Following the identification of the UK and South African variants in Slovenia, the Nigerian strain of coronavirus has also been confirmed in the country, private broadcaster POP TV reported, adding that seven cases had been detected so far. Health Minister Janez Poklukar told a press briefing earlier in the day that 62 cases of the …
The government adopted a revised vaccination strategy on Monday, envisaging 61 vaccination centres, including 13 in hospitals. Presenting the changes, Health Minister Janez Poklukar said on Tuesday priority groups remain the same, with health workers in top tier, followed by people over 80, 75 and 70, and then vulnerable patients with chronic conditions. Next come …
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An anonymous letter from the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) reveals that director Bojan Veselinović has an authoritarian ruling style, pays himself and his chosen ones rich rewards for “work performance”, and most employees are afraid of him because he is “self-interested, insidious, and vindictive”. “However, he has a good support, as more than half of STA …
Last week during the TV show Faktor on TV3, the political marketing consultant Sebastjan Jeretič said something very interesting about the “independence” of the Slovenian media. He revealed that before the 2008 parliamentary elections, when it was becoming clear that the SDS party might win the elections, the journalists got involved and started asking members …
“You borrowed at an interest rate of 5 to 7 percent, and you did not want to accept cheap money from the European bank resolution mechanism. You put the weight of all the money you borrowed for the rehabilitation of the banks on the shoulders of Slovenian taxpayers and future generations,” Prime Minister Janez Janša …
Foreign Minister Anže Logar hosted his counterparts from Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia to discuss Slovenia’s upcoming EU presidency and the coronavirus pandemic. “The meeting was a great opportunity to present our views and priorities for the presidency so as to harmonise key issues that will be on the EU’s agenda within the …
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Tonight marks 20 years since the attack on the then Večer journalist Miro Petek. The Slovenian (left) media mainstream accuses the center-right government of curtailing journalistic freedom, attacking journalists, and endangering their lives. They inform the international public and organisations about this, although none of it is true, as everyone is guaranteed freedom of expression, …
“Brussels’ interference can be a double-edged sword. The success of the European intervention is questionable, especially if it would foster the feeling in Slovenian politics that the EU is not part of the solution, but part of the problem,” the “independent” and “transparent” newspaper Delo (work) wrote on Sunday, as they are worried about various …
“It is high time for Slovenian high schoolers to start writing graffiti everywhere, in public and non-public places, that say: LIBERATION FRONT 2.0, and then live in accordance with this, too! The clerical fascism of the corrupt Janez Janša, with the support of the Catholic Church, is trying to deprive them of their personal, professional …
“With the judgement of the District Judge Vlasta Lajlar in the criminal case against the accused Luka Štitić for the criminal offence of threatening, under the first paragraph of Article 135 of the Criminal Code (Kazenski zakonik – KZ-1), following the indictment by the District Court in Celje (…) on the 18th of January (…), …
At Friday’s press conference, Minister of Health Janez Poklukar said that Slovenia has confirmed the first case of the South African coronavirus variant, detected in the Maribor area in a person who has returned from Africa. The Epidemiological Service traced all high-risk contacts and sent them into quarantine. The Minister also said that, as a …
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Illegal immigrants arriving from along the Balkan route were being assisted by a self-purported volunteer aide association which is now under investigation as part of a large-scale crack-down in Italy. The Trieste prosecutor’s office has initiated proceedings against the alleged volunteer association for aiding and abetting illegal immigration. The Trieste-based Linea d’Ombra Association was founded …
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