The Slovenian judiciary was shocked by a new court scandal, which supposedly brought to light the “cowboy” manners of some Slovenian judges. It is known that the President of the Court has no legal basis for confiscating a legal file or even interfering in a trial of any judge. The latter is certainly obliged to
At the recent plenary session in Brussels on media freedom in Poland, Hungary and Slovenia, SD Party president Tanja Fajon said that not only is heath currently being threatened in Slovenia, but also media freedom and democracy. This was, of course, said with the intention of creating an atmosphere for her parliamentary colleagues in Brussels
2TDK, the state-owned company managing the project of the new railway line between the port of Koper and the Divača hub, has downgraded the estimated costs of the project by almost 7% to EUR 1.126 billion. The previous investment programme from January 2019, which was not upgraded, the estimated costs were EUR 1.194 billion, the
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The government has decided to extend the state of epidemic by another 30 days effective as of 18 March. The government also adopted the Ordinance amending the Ordinance determining the conditions for entry into the Republic of Slovenia for the purpose of containment and control of the COVID-19 infectious disease. The epidemic is still spreading
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Yesterday, a Joint Declaration on the Conference on the Future of Europe was signed by European Parliament President David Sassoli, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa, on behalf of the Presidency of the Council. This paves the way to launching a series of debates and discussions that will
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The epidemiological situation in Slovenia and abroad was presented by the deputy head of the Centre for Infectious Diseases at NIJZ, Nuška Čakš Jager. A total of 6,017 people were given a PCR test on Wednesday, with 952 or 15.8% testing positive. In addition, 25,046 rapid antigen tests were performed. The number of patients in
“This is true liberty: when free-born men having to advise the public may speak free. What can be juster in a state than this?” John Milton wrote sometime around 1644. But unfortunately, we know that free media, especially nowadays, is a kind of utopia. However, we should, in the role of the nation’s reason, memory
“Dear Commissioner, today is the first time we are talking about Slovenia. Today’s debate on media freedom in Slovenia is a successful export of the domestic political fight of Slovenian socialists and liberals to the European Parliament. The debate is misleading, as it is not a fair presentation of the Slovenian media space and is
“The left wing’s continued ideological warfare against Central and Eastern European countries divides and disintegrates Europe,” Balazs Hidveghi, MEP of Hungary’s larger governing party, said in his speech at the European Parliament’s debate on the media situation in Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. Sooner or later, left-wing attacks will target any right-wing government that boldly and
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“In light of recent events pertaining to the announced expulsion (or exit) of the Hungarian FIDESZ Party from the European People’s Party, please allow me to share with you concerns of the Assembly for the Republic, a non-governmental organisation of Slovenian intellectuals from the traditional-liberal circle of the EPP. As this dispute resonates in the
“With today’s debate, the Slovenian opposition is once again shamelessly using all possible means to overthrow the Slovenian government. A recent survey by the Slovenian Faculty of Media showed that 80 percent of the media in Slovenia are left-wing and anti-government. And yet, the government does not limit anyone. On the contrary, during the crisis,
Apparently, some people are unable to come to terms with the recent results of the report of the American non-governmental organisation Freedom House, in which Slovenia received 95 points on the scale by which they measured the level of freedom for 2020. Which is one point more than the year before. The leader of the