The Slovenian property market saw a record year in 2021 in terms of increase in prices and the number of transactions involving land for residential buildings, with the commercial property market also being revived. The Surveying and Mapping Authority reported more than 37,000 transactions worth a total of EUR 2.9 billion. The number of transactions …
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The Democrats (SDS) filed a motion to call a consultative referendum on the amendments to the RTV Slovenija act that the party submitted itself on Friday. The motion will delay the final decision on the amendments as parliament cannot vote on the referendum motion in less than 30 days. This also means that a rival …
“The defenders of Mariupol carried out the order, despite all the difficulties, distracted the overwhelming enemy forces for 82 days and allowed the Ukrainian army to regroup, train more personnel and receive a large number of weapons from partner countries. No weapon will work without professionally trained military personnel, which makes them the most valuable …
The Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) announced it had sold its outright stake in footwear maker Alpina to K&H, a Czech company that is part of the Franco de Poisd’eau & CIE group, for an as yet undisclosed amount reported to be EUR 20 million. The buyer has been picked not just because it submitted …
The Foreign Ministry expressed Slovenia’s full support for the decision of Sweden and Finland to join NATO, labelling the two countries as the closest partners of the alliance. “NATO’s door must remain open to European countries that want to join and meet the criteria for membership,” it said. The two countries’ move was also hailed …
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The government under the leadership of the President of the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje svoboda), Robert Golob, has not even come to power yet, but we are already hearing predictions about upcoming revanchism. Given that many things came to light before the election, despite the fact that the mainstream media diligently kept silent about it …
“Commenting on the economic starting points of this coalition agreement is a waste of time at the moment. Perhaps the people who worked on the document live on a different planet, or maybe they are still drunk from the election victory. Let’s wait for the ministerial positions to get filled and then for them to …
On Wednesday, the National Assembly discussed the proposal for amendments to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Act, with which the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje svoboda), the Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati) and the Left (Levica) are proposing to increase the number of ministries. According to the proposal, which the new parliament voting roller is …
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“I think that such symbolic acts are also important due to our past. Remember the reconciliation in Kočevski rog, the arrangement of various burial grounds, but we must also be aware that a dictatorship which lasts for 45 years, as communism did, leaves serious traces in people and consequences that are still visible to this …
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Defence minister Matej Tonin, MSc, signed the Memorandum of Understanding to the Boxer Programme in the framework of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) this afternoon in Munich with the director of OCCAR, Matteo Bisceglio. Minister Tonin has stressed that by signing the memorandum, we have finally come to the point where we should …
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On Saturday, Hungary’s new President, Katalin Novak, delivered her inauguration speech in front of the Hungarian Parliament building on Kossuth Square in Budapest. The inauguration speech of the Hungarian President is published in full here: My Compatriots, dear Guests, I have arrived here today with gratitude in my heart. I am grateful to have here …
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Slovenia’s economy expanded at an annual nominal rate of 9.8% in the first quarter of this year driven by household spending and capital expenditure. The seasonally adjusted rate was 9.6%. At the quarterly level GDP was up by 0.8%, a significant slowdown compared to the 5.3% recorded in the previous quarter, the Statistics Office reported. …
