The annual Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), Slovenia’s pre-eminent foreign-policy conference, will take place in Bled on Wednesday and Thursday. The conference discussions will focus on the future of Europe and will feature the most high-level line-up of senior officials to date. Top Slovenian officials, including President Borut Pahor and Prime Minister Janez Janša, will welcome …
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The Jewish community has long been pointing out the importance of the return of property that was stolen after World War II, including the rather high-profile case of Moskovič’s villa, which is currently owned by the SD party. The European Jewish community has also called on the SD party to return the villa in which …
Last Wednesday night, another Slovenian family drama happened near Litija, which ended with the use of a cold weapon, but fortunately without any fatalities this time. The media apparently decided to keep quiet when it came to the news about Danilo Türk’s former adviser. Media outlet Požareport reveals an incredible story that the left-wing media …
Tensions from Friday’s protesters are not easing – instead, they are growing even stronger. They once again tried to show their power on Friday night, when they decided to destroy the façades of headquarters of various political parties after their rally. The façade of the NSi party’s headquarters was plastered with swastikas and totalitarian symbols, …
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The Commission of the Republic of Slovenia for Medical Ethics (KME RS) is following with concern the renewed spread of the covid-19 epidemic among Slovenian society. The epidemic not only threatens its health power, but undermines its economic power, cripples all its activities and affects the lives of everyone among us. In limiting it, therefore, …
Did the general director of RTVS Andrej Grah Whatmough go too far in the eyes of the transitional left when he dismissed the director of TVS Natalija Gorščak? Given the infamous move of SD in the supervisory board of RTVS for sure. Namely, Siol.net reports that the Supervisory Board met behind the back of its …
Schools and kindergartens have received instructions on how to act if staff does not adhere to the recovered-vaccinated-tested rule. The Education Ministry document obtained by the STA shows that a refusal to get tested for coronavirus will be sufficient ground for a lay-off. By: P.T., STA
Does anyone remember when Donald Trump – to the surprise of many – became President of the United States? Remember when Marine Le Pen ran against Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French presidency? And Matteo Salvini as Vice President of Italy and Minister of the Interior? At that time, pride in the …
Slovenia’s business sentiment improved again in August after a period of decline. The indicator is now at 6.4 percentage points, up 0.8 points from July and up 12.4 points year-on-year, the Statistics Office reported. On a monthly level, business sentiment and confidence improved in services (+0.7 points), retail (+0.3 points) and manufacturing (+0.1 points). By: P.T., …
Slovenia is likely to get a new Covid traffic light system next week with tiers of restrictions defined based on the number of cases in hospital rather than the number of new positive cases, senior health officials said. Health Minister Janez Poklukar said the focus would by on the occupancy of hospital beds in general …
Poland and Hungary stand for common sense in the European Union, and the exchange of ideas between young people from both nations contributes to the construction of a strong Europe, Justice Minister Judit Varga stressed in a video message to the participants of the 4th Polish-Hungarian Summer University in Krasiczyn on Tuesday. The video message …
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President Borut Pahor hosted a delegation of the United States Senate for the Slovenian-American Friendship Day, an annual celebration of bilateral ties. He stressed that the two countries shared the same values. The ceremony in Ljubljana featured senators Richard Shelby, Mike Crapo, John Cornyn, Deb Fischer, John Kennedy and Roger Marshall, and senior Slovenian officials …
