The National Assembly passed in a 50:36 vote amendments to the act on road transport that create the legal basis for transportation platforms such as Uber or Lyft, changes that the government argues will facilitate the digitalisation of the transport sector. The proposal sets down that drivers using digital platforms would need to get a …
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The key challenges for the EU in the coming period are getting back on its feet after the Covid-19 pandemic and setting itself strategic goals, including expansion to the Western Balkans, PM Janez Janša said as he addressed Slovenian diplomats. EU enlargement is particularly important for Slovenia because of its proximity to the region, but …
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In terms of GDP growth, Slovenia has recorded encouraging results, as it increased its GDP by 1.6 percent in the first quarter, despite the restrictive measures, and even achieved a 2.3 percent higher GDP than in the same period last year. Compared to neighbouring countries, Slovenia is the only country that has achieved GDP growth …
Roman Jakič is another political convert on the left-wing political pole. In the past, he was a long-time member of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) party. After Zoran Janković entered politics, Jakič joined his party Positive Slovenia (PS). He was also a member of Golobič’s Zares party for some time. When the rift between …
“However, the question arises – why do the owners of Mladina JSC have such a complex ownership structure? What are they hiding? How do they even dare to accuse others of anything before taking care of their own messes first?” tax expert Ivan Simič wondered in response to Mladina magazine. On the 15th page of …
After contracting by an estimated 5.5% in real terms last year, Slovenia’s economy returned to growth in the first quarter of the year as GDP expanded at an annual rate of 1.6% in real terms or by as much as 2.3% when adjusted for season. It rose by 1.4% from the final quarter of 2020, …
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Slovenian diplomats started their annual consultation focusing on Slovenia’s upcoming EU presidency. Foreign Minister Anže Logar said Slovenia was well prepared for the presidency, listing the Conference on the Future of the EU and the progress of Western Balkan countries on their path towards the EU as the key topics. He said the debates should …
A press conference on the current situation regarding COVID-19 featured the head of the vaccination advisory group, Bojana Beović. According to the current data, a total of 1,501 PCR tests and 7,598 rapid antigen tests were conducted yesterday. The PCR tests confirmed 91 new infections, which amounts to a positivity rate of 6.1 percent. According …
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Yesterday, Prime Minister Janez Janša held a working lunch with the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who is paying an official visit to Slovenia between 31 May and 1 June 2021 at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor. This is the second bilateral visit of …
According to the reports of the mainstream media, on Friday, the 28th of May 2021, the biggest protest against the current government to date took place in Ljubljana. The main “heroes of the fight against dictatorship” were, in addition to the non-governmental organisations, trade union leaders Lidija Jerkič (the Association of Free Trade Unions of …
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On Friday, the campaign of providing information on vaccination at stands all over Slovenia began, which is organised by the Government Communication Office of the Republic of Slovenia, in cooperation with the National Institute of Public Health and the Ministry of Health. It started with a stand on the Prešeren Square, where representatives of the …
Representatives of all parties of the Democratic Opposition of Slovenia, known as DEMOS, gathered on Congress Square in Ljubljana at a rally, which was not attended by the left-wing opposition. DEMOS president Dr Jože Pučnik emphasised that Slovenians are a peaceful nation and that we do not ask for anything that does not belong to …
