Afghanistan’s migration minister has announced that he will use force, if necessary, to force governments to deport Afghan asylum seekers. At the same time, the Taliban are threatening to launch legal proceedings, including one against Germany, for perceived damages. Khalil Haqqani, the Taliban’s migration minister has offered to take back Afghan asylum seekers from Germany. …
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At the 7th rally of retirees organised by the initiative Voice of Retirees and the Institute 1st October on 6th September , several thousand people gathered in Republic Square in Ljubljana. This rally, like the previous ones, featured Slovenian music, and Slovenian flags waved in the air. Once again, none of the government officials or representatives of state …
Two years ago, the Democratic leader promised asylum to migrants, criticising the conservative-led southern states for their restrictive immigration policies. Now he’s burying his own city. Stressing that he sees no end in sight to the raging migrant crisis, New York Mayor Eric Adams warned that the continuing influx of illegal migrats is destroying New …
On Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Slovenia in the case of Igor Bavčar, by six votes to one. Namely, it ruled that his right to the presumption of innocence had been violated in the Istrabenz trial. Slovenia must pay him 10,000 euros in damages and 6,000 euros in costs. Our …
“Since the beginning of the process of amending the Radio-Television Slovenia Act, I have regularly and thoroughly warned various Brussels institutions about the political subjugation of the Slovenian national media outlet. Their reactions are the perfect examples of duplicity,” MEP Romana Tomc was critical, insisting that the reactions are also an indication of how quickly …
The popularity of the so-called wonder boy of the energy industry, Robert Golob, has apparently started to dwindle. The Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda), of which Golob is the president, has started to fall behind the largest opposition party, the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS). Also, judging by the results of a …
The visit of two uniformed police officers to the national media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia (RTVS) in search of the long-time journalist Jože Možina, the police inquiring with farmers about their participation in the farmers’ protests, and even the recent inquiry of the Financial Police of the Republic of Slovenia about protesters who went to a …
The government has set up a call centre for flood recovery, which became operational on Wednesday. The call centre was set up to provide relevant information on the recovery from the August floods, but after calling 114, we found that they had no information either. After speaking to one of the staff, we learned that …
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MP Zvonko Černač pointed out that the rejection of the Water Act in 2021 happened because of the people who now sit in positions of power in the government and also in the parliament, who, back then, under banners with the words “Freedom,” managed to manipulate the nation into thinking that there was something bad …
“The persecution of hate speech? Remember the term “national interest” from years ago and how taxpayers were robbed because of it, while the working class was deceived! Hate speech, green transition, media depoliticisation… “brothers and sisters” of that national interest, you will see. The chosen ones are paving the way to maintain power, consequently, enrich …
“If at the beginning I thought that it was just a matter of impropriety, I now have doubts. Was it even a police task? Which good was at risk? It would be very sensible for the Slovenian police to supplement their public announcement (Article 34 of the Police Duties and Powers Act) and reassure the …
Police intimidation of farmers before protests, police visiting journalist Jože Možina in his workplace, and the latest incident, a visit to pensioners by the Financial Administration. The use of the police to restrict protests and freedom of speech is clearly becoming a trend, and the current government is more than obviously using intimidation tactics to …
