EU ministers responsible for research discussed today the links between recovery and resilience plans (RRF) and the European Research Area at an informal videoconference. At the meeting, the Minister of Education, Science and Sport, Dr Simona Kustec, emphasised that the RRF plans are an excellent opportunity for promoting key structural change and investment in the …
A press conference on the current situation regarding the Covid-19 virus was held by Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs, Director of the National Institute of Public Health Milan Krek, Head of the Consulate Sector at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrej Šter and Slovene living in Argentina Mariana Poznič. Official spokesperson Maja Bratuša presented the most …
The Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša wrote to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen regarding the accusations of the Vice President of the European Commission Vera Jourova that there is no freedom of the media in Slovenia. The letter of the Prime Minister of Slovenia is published in full: Dear …
“In order to draw attention to the double standards, the writer copied the threat sent to Minister Aleš Hojs word by word and sent it to MEP Tanja Fajon. He was asked to report to the police, even though the prosecution refused to prosecute the perpetrator who wrote the original threat and sent it to …
Do you still remember the Stožice project? And the role of the Mayor of the city, who is the reason why Ljubljana got everything it needed, but the price was paid by many of the subcontractors – lots of whom came from Bosnia? Of course you remember. However, the Sarajevo authorities apparently decided to forget …
Lucas Guttenberg is the Deputy Director of the Jacques Delors Center, a European Union-oriented think tank. He became known to many Slovenians active on Twitter only when he passionately defended Politico’s journalist Lili Bayer, who wrote an article accusing Prime Minister Janez Janša of intimidating and persecuting media he does not like. The Prime Minister was …
The Cabinet of the Prime Minister Janez Janša announced that a proposal for an agreement between political parties and representatives of nationalities in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia on cooperation in shaping responses to fundamental development challenges in the period 2021–2022 had been forwarded to all presidents of parliamentary parties, i.e., LMŠ, …
During a check of a cargo vehicle registered in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the Obrežje border crossing with Croatia, Slovenian police and customs officers rescued on Tuesday 13 citizens of Iraq who had been transported in a secret compartment in the vehicle. Some of them required medical attention due to lack of air and dehydration. As the …
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The enforcement of political correctness can create confusing and quite comical situations. One such recent case was when YouTube, which uses various algorithms to block and censor so-called hate speech, blocked the channel of a Youtuber, commentator, and chess player, Antonio Radić. The Croatian Youtuber, who comments and talks about chess on his channel “Agadamator” …
“The employers do not want to lose people who have loads of work experience, which is especially common among older employees. However, in cases where new energy and mastery of new technology is needed for a certain job, the employer should definitely have the opportunity and the right to offer such positions to the generation …
The decision of the Constitutional Court was met with lots of criticism Read More »
After the project of the vote of no confidence failed, an article appeared in Politico the very next day – completely by chance, surely – in which the journalist Lili Bayer claimed that the Prime Minister of the Slovenian government, Janez Janša, allegedly intimidates and persecutes the media which are not to his liking. She …
On 27 January 2021, the Communication Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (GCO) fulfilled all of its obligations to the Slovenian Press Agency (SPA) arising from the public service contract. Regardless of the fulfilment of all of the obligations stipulated in the contract, which was signed by the former Director of the …
Press release regarding the financing of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) Read More »
