TV show host Mojca Mavec has recently confirmed once again that RTV Slovenia, our national public broadcasting organisation, is unable to change. On St. George’s day, Mavec decided to go off script and politicise. Unfortunately, it turns out that the public television, which we all pay for, is incapable of having even one show on …
Commission for the Prevention of Corruption has completed the proceedings regarding the sale of a piece of land in the area of Kolombana in the Koper municipality, the final owner of which, among others, also became Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs. The Commission apparently found that there were no violations, so they closed the …
“Registration for and vaccination are the only way out of the current difficult situation,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said referring to the coronavirus epidemic in a video posted on Facebook on Friday. The Hungarian prime minister explained that they had spent less than 24 hours in Israel conducting important talks, but he would say “more …
Radovan Cerjak, a member of the STA Supervisory Board, told Nova24TV that ever since he joined the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as STA) Supervisory Board in October last year, he has had a feeling that he is being blocked from supervision. “When I requested certain documents on several occasions, there …
Letter to SDS members and supporters on the occasion of the first anniversary of the mandate of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia “We go on resolutely and responsibly (Letter to SDS members and supporters on the occasion of the first anniversary of the mandate of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia) This …
At today’s press conference, Prime Minister Janez Janša, Deputy Prime Ministers Zdravko Počivalšek and Matej Tonin, and Minister of Agriculture Jože Podgoršek presented the achievements at the occasion of the first anniversary of the current Government of the Republic of Slovenia and also talked about the priorities of their work for the upcoming period. “Today, …
“This is what you see when driving from the Ljubljana ring road toward the Technology Park. This is not considered a problem; apparently, the Tweets are the problem. Does anyone still remember when red paint was spilt on the monument of the slaughterer Boris Kidrič? That was cleaned up in a few hours,” said Davorin …
2TDK, the state-owned company managing the project of the new railway line between the port of Koper and the Divača hub, has downgraded the estimated costs of the project by almost 7% to EUR 1.126 billion. The previous investment programme from January 2019, which was not upgraded, the estimated costs were EUR 1.194 billion, the …
Estimated cost of Koper rail downgraded by 7% to EUR 1.126bn Read More »
The government has decided to extend the state of epidemic by another 30 days effective as of 18 March. The government also adopted the Ordinance amending the Ordinance determining the conditions for entry into the Republic of Slovenia for the purpose of containment and control of the COVID-19 infectious disease. The epidemic is still spreading …
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Yesterday, a Joint Declaration on the Conference on the Future of Europe was signed by European Parliament President David Sassoli, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa, on behalf of the Presidency of the Council. This paves the way to launching a series of debates and discussions that will …
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The epidemiological situation in Slovenia and abroad was presented by the deputy head of the Centre for Infectious Diseases at NIJZ, Nuška Čakš Jager. A total of 6,017 people were given a PCR test on Wednesday, with 952 or 15.8% testing positive. In addition, 25,046 rapid antigen tests were performed. The number of patients in …
“This is true liberty: when free-born men having to advise the public may speak free. What can be juster in a state than this?” John Milton wrote sometime around 1644. But unfortunately, we know that free media, especially nowadays, is a kind of utopia. However, we should, in the role of the nation’s reason, memory …
