Thirty years after gaining our independence, we still have a half-democracy in Slovenia because the left-wing political forces never intended to really step down from power and allow for pluralism, said the retired Archbishop of Ljubljana, Anton Stres, at the end of the 56th Draga Study Days 2021, adding that the forces of continuity still …
Slovenia plans to erect several dozen kilometres of new fencing on the border with Croatia in an effort to crack down on illegal migrations, Interior Minister Aleš Hojs said. An agreement on the new fencing is about to be finalised and the construction work should start within two or three weeks, Hojs told reporters during …
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Oriana Fallaci (died September 15th, 2006) about… … Islam (1): “Thinking that there is good and bad Islam is at odds with reason.” … Eurabia: “Europe is no longer Europe, it is Eurabia, a colony of Islam, where the Islamic invasion takes place not only in a physical sense, but also in a mental and cultural sense.” …
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Slovenia has been recording solid tourism figures this year but the sector is not expected to bounce back before 2023 or, more likely, 2024, Economy Ministry State Secretary Simon Zajc said. Asian guests are unlikely to return before 2023. However, the digital Covid pass will make travel easier for European tourists in that it removes …
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The number of new coronavirus cases continues to rise in Slovenia, with 1,393 infections being detected on Monday, which is up 59% from a week ago and the highest daily figure since 7 April. The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals was up by 21 to 333 and the number of patients in intensive care …
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After we revealed the exclusive news on our web portal that the director of the Slovenian Press Agency, Bojan Veselinovič, intends to leave the Agency after the end of his second term on the 31st of December this year and then continue his career as a director or super-editor of the centralised editorial office in …
We recently learned that the current director of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as the STA) has supposedly found a new job. According to our source, Veselinovič is supposed to become the director/super-editor of the media tycoon Martin Odlazek’s centralised editorial office in Vevče. As the STA recently reported, the …
A new book by the economist and archive researcher Dr Rado Pezdir is coming in September, in which he has tackled the parallel economy of the new ruling class from 1945 to 2020. In it, he presents the Yugoslavia’s State Secretary Administration’s financial network of off-shore companies, developed by Niko Kavčič, and then continues with …
Shootings, knife attacks, blasts, grenades, automatic weapons and gang wars. Sweden is hard to recognise these days, a Swedish policeman says, adding that they are completely helpless against gang wars. Another officer has launched a petition calling on the government to improve their working conditions. The recent death of a colleague’, who was shot in …
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FM Anže Logar announced at the international donor conference for Afghanistan that Slovenia will donate EUR 300,000 in aid to help the country amid a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. The funds will be used for food, medical care and aid for the displaced Afghans and for refugees in the neighbouring countries, the Foreign Ministry said in …
The Slovenian Armed Forces estimate the interest in voluntary service has increased by 40% to 50% this year as a new concept of voluntary service was introduced on 5 July. Presenting the experiences, Lieutenant-Colonel Jurij Raduha, the head of the SAF Training Centre, said that of the 172 candidates involved in the first of three …
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Another 282 people tested positive for coronavirus in Slovenia on Sunday, an increase of 20% from the same day a week ago, as the number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals passed 300 and one more patient died. Official data shows 312 patients were treated in hospitals this morning, including 74 in intensive care. The National …
