“Robert Golob’s coalition has trampled on the Constitution at least twice in two days, passing controversial legislation and passing laws that are harmful to the people. The Legislative and Legal Service of the National Assembly has been critical of the Institute of the 8th of March’s bill, as were the Slovenian Democratic Party MPs,” the …
“The protests and strikes are an attempt to destabilise a public media outlet that has always had problems,” Dr Jože Možina stated, who believes that the national media outlet RTV has always had its problems, which will not be solved by the expressly adopted law, which is not really justified by anything. On the show …
The European Commission upgraded its forecast for Slovenia’s GDP growth from 3.7% to 5.4% for this year, but it expects growth to slow down sharply to just 1% in 2023 compared to its earlier projection of 3.1%. Slovenia is expected to enjoy the second highest growth rate in the EU after Portugal this year based …
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The National Assembly unanimously ratified an agreement between Slovenia and Italy on solidarity measures to safeguard the security of gas supply under which Slovenia can ask Italy to supply gas to protected customers in the event of supply disruptions, and vice versa. The mechanism is activated after a country has carried out all measures on …
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The race for the president of the country has not even started yet, but the main favourites are already known. It is already clear to those familiar with Slovenian specific conditions that Anže Logar, Nataša Pirc Musar, and Marta Kos will compete for the second round. Nina Krajnik and Ljudmila Novak, who have not yet …
Anže Logar would be the favourite for president of the republic in any normal country Read More »
A further 1,738 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Wednesday, an increase of 6% from the same day a week ago. The seven-day average of cases is now at 1,379, up by 17 from the day before and up 295 in a week. The 14-day incidence per 100,000 population rose by 35 and …
Pharmaceutical company Lek confirmed reports it has discovered an error in its calculations of wages which led to its staff being underpaid in the last 20 years by a combined total of about EUR 100 million. The company said it would reimburse all current and former employees for the last five years with default interest …
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Slovenia is currently experiencing a post-truth media reality. How else could we explain the fact that most of the dominant media outlets are unable to point out the simple fact that the MP who proposed the amendment to the Radio-Television Slovenia Act is Mojca Šetinc Pašek, who until recently worked at the national media outlet …
“On Monday, the 1st of July 2022, an acquaintance forwarded the interview of the Acting Director-General of the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, Peter Grum, that he gave to the newspaper Finance to me. Even though I have already told Peter Grum that it is best if he just leaves me alone, he …
Information is circulating in the government circles that a middle battalion group will finally be created. Before the April elections, something like that was far from likely. The German Boxer eight-wheelers, considered the pinnacle of military technology, will now supposedly be replaced by the more than 20-year-old Polish KTO Rosomak vehicles. “Recent statements of the …
A trade union also operates within RTV Slovenia, which does not support the proposed amendment to the law on RTV Slovenia. This is the Broadcasting Workers’ Union of Slovenia, which includes employees in technical departments. And it is an equally important component of the creators of RTV Slovenia programmes. Its president Tom Zalaznik responded with …
Some media in the so-called “right hemisphere” have recently highlighted a major “problem” of the Gibanje Svoboda party. Namely Milan Kučan’s reservations about the presidential candidacy of Marta Kos, the vice-president of Golob’s party. As if to say that all the leading positions in the country cannot be held by the Gibanje Svoboda party alone. …
