When Marjan Šarec’s government began its term, it commissioned a graphic image for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, thinking that they would still be in power during the Presidency. Šarec spent 11,750 euros on the graphic design, while the government of Janez Janša spent nothing. Presiding over the Council of the …
Member of the European Parliament Tanja Fajon really does not know when to stop when it comes to slandering Slovenia abroad. She wanted to slander her homeland in Brussels again, but luckily, she also failed again. This time, she proposed changing the title of the debate in the European Parliament, where they had a debate …
This Is How Far Tanja Fajon Is Willing to Go, Just to Harm Slovenia’s Reputation Abroad! Read More »
Another vile action has shaken up Slovenia. A few young men drew swastikas on the façade of the Ministry of Culture. Most people expressed outrage and condemned the action. But Alenka Bratušek just could bring herself to do that. The unnecessary spreading of hatred with swastikas on the Ministry of Culture will hopefully finally result …
The Brussels think tank Bruegel revised its recent analysis of national recovery and resilience plans. While Slovenia originally stood out by its low share of digital and green investments, the updated figures place Slovenia in the middle of the rankings. After being quoted at EUR 0.77 billion on Sunday, the figure for Slovenia’s investment in …
The correct analysis shows Slovenia around EU average for green, digital investment Read More »
The Defence Ministry launched on 1 June a new department dedicated to the preservation of military heritage that will also deal with related issues such as the situation of war veterans, the war-disabled and war victims, and management of activities related to war graves. Later this month, the Military Heritage Administration, headed by law expert …
Slovenian Defence Ministry inaugurates new military heritage department Read More »
An unknown perpetrator has recently dumped a major quantity of wastewater treatment sludge in a creek near the village of Pivola, south of Maribor, upstream the local botanical gardens, in what the authorities have labelled an ecological disaster. Hoče-Slivnica Mayor Marko Soršak said the local authorities had been informed about the illegal dump late on …
Sewage sludge dumped around creek south of Maribor Read More »
The pace of vaccination is gradually picking up. Almost 132,000 shots were administered last week, up by about 30% from the week before. The first week of June also saw the highest number of shots delivered in one day as over 35,000 people were inoculated on 3 June. For this week, vaccination centres have ordered …
In the last few days there have been increasing rumors of a merger between the Lega Salvini and Forza Italia. Initially it would be about the formation of individual parliamentary groups, but the possibility of founding a real party, the Lega Italia, with Salvini as secretary and Berlusconi as president, is looming on the horizon. Until a …
Salvini + Berlusconi? The scenario of a “Lega Italia” is emerging Read More »
The short film encourages young people to damage the electrical grid and to attack Israeli soldiers and repairmen with stones and Molotov cocktails. The roughly two-minute long animated cartoon video was made by the West Bank wing of the terrorist organisation Hamas, which also released it on Telegram. The film shows two Palestinian boys joyfully …
Hamas produces animated cartoon promoting terrorism Read More »
People need to be woken up and reminded of those fundamental constitutional norms or values on which every policy should be based and on which independent Slovenia also stands. Among these values are freedom, democracy, equality and, of course, security. We all have the right to live safely. We are all equal before the law, …
“If that is true, then Judge Čeferin should be excluded from the proceedings. You do not have to be a lawyer to recognise the conflict of interest in this situation,” former Constitutional Court Judge Jan Zobec told us in response to our question. A judge who is associated with a law firm may not rule …
Not only is Marko Milosavljević, a university professor of journalism, spreading lies and slandering Slovenia abroad; this time he even went a step further and told the show The Listening Post on the English TV channel Al Jazeera that in Slovenia, “lots of journalists and editors are afraid that something will happen to them,” while …
