“It is okay to be confident, but you have to have a realistic basis for it,” wrote Tomaž Smole, Vice-Mayor of the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica. On Facebook, he pointed out that after 14 years of decline, Kočevje still ranks 187th in the municipality development coefficient, which shows the gap between the public image of …
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“There is not a single institution that will participate in the long-term care system that is fully prepared for this. The Ministry has not done its job, municipalities are turning a blind eye to what their tasks are – and to be perfectly honest, the law has not even defined them clearly,” says Irena Tovornik, …
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For many years, Slovenian housing policy has been stuck in purely socialist waters, where solutions have been sought only through state intervention – state repression and direct state investment. The paradox is that it is precisely such measures that are causing the basic problem of housing policy, namely the housing shortage. On the one hand, …
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Nika Kovač says she fights against the exploitation of workers and against capitalism. But among her (past) donors is also the Obama Foundation, which received a hundred million dollars in 2021 from one of the richest men on Earth – Jeff Bezos. He is a brutal exploiter who makes it virtually impossible for workers to …
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A new case of brutal Roma violence occurred in recent days in Mihovica near Šentjernej, in which Andrej Brečko suffered a serious head injury that had to be treated in the Novo mesto emergency room. He attributes the attack to the fact that he had spoken about the Roma problem to a Slovenian media outlet …
With the recent unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Osijek, Croatia has taken an important step in preserving the memory of the victims of communist crimes, overtaking Slovenia, where such commemorations are still practically being “swept under the carpet” under the current government. A plaque on the wall of the Neuman Street District Prison commemorates …
On the 14th of May 2025, Professor Emeritus Dr Janez Juhant, President of the Association United at the Linden Tree of Reconciliation (Združeni ob Lipi sprave), addressed an open letter to the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, in which he expresses his concern about her failure to respond to invitations to …
“New residents of the Brdo non-profit public housing intended for young people. The Vienna model has finally come to Ljubljana,” Tomaž Štih, a political analyst and former adviser to Finance Minister Janez Šuštaršič, pointed out on social media, referring to the attached pictures of Muslim women and their children walking and chatting in front of …
The recent report of the Slovenian Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (UMAR), the Quality of Life in Slovenia – Development Report 2025, reveals that Slovenia enjoys a high quality of life, but low labour productivity remains a key obstacle to economic progress and, consequently, higher incomes. The Institute’s criticism highlights that Slovenia lags behind …
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The most important thing that happened in the referendum on unfair pension supplements for the privileged elite was the first defeat of the mainstream media. Just like with the water referendum, the media was organised on the left-wing political pole. But they failed anyway. This is a strong indicator that people no longer trust the …
We spoke to political commentator Miran Videtič about the consequences of the left’s referendum debacle. As he says, the centres of power, or the proverbial godfathers from behind the scenes, are facing a particular dilemma, because this time, as well as facing the declining support for the “new face”, they are also facing the support …
When the news broke last week that the cardinals had elected a new Pope, questions began to arise as to what Pope Francis’s successor would be like. Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to the College of Cardinals, had already hinted that his pontificate would continue the work of his predecessor, as well as …
