In 2006, I wrote that “the system of preservation and development of revolutionary traditions (SORRI) was an ideological mechanism that used cult forms to cover up the crimes and failures of the Communist Party/Union of Communists of Slovenia/Yugoslavia. /…/ In the SORRI research, we discover anthropological reduction, moral devastation, a false memory landscape, religious regression, and …
It is clear to everyone that the Mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković, is one of the main culprits for the current dramatic cataclysm of the healthcare system in the capital. Even the current Minister of Health, Danijel Bešič Loredan, made this clear to him publicly, in a not-so-subtle manner. However, Janković lives in his own …
“Before the elections, the government promised us a new social deal, but instead, these days, strikes and protests are being announced by the dissatisfied people who are receiving the lowest salaries, as well as by doctors, judges and managers,” was the announcement for the recent episode of the show Tarča (Target) on the national media …
The former secret political police, officially known as the State Security Administration (and later changed to State Security Service), known in the popular jargon as “UDBA,” was an institutionalised contradiction of the fundamental constitutional values of today’s independent Slovenia. However, this did not stop the current authorities from burying the former director of the State …
Strengthening energy sovereignty is a priority, Hungarian Energy Minister Csaba Lantos said in an interview with the Hungarian public media on Sunday. Due to the mild winter, a low amount gas was consumed, which is why the filling level of gas storage facilities is very high both in Europe and in Hungary, Mr Lantos added. …
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A French “anti-hate” website claiming to catalogue far-right symbols has listed several mainstream Roman Catholic symbols, including crosses and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, alongside well-known Nazi devices. The French “anti-hate” website Indextreme claims that it is looking to “observe, catalogue and publicize the graphic symbols used by the far right in France.” Not all …
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On Thursday, the Golob government decided that Janez Zemljarič, the former director of the State Security Service of Yugoslavia, who was considered one of the most influential godfathers from the background, will be buried with military honours, even though Zemljarič has been accused in the last decade of playing an important role in the State …
On the show “Aktualno” (Current Events), Aleksander Rant, Boris Tomašič, Jože Biščak and Metod Berlec commented on the events of the last week and also made some predictions about what might happen in 2023. They discussed the economy, healthcare, the “depoliticisation” of the national media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia, the police, and also the degradation of …
“I froze in fear,” the victim of police violence described the moments when police officers – as described by the witnesses of the incident – came at him like animals. “One of the enforcers picked up a baton, another one stood guard, they knocked my legs out from under me, and six heavy policemen picked …
[Exclusive Testimony] They Beat Him Until He Lost Consciousness, Then Fined Him! Read More »
By increasing the minimum wage and social transfers, the government of Robert Golob has created a situation that drastically reduces the creditworthiness of young families with parents earning an average wage and completely removes the creditworthiness of those parents who have three children and earn an average wage. The good times when the Janša government …
At Wednesday’s press conference, where she broke her silence on her flight to the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s concert, the Speaker of the National Assembly was caught in at least two lies. The first was that she went to a state bilateral meeting that lasted four hours. This is, as you will see below, a …
The Speaker Of The National Assembly Has Lied At Least Twice About Her “Vienna Trip” Read More »
“The most bizarre presidential task since the establishment of Slovenia, the drawing of lottery balls for the length of the terms of office of the Programme Council of Radio-Television Slovenia, is done,” Nataša Pirc Musar, President of the Republic, wrote after her first presidential task – the drawing of lottery balls for the length of …
