Erika Köleš Kiss was elected as the Slovenian minority advocate in the Hungarian parliament for the third time in the recent parliamentary election in Hungary. Köleš Kiss represents Slovenians from the south-western region of Porabje. She hopes that the plans for the preservation and development of the Slovenian identity in Porabje region will be realised …
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With the activation of temporary protection for displaced persons in early March, the Government Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants has taken on a new remit. The government thus provided the office with the additional funding of more than EUR 22 million for this year under a decision adopted at Wednesday’s correspondence session. …
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The government adopted on Wednesday the medium-term defence programme for 2022-2026 under which defence spending will be increasing by an average of EUR 72 million on an annual basis to reach EUR 983 million by 2026. The programme plans progress in the development and modernisation of priority capabilities and restructuring of the Slovenian Armed Forces …
The government approved a plan under which twenty orphans from Ukraine will be relocated to Slovenia to shelter them from the danger of war. The orphans are from an orphanage in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, and will be accompanied to Slovenia by staff from the orphanage and children of the staff. They are expected to remain …
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The government declared Barbara Rov, a coal mine where the remains of over 1,400 victims of post-WWII summary killings were discovered in March 2009, a monument of national importance. The victims were largely members of the military of the Independent State of Croatia, of the Slovenian Domobranci militia, and civilians. By: P.T., STA
A careful inspection of the Istrabenz Gorenje group, which was conducted by a well-known auditing company in 2010, revealed numerous irregularities about the director Robert Golob. Among other things, the company spent 800 thousand euros on documentation for the construction of the power plant on Neretva, which was never actually built; there was also talk …
“This is the Party of Alenka Bratušek’s tactic for the election campaign – they covered up our posters with a candidate who is not even from our constituency. So far, we have found five poster sites where this has happened. This is not a sign of bravery and reliability but of corruption! And it will …
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“Currently, only 59,169 unemployed people are registered with the Employment Service of Slovenia, which is the lowest in the history of Slovenia,” the government recently announced this very optimistic figure. The number even improved from the last time we reached a record low in terms of unemployed people – namely, in September 2008, 59,303 people …
Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek handed a beehive to Ukrainian Ambassador Mykhailo Brodovych in what the ministry said was a sign of strong support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. “With this symbolic act we want to convey a positive message to all Ukrainian citizens,” Podgoršek said. “Although Slovenia is a small country, it has a …
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Anže Logar attended the regular EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. The main topics on the agenda were the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the Global Gateway strategy. Foreign ministers discussed further steps to be taken by the …
President Borut Pahor received representatives of Zedinjena Slovenija (United Slovenia), the umbrella organisation of Slovenians in Argentina. The organisation’s president Jure Komar and secretary Marjana Poznič handed to Pahor a publication entitled Zdaj Gre za Slovenijo! (It Is About Slovenia Now), which Zedinjena Slovenia published to mark the 30th anniversary of Slovenia’s independence, the president’s …
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Coronavirus cases in Slovenia continued to decline as 1,604 infections were confirmed on Tuesday, down by 30% on the same day a week ago. Four people with Covid died yesterday, Health Ministry data showed. Hospitalisations decreased this morning to 113 persons who are currently hospitalised for Covid-19 at regular Covid wards, down by ten on …
