On Tuesday morning, I was still in bed when I was awakened by a phone call from a reporter. He was asking me if the information that Prime Minister Janez Janša was going to Ukraine was true. Of course, I knew nothing about it. However, immediately after that, it turned out that the prime ministers
After Tuesday’s historic visit of the Slovenian, Polish, and Czech prime ministers to Ukraine, with which, among other things, Slovenia ranked itself among the top category countries in terms of European and world diplomacy, new breaking news came from the Hague on Wednesday: in accordance with Article 41 of the Statute of the Tribunal, the
The signatories of the public call to the Government Communication Office believe that the Office’s analysis of RTV Slovenia’s reporting, which is regularly being published on official government websites, interferes with the foundations of media freedom, without which it is not possible to think critically and discuss the shared problems in our society. But according
Yesterday in Brdo pri Kranju, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended a solemn event of the Chamber of Craft and Entrepreneurship of Slovenia, at which he was the keynote speaker. At the ceremony, the awards Craftsman of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020 and 2021 and the Oldest Craftsman in 2020 were presented.
Prime Minister Janez Janša gave an interview today for the BBC World Service. Most of the interview was devoted to the visit of the Prime Ministers of Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland to Kyiv. The Slovenian Prime Minister began by saying that he and the Polish and Czech Prime Ministers had travelled through the
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Member of the European Parliament and President of the Social Democrats party (Socialni demokrati), Tanja Fajon, has found herself on the wrong side of history again. On her Twitter profile, she criticised the visit of Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša to Kyiv, which was a sign of solidarity with Ukraine. Given that the visit of
According to MEP Romana Tomc, the CONT and LIBE committees have recently exchanged views with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office because MEPs were interested in the opinion of the European Public Prosecutor on the solo action of Slovenia’s Prosecutor-General, Drago Šketa, in Moscow, where he signed a cooperation programme with the head of Russian State
The unprovoked brutal aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has resulted in uniform condemnations and effective measures, including sanctions, as well as swift and effective assistance from the European Union and other European countries. But at the same time, “part of the domestic opposition and editors are continuing with their political persecution and accusations
Slovenia reported 2,904 new coronavirus cases for Tuesday, roughly a third more than the same day a week ago, but down about 30% from the previous day. Five more patients with Covid-19 died, Health Ministry data shows. A total of 208 patients are treated for Covid-19 at hospitals as of this morning, seven fewer than
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The National Assembly endorsed the new environment protection act, which has been labelled by Environment Minister Andrej Vizjak as an “environmental constitution”. It predominantly deals with management of packaging waste, while also introducing measures to prevent or reduce the generation of all kinds of waste. Most importantly, the bill transposes EU rules and new directives,
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Prime Minister Janez Janša reiterated that the EU must offer Ukraine a fast track to EU membership, telling BBC World Service radio that this is a strategic decision. “We have to accept the challenge, we have to stop pretending that this is a normal situation and we need 15 years of negotiations and bickering about
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Slovenian President Borut Pahor emphasized the importance of the EU integrating the Western Balkans, in particular Bosnia-Herzegovina, as soon as possible to preserve peace and stability in Europe as he warned in a lecture in Vienna that the war in Ukraine revived “an outdated geopolitical mentality”. The EU’s enlargement to the Western Balkans “is a
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