“For almost 33 years, the world has forgotten about the victims of the massacre. That must change,” said Prime Minister Janez Janša in his address at Saturday’s event organised by the Iranian Diaspora Free Iran World Summit. Hossein Abedini, a member of the Iranian parliament in exile, stressed that millions of Iranians rejoice to see the …
Police officers received a report from SDS MP Janez Moškrič, who was verbally attacked by a group of extremists and threatened with death and murder of his family. This is the second consecutive attack on a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS). Yesterday, strangers destroyed the car of Ljubo Žnidar from Žalec. “Quo vadis …
Another horrific attack on an SDS MP: “We will kill you and your family!” Read More »
Before the 30th anniversary of the independent state of the Republic of Slovenia, we spoke with one of the main authors of the first Slovenian democratic constitution and the first president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Peter Jambrek. DEMOKRACIJA: Mr. Jambrek, you are one of the authors of the famous 57th …
“If it is a real person, the Slovenian police and the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary should not have much work to do. When the first will answer for such calls, it will be over,” said Ukom director Uroš Urbanija, pointing out an example of a threat that is ripe for criminal prosecution and which often …
Will the competent services take action? MPs would be killed with a bat this time! Read More »
Among the participants of the prom trip from Dolenjska region, who returned from the Spanish resort of Lloret de Mar on July 3rd, 101 new coronavirus infections were confirmed by Saturday. Preliminary results suggest that it could be a delta version, the NIJZ explained. Among the participants from the Gorenjska region, in the trip, 20 …
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Knowing the situation in the National Assembly, I can say that the party’s coalition-opposition stance always gives way when it comes to issues of individual regional interests. Our parliamentary history knows quite a few cases when local and regional political interests were unified regardless of the political party and a decision was voted on that …
Tanja Fajon shames Slovenia, and German MP Maximilian Krah praises it Read More »
Researchers of the biospeleology group of the Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty published in the Nature Communications journal an article which, according to the principal author Špela Borko, shows for the first time that “descendants of the ancient explosions of evolution may also be found in Europe, if you look in the right spot – underground”. In …
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President Borut Pahor will host his Austrian and Croatian counterparts, Alexander Van der Bellen and Zoran Milanović, respectively, on 15 July. The trilateral meeting will discuss the future of the EU and challenges the bloc faces in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The presidents will focus on post-pandemic recovery that should be used as …
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Pragmatic Hungary-Russia cooperation helped Hungary contain the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic and it will again help Hungary in its efforts to relaunch the economy, Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday at INNOPROM Industrial Exhibition in Yekaterinburg. The economic response of Hungarians to the pandemic was not the standard …
The Lighthouse Park in Izola saw the opening of the “My Reading Room” art installation, through which Slovenia participates in the Europe Readr project. “Europe Readr invites us to read the European Union in all its diversity and interconnectedness. It is also an invitation to encourage reading as a way to improve our understanding of …
The National Assembly unanimously endorsed a law on measures to help farmers affected by the spring frost. The legislation provides the basis for a final damage assessment and for emergency measures. The majority of deputy groups were in favour of making the aid available as soon as possible. The frost has caused exceptional damage to …
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Thirty years ago, Slovenians decided that they wanted to live in their own, independent state, the Republic of Slovenia. We firmly believed that it would be nicer and better for us than it was in former Yugoslavia. We never regretted this decision, which we also expressed in the plebiscite. However, we expected more from those …
