The Maribor foundry – Mariborska livarna Maribor (MLM), once a successful company with more than two thousand employees, is in a tragic situation today. After the big words and promises of the Minister of Labour, Luka Mesec, the workers have been left empty-handed, and the insolvency administrator Katarina Benedik has filed a proposal to sell …
The Tragic Case Of The Failure Of Luka Mesec’s Socialist Promises Read More »
Soon after his swearing-in ceremony as the Minister of Labour, Luka Mesec visited the Maribor foundry. He promised the employees of the foundry that he would stop the sale of the company in trouble and present a workers’ buy-out instead. Months and years passed, the “workers’ buy-out” turned out to be a utopia, and the …
Instead Of Mesec’s Utopias, The Workers Of MLM Received Packages From The Red Cross Read More »
The Prime Minister’s Office has announced that in the coming days, Prime Minister Robert Golob will have to undergo hernia surgery. Due to the surgery, he will be absent for a few days. He will be replaced by the former leader of the Left Party (Levica) – Luka Mesec. “The Prime Minister, Dr Robert Golob, …
A second Rally for Palestine took place in Ljubljana on Thursday. The protesters were mainly leftists and migrants, who gathered in Prešeren Square, where they unfurled flags and banners. Afterwards, a small crowd of protesters marched to the US Embassy, where the police closed the street, and then to Republic Square. The march was organised …
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The company MLM (Mariborska livarna Maribor – the Maribor foundry) is close to insolvency and on the road to bankruptcy. The most serious buyer, the company Mutares, withdrew its takeover bid last week. Like another investor interested in MLM earlier this year, it wanted help from the state, which it did not get. It should …
The Company That Minister Mesec Said He Will Rescue Is On Its Way To Bankruptcy Read More »
The government’s plans to finance the post-flood reconstruction are slowly taking shape. Although Prime Minister Robert Golob has implicitly claimed that they will first try to get the money from wherever they can and only then introduce new taxes, the new tax is clearly a fact, and that has become clear as day before the …
One year ago today, Slovenia became different. From a country that surpassed the European average in almost all aspects of development, success in dealing with the coronavirus, from a country where new projects grew like mushrooms after rain, to a country where citizens are tremblingly waiting for the next “idea” of the authorities to not …
Election anniversary: these are the real achievements of Golob’s government Read More »
In 2014, our current Minister of Labour, Luka Mesec, claimed that Yugoslavia was one of the most powerful countries during its time, and one of the most successful economies in the world. Which went bankrupt and miserably collapsed due to an inefficient economy, and at its end, Slovenia had only achieved 30 percent of the …
Trade unionist Teja Jarc has gotten lucky again – a job in one of Europe’s leading trade unions is on the cards for her, which includes more than excellent pay, although Jarc has not yet confirmed this information. The Slovenian public remembers her mainly as a protester during the term of the previous government, when …
Now that we are living in times of Freedom, there will be enough jobs for all, hoped the voters who naively voted for the left-wing saviours on the 24th of April. There will indeed be no shortage of jobs – but apparently only for the right people. And when we talk about the right people, …
Before the holidays, the government of Robert Golob surprised the wider Slovenian public by announcing an amendment to the Financial Administration Act, which contains a highly controversial provision that allows the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia to secretly track cargo (and, therefore, citizens, too) without a judge’s order. The law was initially opposed …
“Before the elections, the government promised us a new social deal, but instead, these days, strikes and protests are being announced by the dissatisfied people who are receiving the lowest salaries, as well as by doctors, judges and managers,” was the announcement for the recent episode of the show Tarča (Target) on the national media …
