On Palm Sunday, the 8th of April 1990, the first multi-party elections after the Second World War took place in Slovenia, at which the Democratic Opposition of Slovenia (in Slovenian: Demokratična opozicija Slovenije – Demos) won. Elections that were held 31 years ago were free and multi-party, but the SDS party believes that they were …
In his latest book, Culture and Politics (Kultura in Politika in Slovenian), academic Janko Kos briefly but yet understandably and accurately explains the course of Slovenia’s transition from the communist rule to democracy. In the beginning, “an agreement was reached between the old communist elite and the bearers of the democratic renewal.” With the end …
The former politician turned wealthy businessman and his wife were brutally attacked, tied up and beaten in their home by four burglars of African descent. Ironically, the victim had previously argued that there was no link between growing migration and deteriorating public security. French tycoon Bernard Tapie and his wife were attacked while asleep in …
The speakers at today’s press conference on the current COVID-19 situation were State Secretary Jelko Kacin, National Logistics Coordinator for the Mass Vaccination Campaign against COVID-19, and Tatjana Lejko Zupanc, Head of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Fever Conditions at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana. On Easter Monday, 273 out of 1,879 PCR tests …
More than 347,000 vaccine doses to be supplied in April Read More »
Slovenia woke up to an unseasonably cold morning with temperatures dipping into the 20s below zero in the south of the country in what is the coldest April morning on record. The lowest morning temperature, -20.6 degrees, was recorded in Nova Vas in southern Slovenia, the lowest April temperature on record, and trailed closely by …
The economy needs stability for an effective recovery of the country after the epidemic, which has also been confirmed by renowned experts who would like to see Slovenian politics reach a truce. However, the Slovenian left has no desire to cooperate but only wants to overthrow anyone it possibly can, regardless of the fact that …
When I saw a report on Slovenia in the evening programme of the German First Television, ARD, I first thought that they had simply summarized the news from some article from one of the German newspaper – Der Spiegel, Südeutsche Zeitung or Die Welt. But then, I was surprised by an ARD journalist living in …
My Correspondence With the ARD Journalist Neumaier Read More »
“The history of the National Liberation Movement does not know of any official establishment of the Liberation Front (Osvobodilna fronta – referred to as the OF). The anti-fascist front was not established either because it already existed before the disintegration of Yugoslavia. This date was chosen with manipulative intentions, Kidrič needed a date of its …
“BBZ’s narrative and conclusions, for example, though impossible to prove right or wrong in terms they are phrased, are welcome, given that they frankly and in a nutshell expose fears and hopes of the Slovenian vanishing post-communist left. The vanishing part hopefully leaving behind its present left, liberal or right elements for novel development – …
According to the latest data on vaccines received among the countries of the European Union, Slovenia ranks 7th, i.e. at the very top of the countries. You are unlikely to find this information in the mainstream media. The world-famous BBC has published new data on vaccinations and vaccines received by population between EU countries. On …
The registered jobless total was down for the second consecutive month in March, standing at 82,638, or 6.1% less than in February. The number is nevertheless 6.1% higher than the number of registered unemployed persons in Slovenia in the same month last year. A total of 4,569 jobless registered with the Employment Service anew in …
The results of the vote of no confidence against the current government, the interpellation of Minister of Education, Science and Sport, Simona Kustec, the interpellation of the Minister of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Janez Cigler Kralj, and the interpellation of the Minister of Culture, Vasko Simoniti, are like shots in the foot …
