Even if the nuclear option wins the upcoming referendum, this does not mean that the issue of building the second reactor in the Krško Nuclear Power Plant will be solved. No, the referendum will only decide, as Prime Minister Robert Golob claims, whether to go ahead with the extremely expensive studies on the feasibility of …
At a time when rumours are spreading that Slovenia intends to cut off further military aid to Ukraine, the opposite is happening in Croatia. The so-called “Dubrovnik Declaration” was launched in Dubrovnik, in which the leaders of the countries of South-Eastern Europe expressed their full support for an independent, sovereign and territorially integrated Ukraine, as …
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“The prosecution proposed it and the court ruled in accordance with it. This information, which came from the top of the judiciary, proved to be accurate,” former judge Zvjezdan Radonjić commented on the verdict, which he says is a result of a deal. The Trial Chamber of the Celje District Court sentenced the former judge …
The 14th of October, the closing date for the call for nominations for a new Human Rights Ombudsman, is fast approaching. Among those who have announced their candidacy is – in addition to the current Ombudsman, Peter Svetina – also Katarina Bervar Sternad, Director of the Legal Centre for the Protection of Human Rights and …
Roman Jakič, a former prominent politician of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia party (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije – LDS), the Zares – Social liberals party (Zares – Socialno-liberalni), the Positive Slovenia party (Pozitivna Slovenija – PS) and the Party of Alenka Bratušek (Stranka Alenke Bratušek – SAB), has a new job thanks to the Golob government. …
The 14th protest rally of pensioners and dissatisfied citizens, organised by the 1st of October Institute and the Voice of the Pensioners, chaired by Pavel Rupar, took place in Ljubljana on Tuesday. They highlighted the poor conditions for pensioners, the rising prices of electricity, the collapse of the healthcare sector, poor post-flood reconstruction, and pay …
“The Slovenian government is not the guardian of international law,” reads the Israeli response to Slovenia’s demarche regarding recent developments in Lebanon. The demarche, which our editorial office managed to obtain, also states that they regret “the unilateral and hostile statements made by Slovenian officials, in particular by the Slovenian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.” …
Soon after his swearing-in ceremony as the Minister of Labour, Luka Mesec visited the Maribor foundry. He promised the employees of the foundry that he would stop the sale of the company in trouble and present a workers’ buy-out instead. Months and years passed, the “workers’ buy-out” turned out to be a utopia, and the …
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“If Accetto’s affiliation to the left, the existence of underground agreements, and Jourová’s help for the left in taking over RTV Slovenia is true, this is a further serious disgrace for the Slovenian judiciary, a legal crime – a continuing crime,” believes former criminal court judge Zvjezdan Radonjić. Constitutional Court Judge Matej Accetto has long …
Politico, the European-American political magazine, recently reviewed the political and personal (non-)integrity of the candidates for the positions of European Commissioners proposed by President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. As initially reported, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs, known as JURI, is reviewing the declarations of interest of all top European …
The latest findings from the public opinion poll conducted by the Parsifal Agency show that the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda) has seen the most significant drop in support compared to previous polls. If the elections were held on the coming Sunday, the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) would get the most …
The Forum for Agriculture and Rural Areas of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), headed by former Minister of Agriculture, Jože Podgoršek, won 21 of the 44 seats on the board of the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia (KGZS), according to unofficial results. On Sunday, more than 110,000 farmers as …
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