The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) upgraded by 1.5 percentage points its GDP growth forecast for Slovenia in 2021 to 5%. The institution expects that Slovenia’s economy will expand by a further 4% next year. The bank said that the key factors of the Covid-related contraction were private consumption and investments, which were …
EBRD upgraded Slovenia’s GDP forecast to 5% growth this year Read More »
The rise of crude oil as the most important source of energy in the history of civilization would not have been so spectacular had it not been for four resourceful Poles. The kerosene lamp owes its existence to two Poles—Ignacy Łukasiewicz and Jan Zeh. Another Pole, Witold Zglenicki, found vast deposits of crude oil in …
The Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrád Group organized a summit meeting in Ljubljana between the heads of government of the V4 and Slovenia on Friday, July 8th. The Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who was present alongside Viktor Orbán and Janez Janša, emphasized that “both the V4 countries and Slovenia are against the attempts of the …
Central Europe: The most important news from July 5th to 11th Read More »
In the last 24 hours, police officers in the area of the Koper Police Department dealt with 6 illegal migrants. 1 Tunisian citizen who applied for asylum was arrested near Brežec; 2 Pakistani nationals were arrested in the Snežnik area; 1 Iranian citizen who applied for asylum was arrested in Prešnica; 1 citizen of Afghanistan …
Half a dozen migrants were arrested in Primorska region Read More »
The Republic of Slovenia has always been broadminded in granting citizenships. The disappearance of national identity. The pro-migration policy of left-liberal governments. Requirements for doctors and teachers who speak Albanian or Bosnian. How much of Slovenia is still Slovenian? These days mark the thirtieth anniversary of those days in which we “fulfilled the millennial dreams …
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“For almost 33 years, the world has forgotten about the victims of the massacre. That must change,” said Prime Minister Janez Janša in his address at Saturday’s event organised by the Iranian Diaspora Free Iran World Summit. Hossein Abedini, a member of the Iranian parliament in exile, stressed that millions of Iranians rejoice to see the …
Police officers received a report from SDS MP Janez Moškrič, who was verbally attacked by a group of extremists and threatened with death and murder of his family. This is the second consecutive attack on a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS). Yesterday, strangers destroyed the car of Ljubo Žnidar from Žalec. “Quo vadis …
Another horrific attack on an SDS MP: “We will kill you and your family!” Read More »
Before the 30th anniversary of the independent state of the Republic of Slovenia, we spoke with one of the main authors of the first Slovenian democratic constitution and the first president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Peter Jambrek. DEMOKRACIJA: Mr. Jambrek, you are one of the authors of the famous 57th …
“If it is a real person, the Slovenian police and the prosecutor’s office and the judiciary should not have much work to do. When the first will answer for such calls, it will be over,” said Ukom director Uroš Urbanija, pointing out an example of a threat that is ripe for criminal prosecution and which often …
Will the competent services take action? MPs would be killed with a bat this time! Read More »
Among the participants of the prom trip from Dolenjska region, who returned from the Spanish resort of Lloret de Mar on July 3rd, 101 new coronavirus infections were confirmed by Saturday. Preliminary results suggest that it could be a delta version, the NIJZ explained. Among the participants from the Gorenjska region, in the trip, 20 …
So far, 101 infections have been confirmed among participants in a prom trip to Spain Read More »
Knowing the situation in the National Assembly, I can say that the party’s coalition-opposition stance always gives way when it comes to issues of individual regional interests. Our parliamentary history knows quite a few cases when local and regional political interests were unified regardless of the political party and a decision was voted on that …
Tanja Fajon shames Slovenia, and German MP Maximilian Krah praises it Read More »
Researchers of the biospeleology group of the Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty published in the Nature Communications journal an article which, according to the principal author Špela Borko, shows for the first time that “descendants of the ancient explosions of evolution may also be found in Europe, if you look in the right spot – underground”. In …
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