“Golobism” has wormed its way into every pore of Slovenian society. Besides the economy, the hardest-hit area is the right to expression – not just freedom of speech, but all forms of expression: online opinions, statements by opposition politicians, and what the media write or report. Until now, we could only speak anecdotally about a …
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Freedom of expression in Slovenia has regressed under the government of Robert Golob. Until now, this was clear to everyone in the country — both to those who were restricting freedom of expression and celebrating it as “depoliticization,” and to their victims. Now it has also become clear to the international community. According to the …
Reporters Without Borders (a far-left association of international journalists) reports that Slovenia is ranked 50th on the World Press Freedom Index. Meanwhile, the Baltic countries (once part of the Soviet Union) rank very high, just behind the developed European democracies. What is wrong with the Slovenian media landscape, and what can we learn from the …
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