“Someone manufactured you,” is one of the most important lines said in the third season of Twin Peaks, the legendary and controversial series created by the recently-deceased director David Lynch. This phrase – said by the now-deceased one-armed actor Al Strobel to one of Agent Cooper’s doubles, portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan – could also refer …
The Lost Children of Slovenia association (Izgubljeni otroci Slovenije), based in Novo mesto and led by Simona Š. Kalanj, continues their efforts to uncover the story of the stolen children. They publish many stories of mothers on their website (available in Slovenian here), and a special commission of inquiry has been set up in the …
Prime Minister Robert Golob has moved the headquarters of his company Star Solar from Nova Gorica to a small studio apartment in the centre of Ljubljana at 22 Trubarjeva Street, owned by Lidija Nagode Aleksić, from whom you can also rent the said studio apartment at this address on Booking.com. It was not clear where …
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The ruling Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda) has announced a boycott of the upcoming referendum on privileges for first-class cultural workers. Nevertheless, it is begging municipalities to provide free advertising space. Asta Vrečko, the Minister of Culture and the leader of the Left party (Levica), and Robert Golob, the leader of the Freedom Movement party …
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“This is certainly a call against democracy,” said Supreme Court Judge Jan Zobec, who pointed out that the Golob government’s call for a boycott of the upcoming referendum was “contrary to the spirit of constitutionality and democracy,” and that such actions should prompt the people to do the opposite and to stop electing parties with …
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Municipality of Ljubljana (MOL) violated the constitutional right to private property by encroaching on the private land of farmers and landowners in the areas of Ježica and Stožice. It confirmed what the affected owners had been pointing out for two years – that this set a dangerous precedent, …
Over the last three years, the European Union has allocated more than 7.4 billion euros to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). But a report by the European Court of Auditors reveals abuses in the EU’s NGO funding system: data on how the money has been spent is scarce, sometimes wrong; controls are ineffective, and funds are concentrated …
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The main hearing in the Trenta case continued on Tuesday with the reading of documentary evidence, and closing arguments are expected to follow next week. The defence also proposed to question the current owner of the property in Trenta, Rok Rotovnik, who bought the land in 2018 from the company Nepremičnine (Real Estate), which had …
The deterioration of democracy in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia continues. MP Andrej Hoivik of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) was reprimanded for his discussion points when he drew attention to the mockery of Slovenian pensioners. In the end, though, the Committee approved the referendum on the Law …
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In recent days, Serbian media reported that Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković has been shortlisted as Serbia’s new mandate holder. According to media speculation, the Serbian President ultimately chose Đuro Macut for the post, but also confirmed that the Mayor of Ljubljana was, indeed, in the running. On Sunday, Vučić confirmed that Janković has dual citizenship. …
The Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) is continuing with its field visits around Slovenia even when it is not part of the government. Unlike the Prime Minister, who is building his online image on Instagram and TikTok, the SDS party is building and investing in Slovenia. This time, they went to the …
SDS MPs On The Ground: “We Have Never Seen Anything Like What We Are Seeing Under Golob” Read More »
Speaker of the National Assembly Urška Klakočar Zupančič and representatives of the ruling coalition did not respond to an invitation to meet with a mission of the European People’s Party (EPP) political group, which came on a one-day visit to Slovenia on Monday, said the head of the mission, Tomas Tobé. “We are surprised by …
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