The Acting Director of the Government Office for Minorities, Janez Doltar, has handed in his resignation. But before that, he had signed several annexes with Radio-Television Slovenia for an amount of 5 million euros, which are rightly suspected of being illegal. In addition, Doltar has been accused of sexual harassment by employees. On Wednesday, President …
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The government of Robert Golob is set to change the Constitution. If adopted, the proposed amendments would transfer the power to appoint judges from the National Assembly to the President of the Republic, as proposed by the Judicial Council. Not only that but the composition of the Judicial Council is also set to change. Following …
“A man from the asylum centre came in and took the phone, the watch, and a few other things. I jumped off the bed and caught him, grabbed him by his hair on the stairs and pulled him back. I took the phone from his hands, but he had obviously taken the watch already, and …
The government of Robert Golob has repeatedly warned us that there are no reserves in the budget and that we will have to tighten our belts. Of course, this does not include the state, like, for example, in Argentina, but only private individuals. We have already found out repeatedly that there are more than enough …
The news editorial team at the second channel of Radio-Television Slovenia is protesting against the announced cancellation of seven news programmes and the resulting redundancies. Ironically, it was the journalist activists in the ranks of RTV who demanded the resignation of the previous management, which did not cut any programmes or lay off workers. In …
As violence escalates in the West Bank and some major European Union members call for sanctions against Hamas, our Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Tanja Fajon, is fighting back against the Israelis. As the Slovenian Press Agency reports, she is campaigning for a ban on EU visas for Israeli settlers living in the Palestinian …
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On Saturday, the 9th of December, the newspaper Dnevnik’s supplement Objektiv published an interview with the President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Miodrag Đorđević. But rather than the interview itself, it was the object on the President’s desk that attracted the most attention. In the opinion of many, it does not …
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The wealthy President of the Republic of Slovenia, who likes to present herself as the President of all Slovenians, is not satisfied with her presidential salary, the media outlet 24ur reported. After recently stating that “we will have to learn to live with less,” the President is now demanding more for herself, because she believes …
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In 2024, Slovenia will implement a new way of calculating network charges. State monopolies are hoping for more revenue, which they say is vital for a more climate-just country. However, the critical public is not convinced – it believes that the system will be unfair to smaller electricity consumers. “In short, those of you who …
Until recently, the old maxim of rulers was “Divide and rule”. The Slovenian Prime Minister has not yet survived even two years in power, but outside observers can already conclude that Golob has turned Caesar’s maxim on its head. The number of cases where the Prime Minister has changed his mind practically overnight is so …
The Golob government recently boasted that a law has entered into force that provides for the repayment of fines for certain offences from the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. “This is a severe blow to all healthcare workers who worked during the pandemic to ensure that as few people as possible fell ill and died …
Member of the European Parliament Romana Tomc recently wrote a letter to Věra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission. In it, she asked her about the measures that Jorová has announced in the preparation of media legislation. In particular, MEP Tomc wanted to know Jourová’s position on what is happening at the politically usurped national …
