On the 14th of May 2025, Professor Emeritus Dr Janez Juhant, President of the Association United at the Linden Tree of Reconciliation (Združeni ob Lipi sprave), addressed an open letter to the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, in which he expresses his concern about her failure to respond to invitations to …
“New residents of the Brdo non-profit public housing intended for young people. The Vienna model has finally come to Ljubljana,” Tomaž Štih, a political analyst and former adviser to Finance Minister Janez Šuštaršič, pointed out on social media, referring to the attached pictures of Muslim women and their children walking and chatting in front of …
The recent report of the Slovenian Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (UMAR), the Quality of Life in Slovenia – Development Report 2025, reveals that Slovenia enjoys a high quality of life, but low labour productivity remains a key obstacle to economic progress and, consequently, higher incomes. The Institute’s criticism highlights that Slovenia lags behind …
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The most important thing that happened in the referendum on unfair pension supplements for the privileged elite was the first defeat of the mainstream media. Just like with the water referendum, the media was organised on the left-wing political pole. But they failed anyway. This is a strong indicator that people no longer trust the …
We spoke to political commentator Miran Videtič about the consequences of the left’s referendum debacle. As he says, the centres of power, or the proverbial godfathers from behind the scenes, are facing a particular dilemma, because this time, as well as facing the declining support for the “new face”, they are also facing the support …
When the news broke last week that the cardinals had elected a new Pope, questions began to arise as to what Pope Francis’s successor would be like. Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to the College of Cardinals, had already hinted that his pontificate would continue the work of his predecessor, as well as …
After 99.97 ballots have been counted, it is clear that more than 90 percent of the voters voted against the Artists’ Pensions Supplement Act in the referendum. The quorum has thus already been exceeded, and the law on Asta Vrečko’s privileged pensions has been rejected. President of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – …
The Quorum Has Been Reached! Janša: Any Government Would Resign After Such A Double Slap Read More »
Amid suggestions that Slovenia would soon decide on sanctions against Republika Srpska – keep in mind that sources claimed that Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković, through Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, was blocking the sanctions – Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik started threatening Slovenia, saying that they would find a way to respond to the sanctions if …
On Monday, just one day after the referendum victory, the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) parliamentary group visited the Savinjska region. They met with local representatives, business people and citizens. They visited several municipalities and learned about the current situation on the ground, as well as challenges and future plans in this …
The story of the rejection of the law on pension bonuses for deserving artists in the referendum is far from over. On the contrary, it has triggered a wave of pressure to hold the Minister of Culture, Asta Vrečko, politically accountable for proposing unwise legislation and mismanaging the state budget. After the referendum defeat, where …
Political analyst Dr Matevž Tomšič sees the outcome of the referendum, in which voters overwhelmingly rejected the law on the supplement to artists’ pensions, as a blow to the ruling coalition. As the Left (Levica) and Freedom Movement (Gibanje Svoboda) parties had called for a boycott of the referendum beforehand, he pointed out that this …
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“If the National Liberation Movement (NOB) in Slovenia had organised itself naturally, without the influence of Moscow and Stalin’s collaboration with Hitler at the beginning of the war, its natural core would have been the resistance organisation TIGR (the organisation’s full name was the Revolutionary Organisation of the Julian March T.I.G.R.), which actually started the …
