“This period of time, when Karl Erjavec was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was a period in our external policy that we cannot really be proud of. At that time, Slovenia was moving away from the general direction of our foreign policy, outlined in the parliamentary resolution, which is in many ways also defined by …
Previous governments had allocated less than five million euros per year to the development of homes for the elderly. Due to their (non)actions in this area, we have not gotten any new homes for the elderly since 2005. However, under the current government, the field of care for the elderly is a priority for the …
Ahead of the official start of the election campaign, Prime Minister Janez Janša, and fellow coalition leaders Matej Tonin and Zdravko Počivalšek, presented what Janša called the “biggest investment drive” in Slovenia’s history. They said almost EUR 8 billion worth of investment projects had been implemented, were ongoing or were approved along with funds in …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša announced the Slovenian diplomatic mission in Kyiv will operate at the level of chargé d’affaires with full powers for the duration of the emergency situation. He did not reveal who the chargé d’affaires will be, but said that several volunteers had come forward. Citing unofficial sources, media reported the interim chargé …
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It sounds almost unbelievable and yet it happens in the middle of Europe: Women from Ukraine fleeing war and misery voluntarily return to the war-torn country because they do not feel safe in the Western European states – above all Germany and Sweden. Muslim migrants and “protection-seeking” Africans, with whom one is crammed into asylum …
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Andriy Voloshyn is an Ukrainian writer, political scientist and geopolitician author of books available in English who lives in Kyiv. Lionel Baland interviewed him for Breizh-Info on the current situation in his country. Breizh-info.com: Andriy Voloshyn, what city are you in and what is the situation there? Andriy Voloshyn: Hello, thank you for your interest. …
Interior Minister Aleš Hojs presented Slovenia’s activities and government measures related to the Ukraine crisis as he met foreign ambassadors in the country in Brdo pri Kranju on Monday. He said that since 10 March, 4,400 persons from Ukraine had requested temporary protection, the Interior Ministry said. By: P.T., STA
The Slovenian government will be able to better implement the EU sanctions against Russia, more specifically the freezing of assets of certain Russian citizens, now that new legislation has empowered it to do so, whereas the old legislation was somewhat “flawed”, Foreign Minister Anže Logar said in Brussels. The EU has so far adopted four …
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Slovenia plans to sent its diplomatic representatives back to Kyiv this week. “We are working to make the EU do the same. Ukraine needs diplomatic support,” Prime Minister Janez Janša announced on Twitter on Sunday evening, noting that the diplomats would return to Kyiv on a voluntary basis. The Foreign Ministry later told the STA …
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Karmen Švegl, a correspondent for RTV Slovenia from the war zone in Ukraine, spoke in an interview with the newspaper Delo on Sunday about the visit of Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and two other European Prime Ministers, Polish Morawiecki and Czech Fialo, to besieged Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Švegl, with whom Janša …
Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković recently attacked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anže Logar, as the latter did not extend the validity of Janković’s diplomatic passport, even though mayors are not automatically entitled to one by law. This was a privilege that Janković acquired during the rule of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia party. Meanwhile, Janković …
On Wednesday, Dr Anton Grizold, the former dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and advisor to Robert Golob, the new face of the Slovenian left, and Bojko Bučar, Grizold’s successor at the same faculty, will appear before the court. The prosecution has also filed a lawsuit against Kučan’s personal friend Gabi Čačinovič Vogrinčič. All …
