The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has significantly raised its forecast for this year’s economic growth for Slovenia. For this year, the forecast has risen by 2.4 percentage points – to 6.3 percent. In May, the IMF predicted a 4.5 percent growth of GDP for our country for next year; however, in a report published on …
The leftists are currently hosting the European version of the Levica party (the Left) in Slovenia, which, along with the actual Levica party, is making plans on how to defeat the current Prime Minister and the ‘far-right.’ “The crisis that Slovenia has found itself in with the Janša government must also be understood in the …
We are publishing an interview with Herbert Kickl, leader of the FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria), who was Minister of the Interior from 2017 to 2019. The interview was organised through the European Media Cooperation and, in addition to Demokracija, the following media outlets took part: Unser Mitteleuropa / Wydanie polskie (Poland), Zur Zeit (Austria), …
The proposal aims to create the European equivalent of the streaming giant in order to reduce the latter’s market dominance and strengthen European culture. Slovenia, currently holding the EU rotating presidency, has proposed launching a European streaming platform modelled on the operation of Netflix. The future “pan-European” platform would be overseen by the European Commission …
Slovenia’s industrial output grew by 1.1% in August compared to July, expanding by 8.4% year-on-year, fresh data from the Statistics Office shows. The monthly growth was driven by a 7.2% growth in the electricity, gas and steam supply industry while a 9.8% growth in manufacturing contributed most to the annual growth. Industry also posted a …
Health Minister Janez Poklukar announced the government will follow the recommendation of the national advisory committee on immunisation to use the Pfizer vaccine for under 30-year-olds. In general, the use of mRNA vaccines will be recommended over viral vector vaccines. The latter can still be used for people with a contraindication to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines …
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“You deserve all the respect, but what you really deserve, you will never get – a medal for bravery. Not because you do not deserve it, but because no one knows who you are and will never find out. I would like to inform you that as a sign of support for you, anonymous, I …
On Saturday, a regional meeting of members and sympathisers of the SDS party happened in Marezige. However, even before the meeting happened, the “Friday Cyclists” and Barbara Verdnik also wrote about it on Facebook, announcing a protest rally and roadblocks on all roads that allow access to this Istrian settlement in the Northern part of …
She became known to the Slovenian public after the incident at Kredarica with Prime Minister Janez Janša; she is one of the most fervent Friday protesters; regarding the riots on Tuesday’s protests, she said she believes that Slovenia is in a civil war and that the government of Janez Janša should resign – and if …
Regional meetings of the members and supporters of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) are in full swing. This weekend, they gathered in the sunny but windy Marezige above Koper. The event, which started on Sunday at 1 p.m., had a cheerful atmosphere, which was not spoiled even by the protesters who were wreaking havoc in …
After the sudden resignation of Marjan Šarec from the post of Prime Minister (at the end of January 2020), the then-Constitutional Arch Coalition collapsed in on itself. At that time, the coalition partners said the following regarding Šarec’s resignation: Dejan Židan (the Social Democrats): “The easiest thing to do is give up and leave important …
In yesterday’s statement to the press following the presentation of the budget documents at the National Assembly, Prime Minister Janez Janša commented on the fact that the opposition had obstructed a session involving the presentation of a document as important as the budget. The Prime Minister said that he regretted this behaviour by the opposition. …
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