Janez Poklukar, a 42-year-old doctor-turned health manager who has been leading Slovenia’s largest medical centre through the biggest ever health crisis, was appointed new health minister by the National Assembly in a 50:31 vote. Poklukar successfully restructured Jesenice general hospital before taking over as director general of UKC Ljubljana in August 2019, where he is
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Slovenian Deputy Prime Ministers Zdravko Počivalšek and Matej Tonin also expressed their support for an independent media investigation in Slovenia. “I second the call for action. If Brussels only has the (dis)information from one side, they cannot have a complete picture of the situation,” Počivalšek wrote, and Matej Tonin reminded everyone that “it is only
“I followed the formation of five new parties – Positive Slovenia, Zares, Gregor Virant’s party, the Party of Miro Cerar, and the List of Marjan Šarec. I am not wrong if I say that there are always the same names in the background of these formations; the frontmen of the parties are the only things
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In her note entitled “Hate as a political method”, SDS MP Eva Irgl reminded of a text about hate speech she had written eight years ago, noting with sadness that “in all these years, even my efforts and warnings in this area, nothing has changed in the minds of many.” As she pointed out years ago, the
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After the publication of the article »How the journalist Tepina fell into his own trap or Evidence of criminal investigators hidding crime in their kinds through the media«, a journalist Pop TV (Mrs. Nika Kunaver), owner of watchdog 2016, that is a member of the eminent club of top shit members of Slovenian journalism, as
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Constant pressuring and threats against the SDS party, as well as the other parties of the coalition, are not slowing down. Quite the opposite, they are escalating. Jure Ferjan, the youngest SDS MP, is very worried about this. “Death threats against the Prime Minister Janez Janša are also death threats against the largest party in
There seems to be no end to the charlatan actions, the number one targets of which are now the politicians and right-wing journalists. On Friday, the National Assembly discussed hate speech and threats, and while that was going on, certain charlatans visited the home of SMC MP Monika Gregorčič. Despite the fact that we live
A new batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has arrived in Slovenia. It comprises 22,230 doses, of which 2,200 will be used for second jabs and the rest for the first, the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) said. In line with the vaccination strategy, the batch is intended for residents older than 80. If some
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The press conference on the current situation regarding COVID-19 was attended by State Secretary at the Ministry of Health Alenka Forte and Mojca Kirbiš, Headteacher at Rado Robič Limbuš Primary School. Some 1,428 PCR-tests were performed on Sunday, of which 247 were positive, which is 17.3 per cent, and 8,551 rapid tests were also done.
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Foreign Minister Anže Logar said recovery after pandemic should include actions aimed at achieving greater equality, solidarity and social protection as he addressed in a video call the UN Human Rights Council, which started its 46th regular session virtually in Geneva. He welcomed the recent US decision to re-engage with the council and noted that
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“We do not need hostility and “war” in Slovenia. What we need is a responsible government, a constructive opposition and a plural and fair media landscape. Not one where the media from the right is described as the “factory of evil” and those from the opposite side are described, on a daily basis, as credible,
The current opposition, which has been in power for 23 years after 1990, commissions articles about its martyrdom in foreign media outlets. I have been following the controversy surrounding the article “Inside Slovenia’s war on the media,” written by journalist Lili Bayer for the POLITICOEurope web portal, with great interest. I have been following the
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