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First US state to take action against dubious land purchases by Bill Gates

Billionaire Bill Gates is not only a global advocate and financier of vaccination programs and other, mostly questionable medical-technical developments. In a quasi-secret manner, he also became the largest private farmland owner in the USA and buys up agricultural land on a large scale not only there, but worldwide. The background is unclear, there may be a …

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Foreign direct investment in Slovenia up by 10% last year

Foreign direct investment in Slovenia totalled EUR 18.4 billion last year, a EUR 1.7 billion or 10.4% increase year-on-year, the central bank said. Almost a quarter of all foreign direct investment came from Austria, followed by Luxembourg and Switzerland. Last year EUR 1.1 billion in profits was paid out to foreign investors, a more than …

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Photo exhibition by Uli Weber opens at Ljubljana Castle

An exhibition by world-renowned photographer Uli Weber will open at Ljubljana Castle this evening showcasing photographies of horses, celebrities and cars under the title Moments. His work has been featured in some of the most prominent museums worldwide and he is best known for his celebrity portraits. The exhibition will be on display until 4 …

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New Documentary Highlights 1991 Battle for Holmec on Austrian Border

A new documentary film on one of the bloodiest clashes of the 1991 ten-day independence war for Slovenia was screened in Slovenj Gradec on Monday. The film revisits the Holmec border crossing affair, in which Slovenian police and soldiers were accused and later cleared of shooting surrendering Yugoslav army personnel. Entitled The Battle for Holmec …

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Slovenia’s annual inflation accelerates to 10.4% in June

Slovenia’s annual inflation rate accelerated to 10.4% in June, up 2.3 percentage points from May, driven by rising prices of petroleum products, food and electricity, the Statistics Office said. The monthly rate stood at 2.7%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points on the back of higher prices of electricity, vacation packages and food. The annual …

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Green member of the Bundestag rushes against fire brigades “with old, white men that nobody needs”

The fact that no woman was elected to the top of the German association in a thoroughly male-dominated profession like the fire brigade (and for good reasons and physical conditions) led a Green member of the Bundestag to launch a veritable tirade of abuse at men and the fire brigade. “No one needs a fire …

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Hundreds of thousands demonstrate against more liberal abortion law in Spain

A large-scale demonstration, organized by more than 200 civil society associations, took place in Madrid on Sunday 26 June under the slogan “We are risking our lives” to protest against the new abortion law which will allow abortion from the age of 16 without the consent of the community parents allowed. Under the motto “End the …

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Slovenia’s general government deficit down to 3.1% of GDP in Q1

Slovenia recorded a general government deficit of EUR 405 million or 3.1% of GDP in the first quarter, less than half the deficit from the first quarter of last year, the latest Statistics Office figures show. General government revenue rose by 8.3% to EUR 5.65 billion on the back of an 11.7% increase of tax …

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Incredible! Even the Coalition Has Had Enough of the Speaker of the National Assembly’s Mobbing!

A new day, a new fiasco of Urška Klakočar Zupančič, the Speaker of the National Assembly. This time, she began with the mobbing of the deputies who were not present at the start of the session at the very first moment possible. The leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) parliamentary group, Jelka Godec, pointed …

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The Raising of Electricity Prices Is War Profiteering! Economist Lahovnik Also Warns That Something Is Seriously Wrong!

We recently reported that the electricity trader Gen-I energy company had announced significant price increases for electricity. In a message sent to their customers, the blame for the price increase was placed on the war in Ukraine. Other electricity providers have also raised their prices. However, former Minister of the Economy, Matej Lahovnik, has now …

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Slovenian Democratic Party Has Submitted the Signatures for a Referendum on the Amendments to the Government Act, Which Increases the Number of Ministries

On Wednesday, Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) submitted signatures for the start of procedures for calling a legislative referendum on the amendments to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Act, with which the new government of Robert Golob wants to increase the number of ministries. SDS MP Branko Grims did not …

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