“We don’t have defence because of NATO. We have defence or an army because of the need to defend our own homeland, our own country in the event of danger,” former Defence Minister and long-time President of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), Janez Janša, stressed at Tuesday’s press conference of the …
The General Court of the EU’s decision requiring the European Commission to disclose a hidden paragraph in the reminder, entitled “What we want from Accetto”, has triggered reactions in Slovenia and Brussels. MEP Zver and the President of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), Janez Janša, spoke about this at a press …
Last May, Slovenian Member of the European Parliament Milan Zver (Slovenian Democratic Party – SDS/European People’s Party – EPP) filed a lawsuit against the European Commission at the General Court of the EU because the Commission refused to disclose internal documents about the mission of then-European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová to Slovenia, where it is …
The Cathedral of Freedom (Katedrala Svobode) recently organised the inaugural presentation of the collection entitled “Consensus for a Historical Moment” (“Soglasje za zgodovinski trenutek”), which brings together 75 contributions by various authors. The editorial board consisted of distinguished experts, including lawyer and former Constitutional Court judge and Rector of the New University (Nova Univerza) Peter …
On Saturday, Ljubljana hosted the “Pride Parade” of the LGBT+ community, which has taken over the whole month of June in recent years. Apart from the usual shenanigans that we are used to at such events, this year, certain contradictions stood out, such as support for Palestine and the choice of Janković as one of …
The latest public opinion poll, conducted by the Parsifal Institute in June this year, reflects Slovenia’s diverse political landscape, but also shows that the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) remains in the lead. Among the voters who already know who they would vote for and who would definitely go to the polls, …
[Public Opinion Poll] SDS Remains The Most Popular Party Among Voters – By A Wide Margin Read More »
Slovenia is in the midst of a historically important moment, when the international situation calls for a clearer, more sovereign and more deliberate foreign policy stance. On the occasion of the launch of the print edition of the book “Consensus for a Historic Moment” (“Soglasje za zgodovinski trenutek”), which is the work of 74 authors, …
The United at the Linden Tree of Reconciliation Association (Združeni ob Lipi sprave), which has been working hard for many years for a dignified burial of victims of post-war violence and for the regularisation of the graves of those killed extrajudicially, has designated the 15th of June as the Day of Guilt, Forgiveness and Reconciliation. …
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Three years of Golob’s far-left government have left scars on Slovenia that will not be healed for generations. In an already egalitarian society, the coalition has introduced even more socialist levelling. Every day, we read about a new parameter that shows how far we have sunk. One of these is the OECD’s scale recording the …
[The OECD Ranking] Slovenians Have Become Really Poor Read More »
The recent decision of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (KPK) to grant the Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković permission to participate as a consultant in the organisation of the global event Expo 2027 in Belgrade has raised questions about the adequacy of oversight of official conduct, especially in light of past cases of non-transparent …
Under the government of Robert Golob, virtually all state systems have been degraded. The anonymous message from an employee reveals a series of irregularities. These include Interior Minister Poklukar’s rapprochement with his Chief of Staff, as well as the fact that his office reportedly paid an official visit to his neighbours solely for the reason …
The battered Mayor of Ribnica, Samo Pogorelc, demands the resignation of Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar after a brutal attack by the Roma people. He is also demanding action from the state, which is clearly not in control of the situation. “Three years of the current government, and absolutely nothing has been done when it comes …
