Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon said that Slovenia is not yet in a position to join South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), but that it will participate in the ICJ proceedings on alleged Israeli violations in the Palestinian territories, which were initiated on the basis of …
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Dominika Švarc Pipan and Emilia Stojmenova Duh are two ministers who symbolise the internal corruption of the Golob government. Both are embroiled in serious scandals, each worth more than 6 million euros of taxpayers’ money. But even though the former Minister of Agriculture, Aleksandra Pivec, was practically assassinated in the media over a few slices …
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The “Star Solar” affair is still causing quite a stir in the public. The revelation made late last year that Prime Minister Robert Golob, who used to head the Gen-I energy company, has become the owner of Star Solar, a company that receives most of its money from the state-owned company Borzen, has the potential …
Police detectives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NPU) have recently started to look into the Ministry of Justice. They suspect that the Ministry has grossly overpaid for a building on Litijska Street in Ljubljana. The Ministry paid 7.7 million euros for the building, while the previous owner paid 6 million euros less. On top …
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In the second episode of the show Intervju (Interview) of the year, television host Aleksander Rant hosted the President of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), Janez Janša, with whom he discussed current political developments and future prospects. “Last year was basically what we predicted it would be, a year of broken …
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“Fajon’s statement is not a surprise, it just needs to be understood in the context of the politics from which the current Foreign Minister comes. A person who bows down to the statue of Boris Kidrič is also bowing to the ideology of Titoist Yugoslavia, which has always been anti-Israel,” believes university professor and political …
Boštjan M. Turk: Fajon Is Reviving The Position Of The Non-Aligned Yugoslavia Read More »
“Slovenia needs predictable and stable public finances,” and above all, “legal and fiscal predictability, which is crucial for the functioning of an orderly state.” This was the consensus of the participants at the expert consultation entitled Expectations of the New Tax Reform, who agreed that Slovenia needs to restructure its tax reform and that it …
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At the time when the scandal concerning the former Minister of Public Administration and the tender for NGOs, where her former business partner was the winner of the tender, had barely died down, a new one had already broken out concerning the purchase of low-performance computers at the Ministry of Digital Transformation, headed by Emilija …
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The recent meeting of Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković and Prime Minister Robert Golob around a table of meaty delicacies seems to have borne fruit. The Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy has granted Janković’s request and decided that an environmental impact assessment is not necessary for the concrete duct channels that the Municipality of …
In his recent divorce proceedings, Prime Minister Robert Golob became the owner of Star Solar, a company formerly owned by his ex-wife. The company mainly does business with state-owned companies. As a result, many in Slovenia have started to wonder about the obvious corruption risks. New details of the company’s business are now coming to …
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Prestigious 5-star hotels in the hearts of the world’s capitals, offering all the comforts and conveniences. Close to airports and shopping centres. These are the destinations that the Minister of Digital Transformation, Emilija Stojmenova Duh, chooses for her trips abroad and pays for with the Ministry-issued credit card, reports the online media outlet Preiskovalno.si (Investigative.si). …
In our country, there are companies and net taxpayers who have to respect the rules of financial transparency and pay high taxes or risk being targeted by law enforcement authorities and lynched in the media. And then there are people like Prime Minister Robert Golob who choose for themselves whether or not to follow the …
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