The Left and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen seem to have come to terms with the fact that in certain cultures the clocks tick differently: it is not customary to shake hands with a woman, even if she is the Commission President of the EU. BRUSSELS – The scene is reminiscent of the “Sofagate”
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In addition to his Facebook and Instagram pages, the Hungarian Prime Minister has started uploading his YouTube channel. Although the channel had been present since 2013, it has only now been activated. Viktor Orbán has already been present on Facebook and Instagram, but only now he has also activated himself on the most popular video sharing
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President Borut Pahor urged stepping up EU enlargement to the Western Balkans as he appeared in a panel debate at the Munich Security Conference, saying the EU was the only answer to the issues troubling the region. He identified the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the stalled Belgrade-Prishtina dialogue and Bulgaria’s blocking North Macedonia’s EU accession talks
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“The differences between individual surveys are really big and also unusual. And what is even more unusual are the fluctuations in support that some agencies have measured for specific political parties. This is not the case with the Parsifal Agency; our measurements have consistently shown two important things for two months now: the first is
On the 13th of January 2022, with five votes in favour and two votes against, the Constitutional Court decided to reject Vida Svetek’s constitutional appeal against the judgment of the Supreme Court. Namely, Svetek, who is the daughter of the convicted Viktor Habič, filed a request for protection of legality against the verdict of the
Interview with Vladyslav Kovalchuk, Intermarium Support Group co-coordinator and political analyst, Master’s degree in Security Studies from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. What do you think is going to happen in Ukraine in the coming weeks, and do you think a Russian invasion as repeatedly announced in many Western media is feasible? As it is
The Prosecutor’s Office is going after the right-wing media outlets ahead of the April election, with the intention of intimidation and silencing. One of the targets of this attack is also the Demokracija magazine (Democracy). However, this is probably just the beginning. District State Prosecutor Alenka Jesenko has even decided to attack satire, which is
President and Vice-President of the Slovenian Democratic Youth (the youth wing of the Slovenian Democratic Party – SDS) talked with our media outlet about the problems that young people face today. They believe that young people should be more strongly encouraged to start a family, should be given higher scholarships, have more internships and practical
Slovenian athletes won seven medals at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which puts the country second only to Norway in medals per capita. Overall, Slovenia ranks 15th among all countries on the Olympic medal table. Team Slovenia won two golds, three silvers and two bronze medals, four of which in ski jumping, two in snowboarding
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LPS or Last Pizza Slice, a band of five teenagers, will represent Slovenia at the 66th Eurovision song contest in Turin with the song ‘Disko’ (Disco) after winning the combined vote from the audience and judges on Saturday. LPS made it to the final of the national EMA contest as one of the four finalists
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On Friday, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended an informal meeting of the European Council in Brussels, where he and European leaders discussed the current situation in Ukraine and relations with Russia, as well as the aggravated security situation due to the accumulation of Russian forces in and around Ukraine. After the meeting, he said in
Slovenian company PharmaHemp has started building an EUR 11 million facility to produce and process hemp products in Komenda, north of Ljubljana, in what it says will bring together the broadest range of services in the field of hemp in Europe. The 3,320-square metre hemp factory will be “the most modern and technologically-advanced infrastructure for
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