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Three European Groups Are Outraged By Developments In Slovenia

Several Members of the European Parliament, including Slovenian MEP Romana Tomc, have issued statements criticising the Golob government’s revival of communism. Members of three European Parliament groups (ReNew, European People’s Party – EPP, and European Conservatives and Reformists Party – ECR) are outraged by what is happening in Slovenia. Although the proposal to discuss the …

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The Italian Media Are Looking Into Čeferin’s Qualifications

On Friday, the 2nd of September 2016, the FIFA Audit Board confirmed that all three then-candidates for UEFA President fit the criteria for the candidacy. Aleksander Čeferin, Michael van Praag and Ángel María Villar Llona were in the running for the prestigious post. Of the three candidates, only Čeferin is likely to have been proven …

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The Golob Government’s State Secretary Faces Corruption Accusations

According to the media outlet Reporter, Tina Seršen, the State Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy, has been involved in the drafting of legislation giving her brother-in-law Mark Seršen’s company the exclusive right to install solar panels on balconies. State Secretary Tina Seršen is known by many for her bizarre statements …

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Are We Witnessing The Biggest Corruption Scandal In The History Of The Constitutional Court?

Not long ago, we reported that Constitutional Court Judges Matej Accetto and Rajko Knez were offered prestigious and well-paid European judgeships in return for their service to the Golob government. Judging by the recent words of Judge Matej Accetto, it is increasingly looking like this might, in fact, be true. If the allegations are formally …

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[Public Opinion Poll] The Government Is Losing Popularity By Reviving Dictators And Closing Museums

The latest public opinion poll, conducted for Nova24TV by Parsifal, shows that the majority of Slovenians support the Museum of Slovenian Independence and that statues of totalitarians have no place on the grounds of the Brdo International Protocol Building. Namely, 44.7 percent of respondents believe that Slovenia needs the Museum of Slovenian Independence, while 37.9 …

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At A Time When Migration Is On The Rise, The Demolition Of The Fence At The Border Has Begun

The company that erected the fence at the border with Croatia has now started to tear it down. Meanwhile, illegal migration is rising sharply. In addition, the state did not choose the lowest bidder in the tender to remove the panel fence, and the wire fence is being torn down by the Slovenian Army. Last …

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[Public Opinion Poll] The Freedom Movement And NSi Losing Support, SDS and SD On The Rise

The latest public opinion poll conducted by the Parsifal Agency has recorded a drop in support for the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda) and the New Slovenia party (Nova Slovenija – NSi). Meanwhile, the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) and the Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati – SD) are gaining support. If the …

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We Have Won A Seat On The UN Security Council – What Now?

“The people who urged Slovenia to run for the non-permanent seat during the Janez Janša government hoped that Slovenia would represent a standing voice of reason in the Security Council. I fear that under this government, Slovenia’s position will be much more unaligned and fainter. In the sense of Kučan’s statement that it takes two …

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Golob’s Optimism Has Been Proven Wrong By The European Recession

On the 24th of May, the Prime Minister addressed the MPs. They were confirming the amendments to the state budget, which was based on the Prime Minister’s optimism that Europe and Slovenia would remain in good economic shape. He first expressed this optimism last October when the budget was adopted and again at the end …

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A Mayor Pointed Out: The Prime Minister Made Fun Of Us!

After the meeting of Slovenian mayors with the Prime Minister and ministers of the current government, which took place on the 5th of June at Brdo pri Kranju, the Mayor of the Municipality of Semič, Polona Kambič, subsequently responded to the meeting by pointing out what the other representatives of the associations of Slovenian municipalities …

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The European Parliament Will Not Discuss The Revival Of Communism In Slovenia

The European People’s Party (EPP) has failed to get a debate on the glorification of communism on the agenda of this week’s session of the European Parliament. There was not enough support for it. While the agenda can still be extended at the beginning of the session, in her response to the situation, MEP Romana …

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The Largest European Group Urges The Slovenian Government Not To Ignore The Victims Of Communism

The European People’s Party (EPP), which is the largest party in the European Parliament, has reacted to what is happening in Slovenia by stressing that the glorification of communism has no place in a free and democratic Europe. They have already called on the Slovenian government not to ignore the victims of communism. The initiative …

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