The euro area may have entered recession in the final months of 2023, according to the latest economic data in the region. The euro area economy remained weak in December, with a composite economic index of 47.6 – and any figure below 50 indicates economic contraction. The services sector index, at 48.8, was the highest
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After becoming an independent state, when Slovenia emerged from self-governing socialism, many predicted a bright future for us; some people even said that we would soon become a second Switzerland. But after a series of left-wing governments and wrong economic policies, this prediction has not come true. Even the Czech Republic and Estonia have overtaken
Under the current government led by Robert Golob, the absorption of European Union funds has practically stopped. In a matter of months after this government took over (from April to July 2022), Slovenia fell from 4th to 11th place among all EU Member States in terms of absorption of funds. From being a prosperous country,
In Slovenia, just under 300 deaths of patients infected with Covid-19 have been recorded in the last two months, or five deaths of Covid-19 patients per day. This brings us close to a similar number of deaths to those recorded in the last wave of the epidemic in the spring of 2022. Meanwhile, the government
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When he came to work on Wednesday, Rajko Gerič, the editor-in-chief of the second programme of the national media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia (RTVS), was given a second decision to go home and not to do his editorial work. However, on Thursday, he and 14 other employees were prevented from entering the building – namely, their
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“As of the 1st of January 2024, a compulsory health insurance contribution (obvezni zdravstveni prispevek – OZP) has been introduced to replace the voluntary supplementary insurance, which was abolished at the end of the year. The first compulsory health insurance contribution will have to be paid for January 2024 and will amount to 35 euros
On the 1st of January 2024, Slovenia officially began its mandate as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, which runs until the 31st of December 2025. International lawyer Dr Ernest Petrič believes that this is an extremely responsible task in one of the world’s most important bodies and hopes that Slovenia will
After the New Year, the Baščaršija Etno Hiša restaurant published a photo of Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković, restaurant manager Aljoša Marković, and Prime Minister Robert Golob sitting at a table in their establishment. Before his election, Prime Minister Robert Golob had already claimed that there was too much meat consumption in Slovenia and proposed to
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At Tuesday’s inaugural meeting of the State Prosecutorial Council, the Supreme State Prosecutor Harij Furlan was elected as the new President and former Prosecutor-General Zvonko Fišer as the new Vice-President, the State Prosecutorial Council announced after the meeting. The six-year term of office of the current members of the Council expired on Monday. The rule
“As the President of the Republic, she is walking on thin ice. Of course, she has certain influence for what she has done, but what impression does this make on the public … With the recent pardons and rewards, she has clearly shown us what the priorities of this political elite are,” commentator Miran Videtič
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“This post is misleading. Products cannot actually be bought at these prices,” commented the X network with its “fact-checker” on the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food’s recent announcement boasting of a cheap basket of basic foods. In the days following the said publication, Slovenians have also often asked where they could buy products at
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The summary of the Standard Eurobarometer 100 – Autumn 2023 opinion poll, conducted in the European Union, including Slovenia, between the 23rd of October and the 17th of November 2023, is now available. Among other findings, the survey shows that Slovenians stand out in terms of their low level of trust in domestic institutions of