Toxic levels of corruption and lack of discipline in the military’s top brass, minister of the interior Federico Alberto Gonzalez Franco giving lip service to Russia, Iran, and Brazil, and feckless leadership of Attorney General Sandra Quiñonez are the substance of Paraguay’s sociopolitical reality. Attorney General Sandra Quiñonez Astigarraga and President Mario Abdo Benítez, have been hesitant …
“It is, however, worrying that AKOS, as a state body that is part of the executive branch of government, has taken on the role of prosecutor and judge and ordered the media outlet to withdraw part of a private TV programme. Let’s call it what it is: a typical example of censorship,” wrote Jože Biščak, President …
“This is censorship (prohibition of publishing or confiscation of a publication by the authorities) in the original sense of the word. It is scandalous that the Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia (Agencija za komunikacijska omrežja in storitve Republike Slovenije – AKOS), a state body of the executive branch of …
Aleksander Čeferin, the infamous UEFA President and son of Peter Čeferin, who was often referred to by some as “the devil’s advocate” due to his legal representation of psychopathic murderers, is known to like to hang out with politicians. Both previously, as a lawyer and the President of the Football Association of Slovenia, as well …
While the Janša government set records for low unemployment, the Golob government is losing its grip when it comes to the same problem. Let’s also remember the top credit ratings we had under the previous government. On the 22nd of April this year, Moody’s confirmed Slovenia’s credit rating at A3 with a stable outlook. Despite …
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The mayor of the Municipality of Lendava, Janez Magyar, was elected to the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia in the last elections, so in mid-May, the Deputy Mayor, Ivan Koncut, took over the leadership of the municipality and will serve as mayor until the next elected mayor takes office. He will also be …
Last week, the Iranian Islamist regime declared a Slovenian citizen and Member of the European Parliament, Dr Milan Zver, a terrorist. Since the government of Robert Golob – and its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tanja Fajon in particular – has not reacted to the scandal at all, the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – …
“The month of November has brought more changes in the management of state-owned companies,” the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – STA) reports, as if Prime Minister Robert Golob had nothing to do with it – can you imagine how a news article like this would have been written during the time of Janez …
Police raided several Turkish cities on Tuesday and detained 11 journalists linked to pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish extremists, foreign media report. The detentions come only days after the ratification of Turkey’s controversial new media law, which provides for prison sentences for people deemed to be spreading “disinformation” with the aim of …
“When I publicly congratulated Dr Anže Logar (I also congratulated my lawyer colleague Dr Nataša Pirc Musar and Dr Vladimir Prebilič), I was subjected to a number of insults and abuse, such as ‘a closeted Janšaist is among us,’ and worse, but I would rather not repeat all of those ugly things. Although I am …
In the second round of presidential elections, the New Slovenia party (Nova Slovenija – NSi) will support Dr Anže Logar, the party’s president, Matej Tonin, said on Wednesday after the meeting of the party’s Council. President of the New Slovenia party, Matej Tonin, said that the party council had adopted two decisions. The first was …
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At Thursday’s session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, the Members of Parliament elected Neža Kogovšek Šalamon as the new Constitutional Court Judge in a secret ballot. The ballot papers were received by 28 MPs, 53 voted in favour of the appointment of Kogovšek Šalamon, 28 voted against, and one ballot paper …
