesterday, strangers destroyed the car of Ljubo Žnidar from Žalec. “Quo vadis …
Another horrific attack on an SDS MP: “We will kill you and your family!” Read More »
Before the 30th anniversary of the independent state of the Republic of Slovenia, we spoke with one of the main authors of the first Slovenian democratic constitution and the first president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Peter Jambrek. DEMOKRACIJA: Mr. Jambrek, you are one of the authors of the famous 57th …
“If it is a real person, the Slovenian police and the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary should not have much work to do. When the first will answer for such calls, it will be over,” said Ukom director Uroš Urbanija, pointing out an example of a threat that is ripe for criminal prosecution and which often …
Will the competent services take action? MPs would be killed with a bat this time! Read More »
Among the participants of the prom trip from Dolenjska region, who returned from the Spanish resort of Lloret de Mar on July 3rd, 101 new coronavirus infections were confirmed by Saturday. Preliminary results suggest that it could be a delta version, the NIJZ explained. Among the participants from the Gorenjska region, in the trip, 20 …
So far, 101 infections have been confirmed among participants in a prom trip to Spain Read More »
The Slovenian Association of Patriotic Journalists expresses great concern over the recent firearm attack on the well-known Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries, who has been known in his career as a journalist who wrote about many high-profile crime cases. This is a very severe blow to press freedom in the Netherlands, and thus in …
In the three decades of its own statehood, Slovenian society has not developed in accordance with its potential, especially regarding human resources, due to incomplete democratization. Anyone who has read Trstenjak’s optimistic descriptions of the Slovenian national character believed that these people, once freed from totalitarian obstacles, would start to fly on the wings of …
[30 years of independence] For the common good without exclusion Read More »
The Prime Minister Janez Janša presented the priorities of Slovenia’s presidency in the European Union in the European Parliament. Janša addressed all the fundamental current issues and problems facing Europe, and he considers recovery and resilience to be key priorities. While slandering one’s own country is not exactly common in the European Parliament, Fajon’s speech was …
The European Parliament and the European Commission want us to let LGBTQ activists into our schools and kindergartens, but we will not allow this, the Hungarian prime minister said Thursday to journalists in Belgrade. Viktor Orban considered Wednesday’s debate in the European Parliament on the Hungarian Child Protection and Paedophilia Act “a useful debate”. “Positions …
Public sector pay system and regional development topped the agenda as Prime Minister Janez Janša hosted a working meeting with mayors, with ministers announcing more funds for school and sport infrastructure and for primary healthcare. Janša also announced that the government planned to visit all Slovenian regions in the coming six months despite the country’s …
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The Finance Ministry proposed a rise in excise duties on cigarettes that comes with an average 5% increase for a pack of cigarettes. The rise, which is expected to take effect in August, is reckoned to bring in an additional EUR 18 million a year. Under the proposal, which will be discussed by the government …
