“In order to draw attention to the double standards, the writer copied the threat sent to Minister Aleš Hojs word by word and sent it to MEP Tanja Fajon. He was asked to report to the police, even though the prosecution refused to prosecute the perpetrator who wrote the original threat and sent it to
Do you still remember the Stožice project? And the role of the Mayor of the city, who is the reason why Ljubljana got everything it needed, but the price was paid by many of the subcontractors – lots of whom came from Bosnia? Of course you remember. However, the Sarajevo authorities apparently decided to forget
Lucas Guttenberg is the Deputy Director of the Jacques Delors Center, a European Union-oriented think tank. He became known to many Slovenians active on Twitter only when he passionately defended Politico’s journalist Lili Bayer, who wrote an article accusing Prime Minister Janez Janša of intimidating and persecuting media he does not like. The Prime Minister was
The Cabinet of the Prime Minister Janez Janša announced that a proposal for an agreement between political parties and representatives of nationalities in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia on cooperation in shaping responses to fundamental development challenges in the period 2021–2022 had been forwarded to all presidents of parliamentary parties, i.e., LMŠ,
During a check of a cargo vehicle registered in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the Obrežje border crossing with Croatia, Slovenian police and customs officers rescued on Tuesday 13 citizens of Iraq who had been transported in a secret compartment in the vehicle. Some of them required medical attention due to lack of air and dehydration. As the
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The enforcement of political correctness can create confusing and quite comical situations. One such recent case was when YouTube, which uses various algorithms to block and censor so-called hate speech, blocked the channel of a Youtuber, commentator, and chess player, Antonio Radić. The Croatian Youtuber, who comments and talks about chess on his channel “Agadamator”
“The employers do not want to lose people who have loads of work experience, which is especially common among older employees. However, in cases where new energy and mastery of new technology is needed for a certain job, the employer should definitely have the opportunity and the right to offer such positions to the generation
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After the project of the vote of no confidence failed, an article appeared in Politico the very next day – completely by chance, surely – in which the journalist Lili Bayer claimed that the Prime Minister of the Slovenian government, Janez Janša, allegedly intimidates and persecutes the media which are not to his liking. She
On 27 January 2021, the Communication Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (GCO) fulfilled all of its obligations to the Slovenian Press Agency (SPA) arising from the public service contract. Regardless of the fulfilment of all of the obligations stipulated in the contract, which was signed by the former Director of the
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Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec wrapped up a two-day visit to Poland, having held talks with Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk and Environment Minister Michal Kurtyka. He said Slovenia sought to strengthen cooperation with Poland in maritime transport, in particular through the Koper port. In talks with Kurtyka, he said Slovenia supported the EU’s aim to become
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Prime Minister Janez Janša announced that Slovenia will look for “additional options for vaccine supplies” amidst sluggish supplies from the joint EU purchase. “We are working in this direction. Of course it is still necessary to prioritise safety, credibility and trust in the vaccine,” he told the National Assembly. Milan Krek, the head of the
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Janez Poklukar, a 42-year-old doctor-turned health manager who has been leading Slovenia’s largest medical centre through the biggest ever health crisis, was appointed new health minister by the National Assembly in a 50:31 vote. Poklukar successfully restructured Jesenice general hospital before taking over as director general of UKC Ljubljana in August 2019, where he is
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