“We will encourage young women who want to stay at home and dedicate their time to their family and children, to do just that, by ensuring that a woman with four children gets enough financial opportunities to not have to go to work, and by ensuring that she will still receive a pension,” the SDS …
“A journalist of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as the STA) finally revealed why the director Bojan Veselinovič did not want to hand over the documentation to the Government Communication Office (Urad Vlade Republike Slovenije za komuniciranje – hereinafter referred to as UKOM) – not because of any legal obstacles, …
“The judiciary is being run by the deep state. According to my information, two regional lobbies are running the country. And not just the judiciary, but also politics and practically everything else. They delegate supreme judges, presidents of supreme courts. The morally and politically profiled staff also come to the lower levels,” said former judge …
The Slovenian Army is slowly but surely getting back on its feet. Previous Ministers of Defence left nothing but personnel drought, financial malnutrition, and poor equipment when they left, but now, investments in the military have finally begun. This is obviously bothering some people, as it probably angers them that the current Minister of Defence, …
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended the opening ceremony of the new passenger terminal at the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, from which the first passengers will be able to take off on the 1st of July. So, on the very day when Slovenian will begin its Presidency of the Council of the EU. There …
As of 14 June 2021, entry into the Republic of Slovenia is possible for non-essential travel in accordance with the Council Recommendation (EU) 2020/912 on the temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the EU and the possible lifting of such restriction, including amendments thereto. Categories of persons and requirements Non-essential travel (including for tourism purposes) …
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US President Joe Biden has sent his congratulations ahead of Statehood Day to President Borut Pahor. He described Slovenia as an esteemed partner and friend of the US, and a leading promoter of regional security. He stressed the importance of the fact that the 30th anniversary of Slovenia’s independence coincided with Slovenia’s second stint at …
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A 26-year-old man from Maribor who assaulted two police officers, two reporters and a photo journalist during a violent protest in Ljubljana last November has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison. . Gregor Mitev, who had already signed a plea agreement in May, told the Ljubljana District Court today he regretted …
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In the show Kdo vam laže, the host of the show Boris Tomašič commented on the initiative of Tanja Fajon, which was also signed by Milan Brglez, Irena Joveva, Klemen Grošelj, and Ljudmila Novak, and addressed it to the Minister of Health Janez Poklukar. Namely, they want to provide the people of Slovenia with free …
“I thought America was different, but I saw so many similarities to what I saw in North Korea that I started worrying,” said journalist Yeonmi Park speaking about her experiences attending Columbia University. Park defected from North Korea as a child with her mother. “America’s future is as bleak as North Korea’s,” said a South …
Slovenia’s central bank has markedly upgraded its economic growth forecast for the country since December and is now projecting the economy to expand by 5.2% this year, up 2.1 percentage points, followed by a 4.8% growth in 2022, up from 4.5% forecast in December. Further afield, Banka Slovenije has kept its projections unchanged, which means …
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We are revealing the newest affair of the SD MP Gregor Židan. Through the Olimpija Football Club, he arranged for his acquaintance, a convicted fraudster Zoran Glišić, to serve his sentence as a coach’s assistant of the junior teams led by Židan, instead of serving time in prison. Glišić avoided prison with 1,080 hours of …
