“Who will create the truth?” Matej T. Vatovec, an MP of the Levica party (the Left), wrote on Twitter, commenting on the resignation of Bojan Veselinovič, director of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as the STA). “STA is the pillar of all news for the media. The equation is simple: …
Bojan Veselinovič announced today that talks with the director of the government’s communications office Uroš Urbanija on a public service contract in 2021 were unsuccessful and that he could not agree to the conditions under which “a government representative is forcing payment for a public service provided by STA for free now for the 273rd day”. He …
“It is true, however, that there are certain areas where we did not actually do much – we did practically nothing, and this is the field of healthcare,” was one of the few sincere admissions from the leader of the SAB party, Alenka Bratušek, who has now signed a new agreement on post-election cooperation with …
On Wednesday, we once again witnessed an unregistered rally; however, it is well known that the president of the Resni.ca party (the Truth party), Zoran Stevanović, was actively inviting people on social media to join him at the protest. The protesters, some of them children, wreaked real havoc this time, as they took to the …
The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia published data that shows that the government’s consolidated gross debt at the end of the second quarter of this year was estimated at 80 percent of GDP. Debt in Slovenia is lower than the average within the euro area and is expected to decrease further in the …
The Constitutional Court has suspended the implementation of the provisions of the decree, which on Friday introduces the condition of recovery or vaccination (PC) for employees in the state administration, lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar confirmed to STA, who, on behalf of the Police Trade Union of Slovenia, filed a request for an assessment of the …
Prime Minister Janez Janša paid a working visit to the United Kingdom for talks his British counterpart Boris Johnson. Bilateral political ties, fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and the EU-UK relations topped the agenda. Janša and Johnson also discussed cooperation in light of Slovenia’s EU presidency and the presidency of the UK of the COP26 climate …
Slovenia’s public finances improved significantly in the second quarter of 2021 due to faster economic growth and higher revenue. The general government deficit narrowed to 5.8% of GDP from 8.3% in the first quarter, whereas consolidated debt was down by six percentage points to 80% of GDP, show Statistics Office data. Overall revenue growth outpaced …
Susanna Ceccardi, LEGA MEP, on the fight against illegal immigration, the lessons of Afghanistan and the difficulties of a common foreign policy. Illegal migration across the Mediterranean to Italy has increased sharply this year. What are the causes? Susanna Ceccardi: Illegal migration occurs when countries do not take decisive action against human trafficking. And they help …
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The interior minister announced in mid-September that he intended to disband a publishing company which promoted radical Islamist views in several publications and whose leaders were linked to jihadists. Barely two weeks after the French interior minister announced his intention to disband the Islamic book publisher Nawa, based in the southwestern department of Ariege, the …
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For more than a year now, we have been witnessing the process of renaming of Titova Street in Radenci. “But such a name, which is, among other things, a symbol of mass crimes against humanity, also affects the human dignity of (even the still living) victims and their close descendants, as well as anyone with …
The left-wing extremists surrounded the building ahead of the public tribune at the Workers’ Home (Delavski dom) in Trbovlje, trying to break into it, but luckily, the police prevented the worst from happening. The extremists also threw granite cubes at the building. During their visit to the Zasavje region, the government representatives and their interlocutors …
