As we recently reported on our web portal, according to our information the Prime Minister Janez Janša has not received the verdict in the “stollen villa” case yet, although it is already known that the Velenje District Court ruled in favour of the plaintiff, the Social Democrats party. Janša also did not receive an invitation …
At the request of the coalition parties SDS, NSi and SMC, the 63rd extraordinary session of the Committee on Finance was convened recently to discuss the largest financial fiasco in the history of Slovenia, which happened in 2013 and 2014 and was caused by the government of Alenka Bratušek, which made the decision to expropriate …
Despite record numbers of newly infected people, protests still took place in several cities in Slovenia on Wednesday. As usual, the worshippers of totalitarian symbols were among them this week as well. Certain media outlets are trying really hard to sell the story that the people at the protests are politically undecided, but the red …
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“Countries that adhere to the rule of law do not suspend judges like him. A measure like that is only used to silence unwanted judges,” lawyer Aleksander Pevec pointed out, also emphasising the importance of the independence of each individual judge. In his statement, he was, of course, referring to the now-former judge Zvjezdan Radonjić, …
Health Minister Janez Poklukar took part in the EU Health Summit in Berlin to note the importance of a stronger role of the EU in the field of global health. “This would bring geopolitical advantages, and would also be useful for member states and contributed to global health,” he said. A virtual round table debate …
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Police Commissioner Anton Olaj ordered for the investigation of death threats to Slovenia’s top officials and MPs to be taken over by a task force headed by the Criminal Police Directorate at the General Police Directorate. A press release from the police said the task force also included investigators from the Ljubljana Police Department and …
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Slovenia ranks 26th among 134 countries in the latest Global Talent Competitiveness Index for 2021, after ranking 31st among 132 countries last year in this extensive annual report compiled by French business school INSEAD, Swiss staffing company Adecco and tech giant Google. Slovenia’s best result was in the Vocational and Technical Skills pillar, where it …
These are sentences that we should carve into our brains. Because that’s what’s happening here. That’s what they think. And that’s why they’re here. A migrant demands to get on the bus without a ticket: “Italy is no longer your country,” she says. And she’s right not to rebel against the constant invasion like this …
The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia and the European Parliament co-organised the ninth meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol, which was held in Brussels. The meeting was devoted to an overview of Europol’s activities in the present year and the presentation of Europol Draft Multiannual Programming Document 2022-2024. Cybercrime in …
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Op-Ed by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Dr Anže Logar, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Heiko Maas, Minister of State and for Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic Dr Augusto Santos Silva and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Yves Le Drian. On …
According to the latest information, the unknown perpetrators addressed the mail, which contained death threats and even high-calibre bullets, to at least six different addresses. First, the information was made public that Prime Minister Janez Janša and Minister of Defence Matej Tonin received the aforementioned packages at their home addresses, and then the Minister of …
On Monday, the 25th of October 2021, the National Assembly continued its discussion on the proposed amendment to the Personal Income Tax Act, which also brings an increase in the general tax relief for income from capital. The coalition is satisfied with the amendment, but the opposition is concerned about the sustainability of public finances, …
