“However, the question arises – why do the owners of Mladina JSC have such a complex ownership structure? What are they hiding? How do they even dare to accuse others of anything before taking care of their own messes first?” tax expert Ivan Simič wondered in response to Mladina magazine. On the 15th page of
After contracting by an estimated 5.5% in real terms last year, Slovenia’s economy returned to growth in the first quarter of the year as GDP expanded at an annual rate of 1.6% in real terms or by as much as 2.3% when adjusted for season. It rose by 1.4% from the final quarter of 2020,
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Slovenian diplomats started their annual consultation focusing on Slovenia’s upcoming EU presidency. Foreign Minister Anže Logar said Slovenia was well prepared for the presidency, listing the Conference on the Future of the EU and the progress of Western Balkan countries on their path towards the EU as the key topics. He said the debates should
A press conference on the current situation regarding COVID-19 featured the head of the vaccination advisory group, Bojana Beović. According to the current data, a total of 1,501 PCR tests and 7,598 rapid antigen tests were conducted yesterday. The PCR tests confirmed 91 new infections, which amounts to a positivity rate of 6.1 percent. According
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Yesterday, Prime Minister Janez Janša held a working lunch with the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who is paying an official visit to Slovenia between 31 May and 1 June 2021 at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor. This is the second bilateral visit of
According to the reports of the mainstream media, on Friday, the 28th of May 2021, the biggest protest against the current government to date took place in Ljubljana. The main “heroes of the fight against dictatorship” were, in addition to the non-governmental organisations, trade union leaders Lidija Jerkič (the Association of Free Trade Unions of
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On Friday, the campaign of providing information on vaccination at stands all over Slovenia began, which is organised by the Government Communication Office of the Republic of Slovenia, in cooperation with the National Institute of Public Health and the Ministry of Health. It started with a stand on the Prešeren Square, where representatives of the
Representatives of all parties of the Democratic Opposition of Slovenia, known as DEMOS, gathered on Congress Square in Ljubljana at a rally, which was not attended by the left-wing opposition. DEMOS president Dr Jože Pučnik emphasised that Slovenians are a peaceful nation and that we do not ask for anything that does not belong to
Ten NGO ships that are already at sea or about to weigh their anchor are heading for Libyan waters and are calling on the traffickers who, after extorting large amounts of money from the migrants, are busily getting their human goods send off on dilapidated rubber dinghies, regardless of the increasing number of deaths at
There are growing concerns about the French government’s migration policy. National Rally President Marine Le Pen would rescind the refugee status of those committing an offence, while renowned essayist Eric Zemmour is afraid that the rising tide of migrants would cause irreversible changes to the fabric of society. In a recent interview Republicans party chief
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Yesterday, Prime Minister Janez Janša, together with Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Anže Logar, Minister of the Economy Zdravko Počivalšek, Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs, Minister of Culture Vasko Simoniti and Minister of Health Janez Poklukar, had a virtual meeting with President of the European Parliament David Sassoli and the leaders of the European
After Slovenia’s vaccination centres reported they have been receiving fewer Covid-19 vaccines this week than they have ordered, Jelko Kacin, the national vaccination logistics coordinator said that more doses would be available in June, and that a major shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine was expected this Friday. While two-thirds of all doses are currently used
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