This year’s Bled Strategic Forum is titled “The Rule of Power or the Power of Rules?” and it is happening on the 29th and the 30th of August. There, the participants will be looking for answers to questions about the future of the multilateral ordeal and its role in the European Union, the Slovenian Press …
On a recent episode of the news show “24ur Zvečer”, the Minister of Culture, Dr Asta Vrečko, said that recent political developments in the field of culture are an attempt to tarnish the reputation of culture and art and that the cultural sector is not a decadent field, but a field where there is a …
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“Is 2,000 euros a month not enough for the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda)? Pay for it yourselves from the high financial rewards that you got in state-owned companies,” Janša responded to the new controversy of Urška Klakočar Zupančič, the Speaker of the National Assembly, who wants to take the illegal migrants to the seaside. …
Following July’s adoption of the Act for the Reduction of Inequalities and Harmful Political Interference and for Ensuring Respect for the Rule of Law, which interferes with the content of 11 previously-adopted laws, the parliamentary groups of the opposition parties Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) and New Slovenia party (Nova Slovenija – …
Žiga Kariž is one of the “artists” who is professionally latched on to the state budget and who renamed himself to Janez Janša a few years ago in the name of protest, together with two of his far-left activist colleagues. This time, he once again wanted to break the boringness of his otherwise dull personality …
After Slovenia was shaken by a scandal a few days ago concerning the alleged sexual and financial abuse of the prominent figure in the cultural sphere, Dušan Josip Smodej, his connections with some famous names unofficially came to light. Among them was the head of the Left party (Levica) and Minister of Labour, Family, Social …
On Wednesday, at the invitation of her Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tanja Fajon attended the Alpbach European Forum in Austria. During a panel discussion on the European Union’s geopolitical awakening, she said she was not in favour of restricting visas for Russian citizens as part of the EU sanctions against Russia …
Brezje, Slovenia’s main pilgrimage site, has responded to the latest cover of the weekly Mladina depicting an altered image of the 1817 painting of Mary and Jesus that is cherished in Brezje (NW). The head of the pilgrimage site, Robert Bahčič, said this was an “inadmissible insult of religious feelings of Christian believers”. The 200-year-old …
Slovenian cyclist Primož Roglič of team Jumbo Visma lost the red jersey at the La Vuelta to Rudy Molard of Groupama FDJ. Roglič crossed the finish line of the fifth stage of the Spanish Grand Tour in 23rd place, sliding to place five in overall standings. He was five minutes and nine seconds slower than …
Slovenia and Poland will co-host the Volleyball Men’s World Championship, which will start on Friday and run until 11 September in what will be the second appearance for Slovenia on the world stage. Slovenia hope for a good result after finishing 10th in the Nations League and replacing the head coach right ahead of the …
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An exhibition honouring 19 Slovenian rivers and 29 river guardians through the lenses of 19 acclaimed photographers is opening in Kanal pri Soči. Part of an environmental project targetting persistent pollution, the exhibition will then travel around Slovenia accompanied by debates, workshops for activists and children, and art events until 2024. The project aims to …
Slovenia confirmed 1,592 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday as hospitalisations remained stable, shows fresh data from the Health Ministry. Another four Covid-19 patients died. The 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 of the population went down by four in a day to 874 and the 7-day case average dropped by 139 to 1,369, data from …
