After we reported two months ago that the Minister of Culture, Asta Vrečko from the Left party (Levica), after the closure of the Museum of Slovenian Independence, expressed her wish to see the statues of Tito and others returned to the Brdo Park, the Golob government has now also taken the position that Marshal Tito, …
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On the 23rd of February this year, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish organisation, warned the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, about expressions of anti-Semitism, xenophobia, calls to violence, the spread of conspiracy theories, fake news, glorification of dictatorships and terrorist organisations, on RTV Slovenia, its website and social networks …
The Constitutional Court, which also had the constitutional petition on the amendment to the Radio Television Slovenia (RTVS) Act with Peter Gregorčič – the chairman of the Programme Council of the national media outlet, as a first signatory – on the agenda at Thursday’s session, has still not adopted a decision in this case, the …
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One of the very clear features of the “Freedom ” rule is the interpretation of the rule of law as subordinate to the political will of the authorities. On Wednesday, the former “independent ” journalist-turned-MP Mojca Šetinc Pašek explained this understanding of the state to the public at a meeting of the National Assembly’s Commission …
After MEP Milan Zver demanded that the Commission hand over documentation related to the European Commissioner Věra Jourová’s visit to Slovenia, the European Commission gave the impression that it was hiding something. Initially, an extended deadline was requested, but when Zver finally received the report, it was almost completely censored. At the press conference, EU …
Commissioner Jourová’s Spokesperson Lied About The Mission To Slovenia Read More »
If anyone needed further proof of the value system of the current government, they got it just a few days ago in Maribor, where the distribution of commemorative medals marking the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence started very belatedly. The government, with its spiritual centre based in Čebine and Dražgoše, never misses an opportunity …
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It seems that Tina Gaber, the mistress of President Robert Golob, has promoted a pyramid scheme in the past, in which hundreds of people were misled. On her YouTube channel, she still presents herself as the promoter of the disappeared Slovenian cryptocurrency Xaurum, about which investors are now discovering that it was actually a so-called …
At Wednesday’s press conference, Pavel Rupar presented three key developments in the pensioners’ movement he represents. Firstly, they are continuing to collect signatures for a bill to raise pensions. The movement also announced two other new changes. They are ending the collection of signatures for the abolition of supplementary health insurance, and they announced a …
Rupar Will Seek Justice For Pensioners In Brussels Read More »
MEP Dr Milan Zver has requested the European Commission in Slovenia to publish all documentation exchanged between the relevant European Commission directorates, agencies and supervisory bodies and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, the Municipality of Ljubljana and the municipalities of Medvode and Vodice, in the matter of the construction of the C0 sewage …
By now, it is clear that Robert Golob is a political corpse, just like Borut Pahor in 2011, Gregor Virant after 2014 or Miro Cerar after 2016. It is not a question of whether he will fall but instead when he will fall. However, a successor is clearly not lined up yet, and so the …
“The will of the people, or in other words democracy, is the main weakness of the progressive forces,” said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his opening speech at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference – CPAC 2023 in Budapest. Many conservative leaders and other prominent conservative figures, including Janez Janša, spoke at the event. …
Budgetary planning remains flawed, the Fiscal Council of the Republic of Slovenia believes. Some measures are reportedly inappropriately allocated as intervention measures, while the impact of discretionary measures is insufficiently assessed. The draft amendment of the budget, which is the result of a reorganisation of government ranks and a reallocation of resources between ministries, foresees …
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