The main objective of Erika Mouynes’ official visit to Washington, D.C., on September 30th, 2021, was to discuss the immigration and security issues stemming from illegal crossing of the United States border with Mexico; the border towns of the state of Texas have become the main destination for over seventy thousand Central American and Caribbean …
Ten EU countries, Slovenia included, have asked the EU Commission to recognise nuclear power as a low-carbon energy source that should be part of the Union’s transition towards climate neutrality and help reduce the bloc’s energy dependence. The ten countries say nuclear is a “key affordable, stable and independent energy source” that could protect EU …
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“As far as I know, certain forms of media concentration that are happening are not in line with the current rules. This indicates a very weak functioning of supervisory institutions, their inefficiency, and in the worst-case scenario, some people in these institutions might even be connected with certain media tycoons and therefore work for them,” …
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 …
