Director of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – hereinafter referred to as the STA), Bojan Veselinovič, apparently lost his temper when we sent him a few journalistic questions, as he rather arrogantly responded that we should find an expert in interpreting data. Well, it was, in fact, a financial expert who found that …
Anyone who follows the coverage of the mainstream media can quickly realise that they are trying to convince us in every possible way that the saga related to the Slovenian Press Agency, foreign media coverage and the appointment of European Delegated Prosecutors are currently the most important topics in the country. While some, including the …
For more than a year now, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia has mainly been dealing with the epidemic and its consequences. However, despite the epidemic, it also sought to achieve the key goals of the coalition agreement. The current government began its term on the 13th of March 2020 (the government was confirmed …
These Are the Most Important Achievements of the Government in This Term Read More »
The Brussels think tank Bruegel revised its recent analysis of national recovery and resilience plans. While Slovenia originally stood out by its low share of digital and green investments, the updated figures place Slovenia in the middle of the rankings. After being quoted at EUR 0.77 billion on Sunday, the figure for Slovenia’s investment in …
The correct analysis shows Slovenia around EU average for green, digital investment Read More »
The Defence Ministry launched on 1 June a new department dedicated to the preservation of military heritage that will also deal with related issues such as the situation of war veterans, the war-disabled and war victims, and management of activities related to war graves. Later this month, the Military Heritage Administration, headed by law expert …
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An unknown perpetrator has recently dumped a major quantity of wastewater treatment sludge in a creek near the village of Pivola, south of Maribor, upstream the local botanical gardens, in what the authorities have labelled an ecological disaster. Hoče-Slivnica Mayor Marko Soršak said the local authorities had been informed about the illegal dump late on …
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The pace of vaccination is gradually picking up. Almost 132,000 shots were administered last week, up by about 30% from the week before. The first week of June also saw the highest number of shots delivered in one day as over 35,000 people were inoculated on 3 June. For this week, vaccination centres have ordered …
In the last few days there have been increasing rumors of a merger between the Lega Salvini and Forza Italia. Initially it would be about the formation of individual parliamentary groups, but the possibility of founding a real party, the Lega Italia, with Salvini as secretary and Berlusconi as president, is looming on the horizon. Until a …
Salvini + Berlusconi? The scenario of a “Lega Italia” is emerging Read More »
The short film encourages young people to damage the electrical grid and to attack Israeli soldiers and repairmen with stones and Molotov cocktails. The roughly two-minute long animated cartoon video was made by the West Bank wing of the terrorist organisation Hamas, which also released it on Telegram. The film shows two Palestinian boys joyfully …
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People need to be woken up and reminded of those fundamental constitutional norms or values on which every policy should be based and on which independent Slovenia also stands. Among these values are freedom, democracy, equality and, of course, security. We all have the right to live safely. We are all equal before the law, …
“If that is true, then Judge Čeferin should be excluded from the proceedings. You do not have to be a lawyer to recognise the conflict of interest in this situation,” former Constitutional Court Judge Jan Zobec told us in response to our question. A judge who is associated with a law firm may not rule …
Not only is Marko Milosavljević, a university professor of journalism, spreading lies and slandering Slovenia abroad; this time he even went a step further and told the show The Listening Post on the English TV channel Al Jazeera that in Slovenia, “lots of journalists and editors are afraid that something will happen to them,” while …
