On the first day of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, we reported that the Commission approved Slovenia’s recovery and resilience plan, worth 2.5 billion euros. Now, however, new information has come to light, which reveals that some people have made considerable efforts to obstruct this approval – and among them …
The concert I will wear a red star, prepared by Svetlana Makarovič and many guests, was held on Congress Square on Sunday. The organisers chose the 4th of July for the concert because, in the former common state of Yugoslavia, it was the day of celebrating the fighters. The central message of the event was …
Tomaž Štih – nicknamed Libertarec (Libertarian) – shared an interesting piece of information on Twitter, about the left-wing parties’ fight; the SD party in particular, regarding the privatisation of water: they were part of the government coalitions that sold the companies Fructal, Radenska, Pivovarna Laško, Pivovarna Union and Costella. As part of the referendum campaign …
Authorities banned the Croatian singer Marko Perković Thompson’s concert, and a series of human rights breaches followed. The case is now in Strasbourg. “The same court was the defendant and the court ruling in the case, which violates the appearance of impartiality, and the equality of arms,” explains a law professor. “Violations are more than …
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The national television RTV Slovenia is also the official television station of the Slovenian presidency, as it signed a contract worth 180 thousand euros, in which it agreed to cover the events of public interest and provide technical support during the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. However, on the very first …
Lots of people from the ranks of the opposition were happy to hear that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, began and ended her speech with a quote by the last President of the Communist Party of Slovenia, Milan Kučan. Namely, they are trying to use this fact to sell their …
According to some media outlets, the central topic of Slovenia’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union is the statement made by Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs, or rather the interpretation of who the minister had in mind when he mentioned swines. “The second day of the presidency and the second scandal is …
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The Administrative Court has dismissed the lawsuit and request for an interim injunction in the case of the non-appointment of European Delegated Prosecutors. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit prematurely, as they have not yet received the government’s decision on the appointment of European Delegated Prosecutors, the Administrative Court announced. In terms of content, the lawsuit …
Following the debate among European leaders on Hungary’s LGBTQI+ law, which bans the promotion of homosexuality and gender reassignment among children, Margaritis Schinas, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for promoting our European way of life, said he wants to believe that all Europeans have the same way of life. Among other things, he …
Yesterday, Slovenia is taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second time. On this occasion, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the College of Commissioners arrived to Ljubljana and met with the Slovenian Government. Before going to Brdo, where the working meetings took place, …
Slovenia yesterday assumed the Presidency of the EU Council for the second time. The European Commission, headed by President Ursula von der Leyen, is visited our country to mark this occasion. After a morning visit to the Pediatric Clinic in Ljubljana, Prime Minister Janša and the President of the European Commission met for a bilateral …
The European Commission gave the green light to Slovenia’s plan for resilience and recovery. This was message brought by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the College of European Commissioners to today’s meeting with the Slovenian Government, which is taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union …
