After Slovenia was shaken by a scandal a few days ago concerning the alleged sexual and financial abuse of the prominent figure in the cultural sphere, Dušan Josip Smodej, his connections with some famous names unofficially came to light. Among them was the head of the Left party (Levica) and Minister of Labour, Family, Social …
On Wednesday, at the invitation of her Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tanja Fajon attended the Alpbach European Forum in Austria. During a panel discussion on the European Union’s geopolitical awakening, she said she was not in favour of restricting visas for Russian citizens as part of the EU sanctions against Russia …
Brezje, Slovenia’s main pilgrimage site, has responded to the latest cover of the weekly Mladina depicting an altered image of the 1817 painting of Mary and Jesus that is cherished in Brezje (NW). The head of the pilgrimage site, Robert Bahčič, said this was an “inadmissible insult of religious feelings of Christian believers”. The 200-year-old …
Slovenian cyclist Primož Roglič of team Jumbo Visma lost the red jersey at the La Vuelta to Rudy Molard of Groupama FDJ. Roglič crossed the finish line of the fifth stage of the Spanish Grand Tour in 23rd place, sliding to place five in overall standings. He was five minutes and nine seconds slower than …
Slovenia and Poland will co-host the Volleyball Men’s World Championship, which will start on Friday and run until 11 September in what will be the second appearance for Slovenia on the world stage. Slovenia hope for a good result after finishing 10th in the Nations League and replacing the head coach right ahead of the …
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An exhibition honouring 19 Slovenian rivers and 29 river guardians through the lenses of 19 acclaimed photographers is opening in Kanal pri Soči. Part of an environmental project targetting persistent pollution, the exhibition will then travel around Slovenia accompanied by debates, workshops for activists and children, and art events until 2024. The project aims to …
Slovenia confirmed 1,592 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday as hospitalisations remained stable, shows fresh data from the Health Ministry. Another four Covid-19 patients died. The 14-day case notification rate per 100,000 of the population went down by four in a day to 874 and the 7-day case average dropped by 139 to 1,369, data from …
The New York Times, which for the progressive journalistic elite (including Slovenia) is a global beacon of independent and investigative journalism, wrote about the Gates Foundation for several years, until in 2020 journalist Tim Schwab revealed in the Columbia Journalism Review that columnists David Bornstein and Tina Rosenberg, the eulogy writer for Bill and Melinda …
As it seems, the latest political scandal involving the well-known “artist” from Novo mesto, Dušan Josip Smodej, has actually already reached its peak, as yesterday many well-known representatives of the Levica party (including Luka Mesec and Asta Vrečko) and various left-wing civil society members swore, saying “I do not know this man”, while the “lower cadres” …
A survey conducted by the Chamber of Trade Crafts and Small Business (OZS) among its members has shown high energy costs are threatening the existence of one out of three businesses surveyed. As the situation is to worsen further, the chamber urged the government to set out measures to help the economy in 2023 as …
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Fourteen days after the first revalation of the rape and sexual violence scandal that has shaken Ljubljana’s cultural community, the Left party (Levica) has finally responded to what has been going on. With a tweet on the social network. They, too, have realised, just like Nika Kovač, director of the leftist non-governmental organisation the Institute …
We are continuing our analysis of Slovenian films. This time, it is Goran Vojnović and Igor Šterk’s hobby projects’ turn, which are weighed down with awards from film festivals but did very poorly in the cinemas – but fortunately, they received financial backing from the taxpayers. In our previous article, we learned about the incredible …
