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 …
Timi Zajc won a Ski Flying World Cup event in Obersdorf, Germany, jumping 232 metres. This is the second victory in his career after Oberstdorf in 2019. Poland’s Pjotr Žyla was second, and Stefan Kraft from Austria third. Slovenia’s Žiga Jelar finished fourth. This is the 71st Slovenian individual victory in ski jumping and the …
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Anna Sandak, head of research team at the InnoRenew CoE research institute facility and a professor at the University of Primorska, became the first woman in Slovenia to receive a European Research Centre (ERC) grant. Sandak and her team will use the EUR 2 million award to develop engineered living materials. Her work promotes the …
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Minister for Slovenians Abroad Helena Jaklitsch discussed the consular needs of the 30,000-40,000 Slovenians living in Germany with officials at the Slovenian Embassy in Berlin on Saturday. Jaklitsch talked about the challenges with Polona Mal Bitec, who is responsible for consular activities at the embassy. Due to great interest in consular services, the officials discussed …
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Air transport in Europe, including Slovenia, and around the world has been severely restricted due to the consequences of the covid-19 epidemic and continues to be so. According to Eurostat, the drop in passenger transport in Slovenia in 2020 in comparison to 2019 amounted to 83.3 percent (EU average was 73.3 percent), which was the …
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We could have expected that at least one part of the Slovenian public would side with Putin. This has, in fact, been the case since the beginning of the aggression against Ukraine – some justify it, others deny it, and still others are sympathising with Ukraine, while attacking the government even more fiercely. It is …
