“For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light,” reads the biblical truth. This seems to be the case with the Pliberk massacre, too. The events of that time were the subject of a recent article in the European Conservative media outlet, on …
“As an entrepreneur, I find this unacceptable because no country in the European Union is raising taxes in the current situation, so Slovenia is the exception when it comes to the existing policies of the EU countries,” Slovenian entrepreneur Dušan Šešok, owner of the Iskra Group, told the Poslovni Dnevnik media outlet. Namely, due to …
Slovenia Has Lost Out On 500 Jobs Due To High Taxes Read More »
At Thursday’s session, the government rejected the proposal of the parliamentary group led by Jelka Godec (Slovenian Democratic Party – Slovenska demokratska stranka: SDS) to re-introduce the state pension. They also rejected the proposal to increase the amount of the guaranteed old-age pension for 40 years of the pension period to the amount of 771 …
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Slovenia is still full of Tito’s roads, streets, squares and bridges. His statues and portraits still haunt this country like an evil ghost of the past (we can even find his photos in law enforcement offices!). Every day, as we walk from a Tito’s Road to Kidrič’s Road and onwards to Kardelj’s, we are reminded …
The Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati – SD) are a party of promises. In all of the years that they have been part of left-wing coalitions, they have promised us decent wages, pensions, long-term care, an end to poverty and a healthcare system where no one is left behind – and they promised this before every …
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 …
