In May 2025, according to the media outlet N1, a Chinese delegation led by senior Communist Party official Chen Zhou, Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, secretly visited Slovenia. The visit, which took place without public announcements or photographs, raised questions about transparency, especially in the wake of the scandal …
In the wake of the escalating situation in Gaza, the international initiative called “My Voice, My Choice” has launched a petition calling for the suspension of the EU-Israel trade agreement. Israel is an economically strong partner, and this kind of reckless “soloing” by the Slovenian government will further jeopardise the country’s economic interests. According to …
We spoke to the former Slovenian Ambassador to Washington, Tone Kajzer, about the US military intervention in Iran and the reaction of the Slovenian left to the intervention. He explained that what is happening in the Middle East is part of a broader geopolitical storm, and one of the goals of the US military intervention …
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Today, on the 25th of June, we are celebrating Statehood Day, which is the most important day of independent Slovenia. It was on this day in 1991 when the Slovenian nation finally broke its ties with the failed Yugoslavian communist regime and embarked on the path of democracy. But today, 34 years later, the spirit …
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The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, congratulated Slovenia on its 34th Statehood Day, on behalf of the United States of America. ” As a NATO Ally, your leadership in the Western Balkans and steadfast support for Euro-Atlantic cooperation reflects a shared understanding that security is preserved through strength, resolve, and unity,” reads a message …
The European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions has adopted a resolution on preserving the memory of the victims of the post-war communist period in Slovenia. This is the last step before the vote at the July plenary session of the European Parliament. Romana Tomc, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the European People’s Party …
“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, …
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