Thirty years ago, Slovenians decided that they wanted to live in their own, independent state, the Republic of Slovenia. We firmly believed that it would be nicer and better for us than it was in former Yugoslavia. We never regretted this decision, which we also expressed in the plebiscite. However, we expected more from those …
Poles spurred the development of electronics, chemistry and aviation. They constructed portable mine detectors and broke the German Enigma, accelerating the end of the WW2. In the early 1980s, when the world watched the struggle of Polish “Solidarity” and newspapers carried the name of John Paul II on their front pages, only few people knew …
The goal of today’s LGBT ideology is to liquidate the heterosexual norm. Raising children’s awareness of sexuality is a real cause for concern – Patrick Deneen told the Hungarian conservative daily Magyar Nemzet, for whom the liberal elite at the top of the institutions that rule the Western world, all those who cling to traditions, treated …
Prof. Patrick Deneen: “Liberalism is not sustainable because it cuts off its roots” Read More »
The Slovenian Association of Patriotic Journalists expresses great concern over the recent firearm attack on the well-known Dutch journalist Peter R. de Vries, who has been known in his career as a journalist who wrote about many high-profile crime cases. This is a very severe blow to press freedom in the Netherlands, and thus in …
In the three decades of its own statehood, Slovenian society has not developed in accordance with its potential, especially regarding human resources, due to incomplete democratization. Anyone who has read Trstenjak’s optimistic descriptions of the Slovenian national character believed that these people, once freed from totalitarian obstacles, would start to fly on the wings of …
[30 years of independence] For the common good without exclusion Read More »
The Prime Minister Janez Janša presented the priorities of Slovenia’s presidency in the European Union in the European Parliament. Janša addressed all the fundamental current issues and problems facing Europe, and he considers recovery and resilience to be key priorities. While slandering one’s own country is not exactly common in the European Parliament, Fajon’s speech was …
The European Parliament and the European Commission want us to let LGBTQ activists into our schools and kindergartens, but we will not allow this, the Hungarian prime minister said Thursday to journalists in Belgrade. Viktor Orban considered Wednesday’s debate in the European Parliament on the Hungarian Child Protection and Paedophilia Act “a useful debate”. “Positions …
Public sector pay system and regional development topped the agenda as Prime Minister Janez Janša hosted a working meeting with mayors, with ministers announcing more funds for school and sport infrastructure and for primary healthcare. Janša also announced that the government planned to visit all Slovenian regions in the coming six months despite the country’s …
Government discusses development projects, pay system with mayors Read More »
The Finance Ministry proposed a rise in excise duties on cigarettes that comes with an average 5% increase for a pack of cigarettes. The rise, which is expected to take effect in August, is reckoned to bring in an additional EUR 18 million a year. Under the proposal, which will be discussed by the government …
Thirty years ago, Slovenia successfully withdrew from an environment that did not bring it much good. The Yugoslav states, especially the second one, were marked by constant political instability, an unequal position of nations, dictatorship, totalitarianism and drastic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, wars and massacres, confiscation of personal property, and economic and …
It is not just money that unites us in the European Union Read More »
Slovenian media landscape was surprised by the news that the media king of Slovenia, Martin Odlazek, will buy another one of the central Slovenian media outlets – the newspaper Večer (Evening). Before that, he also bought Primorske novice (Coastal news). With the purchase of Večer, Martin Odlazek will become the Slovenian version of the so-called …
When It Comes to the Left-Wing Elite, Media Ownership Is No Longer a Problem Read More »
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Janez Janša went to Strasbourg, where he first met with the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, and then presented the six-month programme for Slovenia’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with the priorities of the presidency in the second half of 2021. However, since apparently some people …
