Slovenia has taken over the Presidency in rather thankless circumstances. Even if we leave aside the stubborn pandemic and the pressing need for a digital and green transition and increased safety and resilience of the alliance against many foreseeable and unforeseeable threats, there remains a number of challenges in the foreign policy arena where the …
The Free Trade Union of Slovenia, the Trade Union Glosa and the Trade Union of Professional Firefighters of Slovenia are outraged by the dismissal of Matej Jemec, secretary of the Gorenjska regional organisation of the ZSSS, as they are convinced that it is an illegal dismissal. Now the support for Jemec has been also expressed in …
In Slovenia, the left still worships totalitarian symbols of communism, such as the red star or the sickle and hammer. Even in the middle of the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, there is a monument to the mass murderer Boris Kidrič, and many roads or streets are named after dictator Josip Broz Tito. That is why the …
Last week, Slovenia’s Prime Minister Janez Jansa caught the world’s attention when he publicly called for an international investigation into the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran and specifically the role of President-elect Ebrahim Raisi in that massacre. Addressing the Free Iran World Summit 2021 alongside distinguished international personalities such as former US …
Brave Slovenia is right to seek accountability over the 1988 massacre in Iran Read More »
Slovenia has one Commissioner in the European Commission – namely, Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management, who was approved as a candidate by Šarec’s government. He became better known to the public when he, along with some representatives in the European Parliament, tried to block European funds for Slovenia, which he then officially denied (along …
In a text that he sent to a friend, the former journalist of the newspapers Delo and Dnevnik, Dejan Karba, revealed how Slovenian politics work. When someone is getting on your nerves – because he is not “ours,” of course – he should be disqualified in a sophisticated and cunning way. First, an initiative is …
Has the national media outlet RTV allowed itself to mindlessly spend taxpayers’ money once again? All employees who decide to retire will receive as many as ten monthly salaries. According to Article 132 of the Employment Relationship Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/2013 et seq.), an employee is entitled to two …
RTV Is Offering Rich Severance Pay to Those Who Will Retire Read More »
After the landing of 560 illegal immigrants in Augusta on July 12th by the NGO Ocean Viking, the number of landings in Italy from Libya suddenly dropped to zero, according to the Interior Ministry, apart from the usual Tunisian boats that arrive directly in Lampedusa. Since the beginning of 2021, NGOs such as SoS Mediterranée, …
Without NGO ships in the Sicily Canal, no illegal immigrants will be disembarked Read More »
– We are one of the most dynamic parts of Europe, so our interests and our voices should be taken into account in the development of European solutions in the right proportion, said Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who yesterday at the Visegrád Foreign Ministers meeting with his Hungarian, Czech and Slovak counterparts Komárom participated …
The Communication Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (UKOM) has sent the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) the final version of the public service contract. The total contract value is estimated at EUR 2,028,000.00, and UKOM took into account the costs of providing individual public services, as indicated by the STA director Bojan …
Slovenian Press Agency (STA) got the final version of the public service contract Read More »
Can the EU itself expand its powers, which are beyond the control of the states, through the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union? The Polish Constitutional Court had to answer this question when on Wednesday, July 14th, it examined an application from the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court (the Polish Court …
Polish Constitutional Court: ECJ has no right to extend its jurisdiction Read More »
The child protection law, passed by the Hungarian parliament on June 15, has unleashed one of the biggest offensives against Viktor Orbán’s government. The new law caused a wave of hysteria among Brussels bureaucrats and an immediate reaction from the Commissar Vera Jourova, who has long been sharpening her knives against Hungary and Poland, who …
