A special fact-finding group from the European Parliament visited Slovenia this week in order to check what is going on in our country in person. The leader of the mission, Sophie in ‘t Veld, emphasised that the delegation’s intention was not to overthrow the government but to establish the facts. “Our task is to monitor
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They came today and will stay until Friday. Of course, this is about LIBE, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. This is a committee that painted a black image of Slovenia in the field of media months ago, and now the representatives of this committee have come to Slovenia, where
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The state will allocate EUR 1.28 million in budget funds for aid to beekeepers who were hit by frost this year, the government decided. According to the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association, this year’s season was the worst on record. The government’s decree is the basis for providing aid to beekeepers who recorded a drop in revenue
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The chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, Sophie in ‘t Veld, is currently visiting Slovenia. She came here to get the “real picture” of what is happening in Slovenia, particularly in the field of the rule of law and the media – despite the fact that she
The government got acquainted with the current price trends in energy markets and decided not to take any action for now. “Slovenia is on the safe side for now, but it is absolutely necessary to invest more in renewables and in new nuclear technologies,” Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec said. The government set up a task
Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs is participating as a panelist in a high-level conference marking the 10th anniversary of the European Asylum Support Office (EASO). Key topics of discussion include the development of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) over the last decade and EASO’s role, the situation in the area of international protection
“Currently trying to clarify the media ‘dictatorship’ for the EU Parliament’s mission. I told them loud and clear what is true: 90 percent of the media is being dictated and brutally used for the political fight by the transitional left – on RTV Slovenia, the main party that is doing this is the SD,” RTV
The chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, Sophie in ‘t Veld, is currently visiting Slovenia. She came here to get the “real picture” of what is happening in Slovenia, particularly in the field of the rule of law and the media – despite the fact that she
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has significantly raised its forecast for this year’s economic growth for Slovenia. For this year, the forecast has risen by 2.4 percentage points – to 6.3 percent. In May, the IMF predicted a 4.5 percent growth of GDP for our country for next year; however, in a report published on