The government has adopted a decree that will regulate the performance of the public service of the Slovenian Press Agency in more detail. Uroš Urbanija, director of the Government Communication Office, emphasised that the existing situation is being resolved, as the funding has stopped due to violations of the law of the agency’s director Veselinovič.
The government decided to extend the majority of existing coronavirus restrictions while slightly easing them in the cultural sector, where serving food and drinks will once again be permitted during cultural events. The remaining restrictions – the majority have to do with consumer-facing services – have been extended until 20 June. The government said this
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On the 29th of June, 20 years will have passed since the signing of the Agreement on Succession Issues of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – SFRY. How many payments did the Succession Fund of the Republic of Slovenia make as part of the framework of implementing the judgment of the European Court
Former President of the Republic, Milan Kučan, is upset, and he quickly made a statement for the Slovenian Press Agency, in which he expectedly attacked the move of the current government, which “removed the ‘confidential’ classification from his report on the possible further developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the year 2011.” He said that
“The Novo mesto District Court has rejected the criminal complaints against Serb Dragomir Grujović, who has been repeatedly accused of war crimes against civilians as well as attempted murder in the last three decades, which means that he has now been acquitted. Three decades after Slovenia gained its independence, the oldest criminal case, the last
Chinese company Huawei announced it planned to set up a regional logistic hub in Slovenia for some 19 markets of central and south-eastern Europe. Thus, the flow of its goods through the port of Koper will increase and new storage facilities will need to be built near Ljubljana airport. The multiplicative value of the decision
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David Engels is a Belgian historian currently working at the Zachodni Institute in Poznan. He is a specialist in Ancient History, particularly the Roman and Seleucid, and is also a leading thinker of European conservatism who has been dealing with identity issues for more than a decade. Engels became known through his book “On the Way to
Interview with Marcin Romanowski, Polish deputy minister of Justice. D. in law, he was director of the Institute of Justice between 2016 and 2019. On 4 June 2019, the Minister of Justice, Zbigniew Ziobro, appointed him Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Justice and responsible for the cybersecurity of the judicial system and the
Due to a false complaint against the Director of the Communication Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, Uroš Urbanija, a criminal complaint was filed against Katarina Bervar Sternad and Nataša Pirc Musar on June 9th, 2021. Since Katarina Bervar Sternad and Nataša Pirc Musar filed a criminal complaint against the Director of the Communication Office of
Energy group GEN-I plans investments worth a billion euro until 2030 in new technologies and digitalisation, including the construction of 1,000 MW of new solar power plants. “Decarbonisation of Slovenian energy sector is possible by 2040, without jeopardising the reliability of supply,” general manager Robert Golob said. The new solar plants – roughly 20,000 of
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Dear International Press Institute (IPI) and Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), we are responding to your latest text (HERE), in which you express your concern about the response of the Slovenian Prime Minister, Mr. Janez Janša, who described the Memorandum (HERE) on freedom of expression and media freedom in Slovenia, prepared by Council of Europe
Oxford University students recently removed a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II from the walls of the university while 150 faculty said they would refuse to teach until the university removes a statue of Cecil Rhodes from a building off campus. The removal of the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of England was decided on Tuesday
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