“Of course you will be. And that is why we will tax you accordingly,” the Youth Forum, the youth wing of the Social Democrats party, wrote in response to a post from the Christian radio station, Radio Ognjišče: “We Catholics in the Republic of Slovenia expect to be considered equal members of this society.” Will …
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Slovenians earned an average EUR 1,306.68 in take-home pay for March, up 1.2% compared with the net earnings a year ago. Net salaries in the public sector in fact fell by 6.2% as those in the private sector rose by as much on average, shows fresh data from the Statistics Office. The reason for lower …
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The credit rating agency Fitch Ratings affirmed Slovenia’s credit rating at “A” and announced a stable outlook. The agency in question is one of the three internationally recognised statistical credit rating organisations, appointed in 1975 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In its report, the credit rating agency Fitch Ratings justified Slovenia’s “A” rating with a …
He deprived his wife of all freedom by confining her to the house: she was not allowed to go out with her friends or wear Western clothes, and when she had guests she was not allowed to sit at the table with the others but had to be in a separate room to eat. She couldn’t …
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The European Union is moving away from the initial framework of economic union and, through reforms, is striving for increasingly pronounced political unification. An increasingly universal federalist regime is being built that would further unite EU countries in the areas of foreign policy, security, and defence. This would be achieved through the reform of electoral …
The Prime Minister of the future, 15th Slovenian government, Robert Golob, has triggered the inflation of ministries. The government will consist of 20 ministers, one of whom will be without a portfolio. This is the highest ever in an independent country and the highest in the European Union, both in absolute terms and per capita. At …
In the show Tema dneva, Franci Kindlhofer talked about the new coalition agreement, Tanja Fajon as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the new ministries and more. He says the new coalition agreement is a threat to democracy. In the show Tema dneva, Franci Kindlhofer pointed out that democracy is in danger through a story about the flourishing …
Recently, we saw that the MPs of the Social Democrats party (SD) also quickly adopted the Left party’s ideas and way of expressing themselves. Namely, the future Minister of the Economy, Matjaž Han, told the journalists that someone with a salary of six thousand euros really does not need more money. Educated and highly qualified …
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At the age of 108, the Trieste writer Boris Pahor has died, Radio Slovenia reported on Monday, the 30th of May. Throughout his life, Pahor warned of the dangers of totalitarian regimes, as he was also a victim of said regimes. His most famous work is the book Nekropola (Necropolis), in which he described his …
The term verbal tort refers to Article 133 of the Criminal Code of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Hate propaganda). It was a crime against the foundations of the socialist self-governing social order and security of the SFRY. Anyone who acted against the communist regime in any way, verbally or in writing, could also …
Love In Plane Sight, a short film by Slovenian arts student Matej Rimanič, has won one of the two main prizes of the Tik Tok competition organised at the Cannes Film Festival for the first time this year. The short comedy by Rimanič, a third year student at the University of Nova Gorica School of …
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British Airways, the UK’s flag carrier, is resuming flights from Ljubljana Airport to London Heathrow today, with the flights having an earlier start compared to last season and being more frequent. British Airways will operate five flights a week to London Heathrow, one of the world’s biggest airline hubs, with afternoon departures every Tuesday and …
