Slovenian Member of the European Parliament, Branko Grims, MSc, has written an open letter to the Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Javier Zarzalejos, and to the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, regarding Wednesday’s meeting of the LIBE Committee. “Today’s meeting of the Committee on …
Ten years ago, the European car industry was the invincible titan of the global economy. Brands like Audi, Mercedes Benz and BMW dominated not only in sales but also in profits per car sold. Just 13 years after the then-leader of the German Greens said that they did not need car factories, his dream is …
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The Court of Audit found breaches of the Public Finance Act in the inadequate planning of the purchase of an office building for the judiciary, which the government paid for out of the state reserves and provisions in a rushed purchase just before the New Year, and they also recognised the failure to respect the …
Robert Golob promised a tax increase before the previous elections. It is one of the few promises he has kept. The “Achilles’ heel of the Slovenian economy,” as Minister Mesec once put it, or export-oriented companies, which are one of the cornerstones of Slovenian prosperity, are on the decline. The causes can also be found …
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In his latest column for the newspaper Slovenske novice (Slovenian News), Matej Lahovnik discussed the new mini-tax reform, which the government is presenting as a help to the economy. He argued that the government is on the wrong side of this issue, as we should first ask how to manage high public spending and only …
“The number of police officers has been decreasing alarmingly in recent years due to negative staff turnover, while security challenges are intensifying,” said the former Director-General of the Police, Dr Anton Olaj, regarding the current state of the police, in light of addressing the pressing Roma issue. He also believes that partnership with people in …
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“Today, I paid 107 euros at the pharmacy for medicine without which I have trouble walking. Because it is now considered to be a higher standard. I have been in regular employment and have been contributing fully to the healthcare budget for more than 20 years,” wrote one frustrated user with multiple sclerosis on the …
“During the Janša government, in order to reduce such abuses, we introduced the local jurisdiction of the administrative unit for registering residence. The Golob government ‘wisely’ abolished this measure and even boasted about it. So now, one can register as a resident in Ankaran at the administrative unit in Lendava.” This is what Dr Božo …
Immediately after the elections, the coalition parties – the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda), the Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati – SD) and the Left party (Levica), led by Robert Golob, began to take over the levers of power in the economic sector. The current government took power on the 1st of June 2022, and then, …
The trial of three defendants, including Janez Janša, in the Trenta case resumed on Tuesday. Before that, the Celje District Court ruled that Andrej Volk and Suzana Žinić would remain judge jurors in what could be called the Patria 2 case, as it is a trial that started after almost 20 years. “The standards of …
Slovenia is unattractive to foreign investors. Some say it is because we are a small Central European country. But anyone who visits the capitals of other Central European post-communist countries will see that there are skyscrapers of foreign multi-corporations there, and when they go to look at the data, they will also see that these …
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Prime Minister Robert Golob came to Črna na Koroškem on Tuesday to mock the people of Črna, who have been affected by last year’s disasters. Ursula von der Leyen, a great champion of the rule of law, and the man who has destroyed the rule …
