Interesting information related to the new government’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Emilija Stojmenova Duh, has recently come to light. The Digital Innovation Hub Slovenia confirmed for the web portal Siol that it is currently investigating irregularities in management from the years 2018 and 2019, meaning from the time when the institute was run by Stojmenova
A few days ago, the government proposed to the National Assembly that it recalls two members of the Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) Supervisory Board, namely Boštjan Emeršič, MSc, and Dr Leon Cizelj, due to them allegedly not meeting the conditions for this position, and the National Assembly is expected to decide on this today. The
Slovenian police recorded 4,333 attempts at illegal crossing of the border in the first five months of the year, which is 75% more than in the same period last year, when 2,466 such attempts were recorded. Afghanis account for almost a quarter of those intercepted, the police statistics show. In the first five months of
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Interview with Igor Zagrebelny, philosopher and director of the research and analysis centre “Political Theology”. Zagrebelny is the author of several books, including “The Apostleship of the Sword” (2017), “Intermarium: An Almost Lost Opportunity” (2019) and “European Chronicles” (2020). You are currently serving in the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Force. What can you tell me about
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Slovenia remains attractive for German companies, mainly due to its geostrategic location and skilled workforce, shows this year’s survey of German chambers of commerce in 15 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, criticism is levelled at Slovenia’s rigid labour legislation and high labour costs. the Slovenian-German Chamber of Commerce’s president Dagmar von Bohnstein said
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The prices of regular petrol and diesel at pumps outside motorways will rise by nearly 20 cents a litre on Tuesday. Regular petrol will cost EUR 1.755 a litre, up from EUR 1.56, while diesel will cost EUR 1.848 a litre, compared to EUR 1.668 at the moment. The new prices will remain in place
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A total of 325 new coronavirus infections were confirmed in Slovenia over the weekend, which is a 56% weekly increase. No Covid patient has died since Friday, the Health Ministry said. Latest reports from hospitals show that 36 Covid patients were at regular Covid wards and five in intensive care during the weekend. The 7-day
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“The Slovenian media image is becoming a mirror image of the Russian, Putinist image, and this is scary,” said former Ukom director Uroš Urbanija. Even that minimal percentage of different media is too much for Putin and obviously too much for the political top of Golob’s Gibanje Svoboda party. In the show Kdo vam laže, Uroš
Posts about fuel shortages at gas stations have spread like fire on all social media platforms. This problem is being reported from all over Slovenia, and many are wondering whether the gas stations have actually run out of fuel, whether this is a planned delay in sales in order to hold off buying until the
Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) strongly condemns the political pressure by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Tanja Fajon on the Director-General of the national media outlet, Radio-Television of Slovenia, Andrej Grah Whatmough, which she exerted in her recently published public letter. In light of the fact that the current Minister of Foreign
“The Left party (Levica) claims that Slovenia does not have a problem with the birth rate; according to them, we do not have demographic deficits. For 40 years now, we have not had enough births to sustain natural population renewal, but apparently, something that is a deficit for the whole country is not a problem
The Slovenian Tourist Board (STO) presented its 2022-2026 digital transformation strategy that aims to empower stakeholders in data-driven decision-making, personalise the guest experience and improve digital skills of tourism staff. Under the strategy the organisation plans to spend at least EUR 5 million on digital transformation of the tourism sector by 2026. Around 90% of
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