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Scandalous Rejection of the Request to Exclude a Juror in the Prostitutes Case: A Court Employee Will Be Part of the Senate in the Trial Against Janša

The interim President of the Celje Higher Court, Branko Aubreht rejected the request of the lawyer Franci Matoz, who asked for the disqualification of the judge of the Celje District Court, Petra Giacomelli, in the Prostitutes court case against Janša. The interim President also rejected the request to disqualify lay judge Liljana Kač yesterday. The …

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The Left Party Has Fallen Into Its Own Trap: It Is Withdrawing the Request for a Referendum, While the NSi Party Is Collecting Signatures in Support of the Law That Brings Higher Salaries for Everyone

Coordinator of the Left party (Levica), Luka Mesec, has announced that the party will withdraw the proposal to call a consultative referendum on an amendment to the Personal Income Tax Act, while the New Slovenia party (Nova Slovenija – Nsi) has launched a promotional campaign in favour of the aforementioned act, entitled Higher Wages for …

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Slovenian Government Has Significantly Boosted the Bonus for Winners of the Olympic Medals

Slovenian athletes are the best ambassadors of Slovenia. Therefore, the current government has decided to significantly increase the bonuses for the winners of Olympic medals (including disabled athletes and chess players). In addition to significant investments in sports and sports infrastructure, as well as the introduction of tax relief for sports, the current Slovenian government …

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The Media Like the New Candidate of the Left So Much That They Would Drown the Let’s Connect Slovenia Movement in the River Sava If They Could

“In this sense, for the media outlets that are part of the political machinery of the Slovenian left, it is very appropriate, and they consider it fair, to report less on a competitive project that targets voters in the middle – that is why they report so infrequently about the Let’s Connect Slovenia political alliance, …

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“Energy transition”: Destruction of one of Germany’s most valuable forest areas for wind turbines has begun

The felling of the more than 100-year-old beech trees in the Reinhardswald with the famous “Sleeping Beauty Castle” Sababurg in northern Hesse has begun. The forest workers were apparently already ready with their saws when on Wednesday the Kassel Regional Council gave the green light for the first 18 wind power plants on an exposed …

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James Bartholomew: “The younger generation, through no fault of its own, knows very little of how terrible the communist regimes were”

With journalist and columnist James Bartholomew we spoke, among other things, about the creation of the Museum of Communist Terror, raising awareness among Western youth about the horrors of communism and the state of mind in the Western world. What made you decide to set up the Museum of Communist Terror? About six years ago, …

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Ski jumper Peter Prevc places fourth in men’s Olympic individual

Slovenian ski jumper Peter Prevc finished fourth in the men’s normal hill individual event at the Beijing Winter Olympics. He was half a point short to clinch what could have been his third Olympic medal after the two he won at Sochi 2014. Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi won the gold medal, Austria’s Manuel Fettner the silver …

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Olympic Ski Jumping: Urša Bogataj Wins Gold, Nika Križnar Bronze

Slovenian ski jumpers Urša Bogataj and Nika Križnar made history at the Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou on Saturday, as Bogataj has won the gold and Križnar won the bronze medal. It is the first time that more than one Slovenian athlete has made the Olympic podium in the same event. The other ski jumpers representing …

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Slovenia reiterates its support for nuclear in EU taxonomy

Slovenia has reiterated its support for the inclusion of nuclear energy in the EU’s taxonomy of sustainable energy sources after the EU Commission unveiled the proposal calling for nuclear and gas energy to be included in the taxonomy. “Slovenia believes nuclear energy will be needed to maintain low-carbon energy production in the long run, not …

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EU home affairs ministers met in Lille to discuss Schengen reform and migration policy

Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs attended the two-day informal meeting of EU home affairs ministers in Lille, France. The key topics of the meeting were the reform of Schengen and progress in shaping a common EU migration policy. In the context of discussions on the reform of Schengen, the Presidency wished to focus on making …

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EIB ready to invest in green, digital projects in Slovenia

EIB vice president Liljana Pavlova and Finance Minister Andrej Šircelj announced plans for the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Slovenia to intensify cooperation. The EIB, which is involved in many projects in Slovenia, participating in the modernisation of roads and railways and is supporting small and medium-sized companies, would like to see more projects promoting …

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