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The Referendum Has Triggered An Avalanche: Asta Vrečko Faces Interpellation, Calls For Her Resignation Are Multiplying

The story of the rejection of the law on pension bonuses for deserving artists in the referendum is far from over. On the contrary, it has triggered a wave of pressure to hold the Minister of Culture, Asta Vrečko, politically accountable for proposing unwise legislation and mismanaging the state budget. After the referendum defeat, where …

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Analyst Tomšič: Calls For A Boycott Came Back Like A Boomerang

Political analyst Dr Matevž Tomšič sees the outcome of the referendum, in which voters overwhelmingly rejected the law on the supplement to artists’ pensions, as a blow to the ruling coalition. As the Left (Levica) and Freedom Movement (Gibanje Svoboda) parties had called for a boycott of the referendum beforehand, he pointed out that this …

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Commemorating The First Resistance Against The Occupier: If The National Liberation Movement Had Been Organised By TIGR, There Would Have Been No National Division

“If the National Liberation Movement (NOB) in Slovenia had organised itself naturally, without the influence of Moscow and Stalin’s collaboration with Hitler at the beginning of the war, its natural core would have been the resistance organisation TIGR (the organisation’s full name was the Revolutionary Organisation of the Julian March T.I.G.R.), which actually started the …

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Slovenia Has One Of The Highest Tax Wedge Growths Among OECD Members

At the elections to the National Assembly in 2022, Slovenians had to decide whether they wanted more or less state, higher taxes or lower taxes. In a fit of hysteria, they chose higher taxes and more state. Namely, 400 thousand people chose Robert Golob, who had already promised them higher taxes before the elections and …

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The Government Wants A New Falcon Jet – As A Defence Expenditure

The government of Robert Golob is convinced that Slovenia’s defence capabilities could also be strengthened with the purchase of a new Falcon jet aircraft. The latter is not a military aircraft, and there are legitimate speculations that the purchase is part of a plan by the Golob government to antagonise its NATO allies and present …

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At A Nationwide Protest Rally, People Chanted: “Let’s Bring Back Normal Slovenia!”

On Wednesday, the 7th of May at 3 p.m., the 18th nationwide protest rally for justice and dignity began in Ljubljana’s Republic Square. Andrej Peterle of the Voice of Pensioners party (Glas upokojencev) pointed out that they had come together as one voice because they had had enough of poverty, humiliation, ignorance and government arrogance. …

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Janša On The Current State Of The Political Scene: “We Are On The Verge Of Outright Autocracy”

According to Janez Janša, people should be aware that no other member of the European Union, no other democratic country in the world has such a law with such benefits. “A ‘no’ vote in the referendum is not a vote against culture. It is a vote to defend Slovenian culture,” he was clear on Wednesday …

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Civil Society Organisations On The Anniversary Of The End Of The War: Condemn Communist Crimes, Rehabilitate And Bury The Dead!

On May 8th, 2025 – the day when Europe celebrated 80 years since the signing of the Instrument of Surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War, Slovenian civil society organisations once again drew attention to the unsettled parts of our national past. In a joint statement, they stressed the duty …

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The 2025 Public Tender For Co-Financing: Money For Selected Regime Media

Close political allies Robert Golob and Asta Vrečko will distribute at least 4.1 million euros this year to selected media outlets who are supportive of them. The Ministry of Culture made the figures public almost as soon as the referendum campaign on privileged pensions started. Perhaps this also happened because of the big scandal about …

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Janša: A Vote In The Referendum Will Count Doubly

“Calling on people to boycott this fundamental constitutional right is vile. What about next time, will they ban the elections or the referendum?” President of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), Janez Janša, pointed out in a recent episode of the show 24ur Zvečer, saying that the vote in this referendum will …

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