“We believe that the Commission of Inquiry is not only designed to intimidate media critical of the authorities, but also to destroy them. We ask you: is this media freedom?” wrote Jože Biščak and Vinko Vasle in a new letter to Věra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Values. Former director of Nova …
In October, police officers caught as many as 5,446 migrants crossing the border illegally, compared to 926 the previous October. In the time period from January to October, police officers caught 21,467 migrants, compared to 8,222 in the same time period last year. However, the returning of migrants to Croatia has deteriorated slightly. This is …
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The national media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV) has published a press release accusing the government of impermissible interference in the referendum campaign. We are publishing the letter in its entirety below. “The Ministries of Justice and Public Administration did not take into account all of the relevant facts in their opinions on the referendum. To …
Last week, Prime Minister Robert Golob was vehemently misleading when talking about his government’s tackling of inflation, but data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia show in black and white that he was telling lies. Golob’s statement that inflation is lower than it was when his government took office is, of course, …
We live in really interesting times, where the poor, who are oppressed by inflation, the energy crisis and drive around the country with 15-year-old diesels, which they can barely afford to fill up due to ecological taxes on oil, vote for oligarchs like Nataša Pirc Musar, Zoran Janković, and Robert Golob. In a way, we …
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On Tuesday, shortly before 6 p.m., an Eritrean citizen seriously injured a girl with a sharp object in the centre of Ljubljana and then fled the scene on foot. According to the police, the girl was taken to the Ljubljana University Medical Centre in an ambulance, and her life is in danger. What can the …
At a time when there is a lot of talk on the political floor of the European Union about the interference of foreign powers in the democratic processes of European countries, it is becoming clear in Slovenia that one of these foreign powers is the European Union itself. Namely, the European Union finances certain key …
While the personnel changes during the previous government’s term were called “undermining the foundations of the rule of law” (according to the largest commercial television station – POP TV), now, under the patronage of the radical socialists, they are considered a restoration of the rule of law and return of the experts to the places …
You have probably heard the well-known slogan that elections are a celebration of democracy and that voters are always right. It is a popular catchphrase of the former President of the Republic, Milan Kučan. The first president of the republic, and before that the last head of the Central Committee of the Slovenian Communist Party …
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“They are financially ready to bring the institution to its knees just to achieve their goals. The law is problematic because it sets a precedent, it lowers standards. The authorities will refer to it every time they want to replace the leadership with people loyal to them. They will pass a new law, install a …
Post-communist countries always go in one of two specific directions: either they develop into the free path of Western liberal capitalism, or they follow the path of the Russian oligarchic system. In 1992, when the late Jože Mencinger ordained the economy as an old man with a scythe and a hood on his head, the …
According to official information, a knife attack happened in the centre of Ljubljana on Tuesday evening. As reported by the National Press Agency, a dark-skinned man stabbed a girl in front of the Parlament pub on Šubičeva Street, who was allegedly his partner. The police have confirmed that the attacker is an Eritrean migrant. The …
