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 …
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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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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In recent days, the question of where is the diploma of the Supreme Court judge Branko Masleša has caused quite a stir. Namely, Masleša is said to have graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1975. We made inquiries about this at the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo, as well as at …
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Anže Logar attended the Rome MED 2021 – Mediterranean Dialogues international conference, which is taking place in the Italian capital under this year’s title “Leveraging Transitions”. Minister Logar together with the Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno and Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman …
A survey on Slovenia’s energy efficiency (Reus) has shown that 25% of households are considering using public transport such as city bus or train more often, while only less than 5% are ready to increase use of public transport. “This means that a good quarter of all households has the potential to increase use of …
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At friday’s meeting of the Telecommunications Council, chaired by the Minister of Public Administration, Boštjan Koritnik, the EU ministers unanimously endorsed a general approach on the NIS2 directive, which will make a major contribution to improving the EU’s resilience and cyber incident response capacities. The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Digital Transformation, …
Fraport Slovenija’s managing director Babett Stapel, who took over at the helm of the company operating Ljubljana’s international airport in October, is optimistic about the airline industry and airport’s future depite the pandemic, but she expect a full recovery only in 2025. While passenger numbers are growing, they are still expected to be 75% below …
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At the invitation of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland’s senior ruling coalition party Law and Justice (PiS), several leaders of European conservative parties arrived in Warsaw on Saturday for a conference. The list of attendees included Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, French National Rally party leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and Spain’s Vox party …
Six Italian military doctors and nurses arrived in Slovenia to help the medical teams of the Slovenian Armed Force helping at Covid-19 hospitals. Another nine could not arrive due to the bad weather but will join them on Monday. The 15 Italian medical professionals, of whom five doctors, are to help at UKC Ljubljana, the …
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“Nobody will suffer much if they are not able to drink mulled wine or eat a hot dog bought at the Christmas market stall, but if somebody close to you or even you yourself would end up not being admitted to the intensive care unit because not enough beds are available, that would be the …
“What is important here, banging on desks and screaming, and what else? Why is any of this necessary? You are adults who can communicate in a cultural way. I am chairing the session today,” said Iva Dimic, the chairwoman of the Committee on Education, Science, Sport and Youth, at the committee’s recent session. Right after …
