Over the past few weeks, farmers in up to ten EU countries have taken to the streets, staging increasingly large demonstrations. In most cases, they are protesting against Brussels’ ideology-driven plans and environmental measures. So far, the most significant protests have unfolded in France, where demonstrators have blockaded major junctions leading to Paris for several …
In many OECD countries, the middle class has seen their ability to save decline and, in some cases, has even fallen into debt, as the tax burden on Europe’s middle class becomes increasingly controversial in the current cost of living crisis. The income and tax burden on the middle classes varies considerably across European countries. …
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The Congress of the European People’s Party (EPP) was held on Wednesday and Thursday in Bucharest, and it was also attended by a delegation of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) – one of EPP’s members. At the EPP Congress, SDS party President Janez Janša spoke about the main challenges that the …
On Friday, Roman Vodeb, a well-known psychoanalyst, sexologist, director and playwright, angrily announced on YouTube that his play, the comedy “The Disappointed Housewife At The Sexologist’s,“ had been censored and that some Slovenian cultural institutions, including the Prešeren Cultural Centre in Kranj and the theatre hall in Novo mesto, refuse to include it in their …
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On Thursday, the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, called on the United Nations Security Council to adopt resolutions for a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave. At a time of mass crimes against the civilian population, the right of veto is no longer legitimate, said the President, who demanded “that the Security …
Golob’s ship is sinking and everyone seems to be jumping off – even those who were closest to Prime Minister Robert Golob at the beginning of his mandate. After his party’s Secreatary-General, Vuković, the Heaf of Prime Minister’s Office, Petra Škofic, Golob’s closest colleague, is also leaving. Who will be next? Petra Škofic has been …
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“They are so well coordinated, aren’t they? A user poses a question to the 8th of March Institute (Inštitut 8. marec) under their post, and the European Commission in Slovenia answers!” is one of the very telling comments on the social network X, which, in agreement with many others, suggests that the European Commission in …
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After the news recently broke in the media that Vesna Vuković will be replaced as Secretary-General of the leading coalition party, the Freedom Movement (Gibanje Svoboda), by Rok Marolt, who comes from the circle of Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič, rumours that the current Prime Minister Robert Golob wants to take the Commissioner’s post, for which …
The Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia has denied the allegations of sending data to persons without legal treatment and as part of “special arrangements”, but MP Mojca Šetinc Pašek pointed out that they are lying in her recent statements to the press. She admitted that the Financial Administration had sent the commission of …
“I cannot rule out what has been written on the portal,” former Freedom Movement-turned-independent MP Mojca Šetinc Pašek commented on allegations made by Požareport that the Secretary-General of the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda), Vesna Vuković, had accessed classified information from the National Assembly’s commissions of inquiry. At a press conference on Monday, Mojca Šetinc …
While advanced countries reward work and the business sector, Slovenia, under the current government, rewards non-work while destroying economic activity through high taxation. The Left party’s recent proposal would cost the taxpayers even more money. The lower unemployment benefits should also work as a sort of motivation for people to get employed. But this, of …
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Following the announcement of a new asylum centre being established in Brežice soon, the Brežice Municipal Council met on Tuesday to express its clear dissatisfaction with the government’s decision to set up asylum centres in the municipality without the consent or any prior consultation with the local community. If the government goes ahead with its …
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