Anyone who watched the recent interview with Sara Afzali, an Iranian artist who has been living in Slovenia with her family for seven years, on the public broadcaster Radio-Television Slovenia – RTVS, would have easily concluded that the situation of women in Iran has visibly improved. But the truth is that women are still treated …
Despite record taxes and consequently record budget revenue, we have once again received the unpleasant news that the budget deficit, according to the Fiscal Council’s calculations, amounted to 800 million euros, which is 750 million euros more than in the same period last year, reports the Slovenian Press Agency (STA). The budget is running a …
As we have already reported, the police recently launched an investigation into entrepreneur Tadej Von Horvath, a former member of the Social Democrats party (Socialni demokrati – SD), and the Spirit Agency, which is part of the Ministry of the Economy, led by Matjaž Han of the same party. The Agency made unusual decisions in …
The government’s prevarication regarding defence spending is over. The Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati – SD) and the Left party (Levica) wanted to “bluff” and pretend that they wanted a referendum, thinking that there would not be enough support in the National Assembly anyway, but their plans were foiled by the opposition. The National Assembly approved …
“Next week, the government majority will pass a law on poisoning the sick and elderly. According to the logic: a dead man is a good man. With every poisoned person, there will be one less person waiting to receive healthcare, one less person receiving their pension, no more costs for treatment … This is not …
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Germany is reeling from a worrying rise in sexual assaults in public swimming pools, which has reached alarming proportions recently. In the Hessen region alone, 74 cases of sexual violence were reported in 2024, showing a worrying trend that has been escalating since 2023, according to a study by the State Criminal Police Office (LKA). …
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Not only the government of Robert Golob, but also its close ally, the Mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković, is prone to spending taxpayers’ money excessively on so-called “representative expenses” or food and drinks. In the last five years, the Ljubljana municipality has spent one and a half times as much on this as all other …
“At least politically, she should be correct and impartial. She does not even fulfil this condition,” Slovenian Member of the European Parliament, Dr Milan Zver, recently criticised the Slovenian European Commissioner, after she allowed herself to interfere in Slovenia’s internal politics by saying that she did not want the next government to be led by …
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As we have previously reported, the government has found an innovative new way to squeeze even more tax out of our wallets. This time, in parallel with the proposed property tax. Under the latest government proposal, which is part of the proposed amendment to the Spatial Planning Act, municipalities are required to start levying a …
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“When commenting on the thinking and actions of Prime Minister Robert Golob, it makes no sense to approach this rationally, because he is driven in politics primarily by his vanity and momentary inspiration,” explains political analyst Sebastjan Jeretič. Prime Minister Robert Golob recently rejected the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) leader’s call …
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Every week, we hear a new anecdote about how slow, inefficient, irrational, and often unjust the Slovenian judiciary truly is. But anecdotes and subjective feelings have now also been backed up by numbers. In the recent annual report entitled the EU Justice Scoreboard, Slovenia performed predictably badly. The EU Justice Scoreboard is an annual report …
The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, has proven that capitalism works. Argentina’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter of 2025 was 5.8 percent, which is higher than China’s. The data was revealed this week by Argentina’s National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC). The report also reveals a 0.8 percent GDP …
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