Slovenian cycling star Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) won Sunday’s 33.8km time trial between Padron and Santiago de Compostela to win the Spanish race for the third time, while today’s win is his fourth stage victory in the last three weeks. The 31-year-old rider has become only the third cyclist to win three consecutive Vuelta races, after …
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The recovered-vaccinated-tested rule (preboleli, cepljeni, testirani – PCT) will be expanded to a number of activities starting from Monday under a new government regulation that comes amidst rising numbers of coronavirus infections and hospitals filling up quickly with Covid-19 patients. The new regulation, which will come fully into effect within seven days, was presented by Health …
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While some countries fear a wave of Afghan refugees, Denmark has been pursuing an asylum policy for years, endorsed by the Danish People’s Party (a party that opposes immigration) and is now also supported by the Social Democratic government. In Copenhagen, Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban regime are only admitted in small numbers. The Scandinavian …
Silicon Valley tech giants have gained considerable influence in Brussels in recent years thanks to their increasingly intense lobbying activities. According to a recent report, Facebook has spent €5.5 million, Google €7.5 million, Microsoft €5.2 million and Apple €3.5 million to lobby the European Union to ensure that the European Commission takes the interests of …
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At a press conference of the SDS parliamentary group, SDS MP Branko Grims presented a draft declaration in support of the European Parliament Resolution of April 2nd, 2009 on European consciousness and totalitarianism. The European Parliament based this resolution on the Vilnius Declaration and adopted it in the light of the United Nations Universal Declaration …
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Yesterday, the Minister of the Interior, Aleš Hojs, responded to the accusations that the proposed introduction of a fine for indecent behaviour towards government officials establishes a privileged category of citizens. As he pointed out, the most exposed representatives of the state in all democratic countries are especially protected. As Hojs explained, the decision to …
“With today’s violent storming of the premises of Television Slovenia, the protesters grossly abused the right to peaceful protest. We expect decisive action from the competent institutions,” the RTV management board wrote in a response to the incident of the intrusion of anti-vaxxers into the premises of RTV Slovenia. Ladislav Troha, the controversial singing major, …
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Our editorial office has received a video showing the President of the Supreme Court, Damijan Florjančič, MSc, walking through a crowd of people indoors, without a mask on his face, while everyone else is wearing one. This allegedly happened during the 16th Bled Strategic Forum, where many guests from abroad were also present. We are …
Foreign Minister Anže Logar met with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană on the fringes of the Bled Strategic Forum today. In the light of current developments, the two high officials focused on the situation in Afghanistan and condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Kabul. Minister Logar underlined the importance of cooperation between allies, which …
Slovenia turned red as the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control updated its Covid-19 colour-coded map of Europe. The country recorded 666 positive coronavirus cases for Wednesday to push the number of active cases over 6,000. The 7-day average of new cases stands at 491 and the 14-day incidence per 100,000 residents at 283. …
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The 16th Bled Strategic Forum brought a number of discussions on topical challenges in Europe and the world, from the Afghanistan crisis and a potential new migration crisis to problems stemming from climate change, with the need to cooperate in addressing global issues being stressed at most of the debates. The need to draw lucid …
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The topic of migration dominated the debate on the future of Europe at the Strategy Forum in Bled. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the powers to manage immigration should be transferred to nation states. At the opening of the Strategy Forum in Bled on Wednesday morning, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša called for a …
