Judit Varga posts video for Europe Day that sheds light on the Union’s challenges. Instead of a closer and more centralized Union, we need a multipolar, intelligent Europe, said Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga in a Facebook video posted on Europe Day on May 9th. “We Hungarians have always thought about Europe rationally. We have always …
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In his presentation of the Act amending the Water Act, Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning Andrej Vizjak emphasised that the new law tightens the possibility of interventions on coastal properties and that interventions there are no longer decided politically but professionally. The initiators of the Clean Water Referendum are trying to do the …
“What is behind this choice is just politics, as certain politicians believe they need Vojnović in order to recruit and strengthen the electoral base among people whose mother tongue is not Slovenian. But that is a misconception, and besides, a text like this has no place at the Matura exam. It has as much to …
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Practically everyone knows the playwright, poet and translator Boris A. Novak. Recently, the winner of the Prešeren Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 has been spotted at several of the anti-government protests, where, among other things, he read and even tried to sing a few verses he wrote that speak about none other than Prime Minister Janez …
New details have emerged in connection with the killer of the French police officer. The suspect’s attorney said his client was a Muslim. The young man’s mother also spoke up, saying her son was innocent and authorities were just trying to pin the murder on him. Meanwhile, the prime minister met with representatives of the …
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Slovenia has all but met the conditions to move to tier yellow of coronavirus restrictions as hospitalisations have fallen below 500 and the 7-day average fell to 614, just 14 above the threshold. Government data show that 289 coronavirus cases were confirmed on Saturday from 2,406 PCR tests, for a positivity rate of 12%. A …
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The government has issued a decree on measures to remedy the market disruptions in the wine sector caused by the coronavirus pandemic, worth EUR 5.1 million. Like last year, the decree provides for temporary exceptional measures of crisis wine distillation and crisis wine storage for this year. Around EUR 5.1 million will be allocated for …
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Yesterday, Minister Anže Logar opened the 6th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), which represents the final act of the one-year Slovenian Presidency of EUSAIR and the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative. In his address, Minister Logar explained that despite the challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic, Slovenia has managed …
This week’s guest on the show Interview (Intervju) with Jože Možina was Peter Jambrek, Ph.D., who is one of the most visible faces of Slovenian independence. He believes that the Slovenian transition is still not over, but he has noticed that we are at a turning point at the moment. However, he is convinced that …
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President of the Republic, Borut Pahor, has decided to appoint Dr Marko Ilešič for the position of judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union. The candidate must also be supported by the Judicial Council. It is interesting, however, in what way they chose their favourite to win. Head of the Judicial Council, …
On Sunday, partisan songs were sung in Ljubljana again. The crowds wanted to return back to the past, to 70 years ago, and in their desire, they sang the song “Hey brigades, hurry up, chase away the arsonists of Slovenian homes (a rough translation of the Slovenian song “Hej brigade”).” But instead, it would have …
What happened in Ljubljana the past weekend is shameful and unworthy of the Slovenian capital. On Sunday’s Europe Day, the centre of Ljubljana looked as if we were back in 1945. And none other than the mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković, took on the role of the main partisan. Of course, the president of The …
