“Given that in your reply to our letter, you wrote that you cannot interfere in Slovenian legal matters, while at the same time, you seem to be very committed to getting the court to take a decision that will suit the left-wing political pole, we have to say that you are using double standards and …
The European Commission has raised its economic growth forecast for Slovenia from 0.8 percent to 1 percent, and from 1.7 percent to 2 percent for next year. Inflation is expected to reach 6.1 percent in 2023 and fall to 3.5 percent in 2024. “Slovenia’s GDP is projected to grow by 5.1 percent in 2022, mainly …
The saga of the infamous C0 channel, which runs across the Kleče aquifer and is a source of drinking water for 300,000 Ljubljana residents, also resonated with Brussels. The project is co-financed by the EU, despite the many objections of the people of Ljubljana and the negative opinion given by the National Institute of Public …
The wrangling, which has been dragging on for a year and a half now, ended today. The European Commission approved Hungary’s post-pandemic recovery plan, the EC’s Justice Commissioner told a press briefing. The decision will unblock 5.8 billion euros in non-refundable grants for the V4 state. After a year and a half, the European Commission …
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At a time when there is a lot of talk on the political floor of the European Union about the interference of foreign powers in the democratic processes of European countries, it is becoming clear in Slovenia that one of these foreign powers is the European Union itself. Namely, the European Union finances certain key …
While the European Union and its commissioners deal with the media in Slovenia and Hungary, none of the high-ranking EU representatives ask the socialist government in Malta how the investigation of the murdered journalist Daphne Caurana Galizia is progressing. This hypocrisy of the Brussels bureaucracy and the European Commission was pointed out by the Polish …
The European Commission recommended Slovenia and all the other EU countries to diversify their imports of fossil fuels and reduce their dependency by increasing the use of renewable sources of energy and by strengthening power distribution networks. In its European Semester Spring review, the Commission told the countries they could strengthen the use of renewables …
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Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. Following Sunday’s extraordinary meeting on the situation in Ukraine, the ministers continued their discussion on the response to the situation there, which requires constant and close monitoring and an immediate and decisive EU response. They supported the European Commission’s …
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The European Commission’s guidelines for abolishing Christmas have inspired a TV channel to publish an unusual video. The Russian-language RT channel has published a video about the “tolerant” celebration of Christmas. The clip mockingly explains why it is “right” to exclude Santa from the celebration, and shed light on other “tolerant trends” in the West, while also …
With the MEP, political scientist and one of the most recognisable representatives of the Slovenian Democratic Party Dr Milan Zver, we talked about current events in both Brussels and Ljubljana. The main part of the conversation was dedicated to the European Union. DEMOKRACIJA: Mr Zver, let us first touch on the report of the European Parliament’s …
The European Commission approved a EUR 15 million Slovenian state aid scheme to support rail freight transport. The European Commission Representation in Slovenia said the measures will support single carriage transport and combined transport. Support under the scheme will be available in the form of direct grants to railway companies until 31 December 2023. STA
