Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed the Bled Strategic Forum to note the Eastern Partnership should be supported as a crucial instrument for helping the Belarusian people. She called for visa liberalisation and inclusion of democratic forces in European Partnership meetings. She called on the EU to suspend all consultations with Belarusian officials while they …
Slovenian priest and missionary Pedro Opeka is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Partner Award, an accolade bestowed at the Bled Strategic Forum. He was honoured for his humanitarian work and fight against poverty in Madagascar. During his thirty years at the mission, he has built 4,000 houses, sports halls, churches and schools, and provided …
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“Greetings from the anti-fascist Bled,” the Friday protesters wrote on their Facebook page and announced another Friday’s protest in Ljubljana. Will last year’s story repeat itself – will the mainstream media pay more attention to them than the actual content of the Bled Strategic Forum with important discussions and record participation of foreign leaders of …
At the end of July 2021, the number of unemployed people in Slovenia was 21 percent lower than a year ago and even 1.7 percent lower than in July 2019, when there was no health and economic crisis. New Eurostat data on unemployment among the EU countries has been made public. With a 4 percent …
The first day of the traditional Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) is behind us, and this year, the forum is dedicated to the debate on the future of the European Union. The first day of the debate, which was marked by a record turnout of both foreign and domestic politicians, businessmen and experts, was devoted to …
The Commission of the Republic of Slovenia for Medical Ethics (KME RS) is following with concern the renewed spread of the covid-19 epidemic among Slovenian society. The epidemic not only threatens its health power, but undermines its economic power, cripples all its activities and affects the lives of everyone among us. In limiting it, therefore, …
Did the general director of RTVS Andrej Grah Whatmough go too far in the eyes of the transitional left when he dismissed the director of TVS Natalija Gorščak? Given the infamous move of SD in the supervisory board of RTVS for sure. Namely, Siol.net reports that the Supervisory Board met behind the back of its …
Schools and kindergartens have received instructions on how to act if staff does not adhere to the recovered-vaccinated-tested rule. The Education Ministry document obtained by the STA shows that a refusal to get tested for coronavirus will be sufficient ground for a lay-off. By: P.T., STA
Does anyone remember when Donald Trump – to the surprise of many – became President of the United States? Remember when Marine Le Pen ran against Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French presidency? And Matteo Salvini as Vice President of Italy and Minister of the Interior? At that time, pride in the …
Slovenia’s business sentiment improved again in August after a period of decline. The indicator is now at 6.4 percentage points, up 0.8 points from July and up 12.4 points year-on-year, the Statistics Office reported. On a monthly level, business sentiment and confidence improved in services (+0.7 points), retail (+0.3 points) and manufacturing (+0.1 points). By: P.T., …
Slovenia is likely to get a new Covid traffic light system next week with tiers of restrictions defined based on the number of cases in hospital rather than the number of new positive cases, senior health officials said. Health Minister Janez Poklukar said the focus would by on the occupancy of hospital beds in general …
Poland and Hungary stand for common sense in the European Union, and the exchange of ideas between young people from both nations contributes to the construction of a strong Europe, Justice Minister Judit Varga stressed in a video message to the participants of the 4th Polish-Hungarian Summer University in Krasiczyn on Tuesday. The video message …
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