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Medical ethics committee approves of anti-Covid drug Lagevrio

Slovenia’s national medical ethics committee has no reservations towards Lagevrio, a medicine also known as molnupiravir. The committee maintains that the drug brings significant progress in fighting the coronavirus epidemic, as it prevents a severe course of Covid-19 or death. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the drug for coronavirus treatment on 19 November even …

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Unprecedented Scandal: Supreme Court Prejudges Masleša’s Lawsuit Against the Media

“The Supreme Court has announced in advance that Masleša will win the lawsuit. This is an unprecedented scandal. Let it be known that the old communists still control the judiciary. And worst of all, this comes from a post published by the Supreme Court itself. And they are not even embarrassed by it,” journalist Igor …

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Constitutional Court Judge Dr Dr Jaklič in a Separate Dissenting Opinion: There Are Plenty of Legal Bases for the Recovered/Vaccinated Rule for Employees in State Administration!

“At this point, we should ask ourselves whether the Constitutional Court really believes that public administration employees are the type of people that would rather be exposed to a Covid-19 infection than get vaccinated – with the abundance of vaccines we currently have available – in order to satisfy the recovered/vaccinated rule. I’m sorry, but …

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Exceptional Success of Slovenia and Minister Cigler Kralj: An Agreement on the Minimum Wage Directive in the EU Has Been Reached, Which Will Affect as Many as 25 Million Workers!

At its meeting on Monday, the European Union’s Employment and Social Policy Council reached an agreement on the proposed directive on adequate minimum wages, which is aimed at ensuring fair working conditions in the EU. This is a remarkable success for Slovenia, and especially Minister Janez Cigler Kralj, as the agreement between the Member States …

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Mateja Logar: Let’s behave responsibly towards ourselves and others

The head of the advisory group at the Ministry for Health, Mateja Logar, took part in the press conference on COVID 19. A total of 1,857 PCR tests were carried out yesterday, confirming 775 new infections. The proportion of positive tests was 41%. The 2,986 PCR tests carried out on Saturday confirmed 1,116 new infections, …

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RTV Slovenija gets new ombudsman

Marica Uršič Zupan, a journalist for the regional newspaper Primorske Novice, was appointed ombudsman at public broadcaster RTV Slovenija, an office concerned with processing complaints by viewers and listeners. She will start her five-year term on 18 January pending approval by the public broadcaster’s general manager to succeed veteran RTV Slovenija journalist Ilinka Todorovski, who …

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Poland protects women

Poland is often portrayed by the media and liberal parties as an ultra-conservative country where women and minorities are restricted in their rights by a government of religious fanatics. A patriarchal and oppressive regime in which women suffer all sorts of abuses. A dystopia as portrayed in the popular series “The Handmaid’s Tale”, an image …

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EU marginalising child protection rights because of violent LGBTQ propaganda disappointing

Brussels wants to abolish child protection measures in Hungary through an infringement procedure, the group leader of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party told Hungary’s public media. He called it disappointing that the European Union was marginalising child protection rights because of the “violent LGBTQ propaganda” targeting children. A referendum is the strongest means against attempts to …

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The Dark Past of Judge Masleša: From the Communist Party to Patria

Supreme Court judge Branko Masleša’s problems are not limited to him proving the authenticity of his diploma; events from the past are also causing him some trouble. Allegations of him enthusiastically describing how a refugee was shot in the head are coming to light again, and he also signed an unconstitutional conviction of those accused …

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An Open Letter to the Members of European Parliament: “Slovenia Is Not a Dutch Colony”

Legal activist Vili Kovačič, the Slovenian TIGR – the 13th of May association, the Taxpayers Never Give Up association, and the civil initiative DEM – for the democracy of equal opportunities, have sent an open letter to the members of European Parliament, protesting the debate in the European Parliament, which was held after the Committee …

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