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. …
Slovenian families have contracted over the past 40 years. The number of those living alone has more than doubled and the number of childless families has risen by nearly a half, shows data released by the Statistics Office ahead of International Day of Families. Last year, 80% of Slovenia’s population lived in families as defined …
Economist Marko Pahor assessed that, from the economic point of view, the coalition agreement of the Freedom Movement, Social Democrats and the Left is much more leftist than centrist. He sees many of the priorities as expensive and thus unrealistic. Mitja Kovač expressed shock and disappointment, as the agreement “mostly deals with massive rearranging of …
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Doctors expressed strong opposition to the announcement in the draft coalition agreement that doctors in the public sector will be fully banned from working for private providers. The ban would be discriminatory to doctors in comparison with some other groups. STA
“The announcement of the new government that they will introduce a new subject for the education of children, including on gender reassignment and sexual orientation, is a great threat to children,” Aleš Primc commented on the new coalition agreement and specifically the part that concerns education. Primc is urging parents of children to contact the …
“Instead of continuing the path of easing things, particularly with regard to tax legislation, and continuing the search for added value by trying to attract investors, additional tax burdens are being imposed again. This is one of the directions that are by no means the smartest, especially at a time when there has been a …
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