The Prime Minister proposed to the Parliamentary Summit to annul the consultative referendum on defence spending. The decision to annul was tabled by the Freedom Movement (Gibanje Svoboda) parliamentary group. The statement was confirmed by other representatives of the parties who attended the Parliamentary Summit. Prime Minister Robert Golob thus concluded the series of meetings
“We don’t have defence because of NATO. We have defence or an army because of the need to defend our own homeland, our own country in the event of danger,” former Defence Minister and long-time President of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), Janez Janša, stressed at Tuesday’s press conference of the
The government of Robert Golob is convinced that Slovenia’s defence capabilities could also be strengthened with the purchase of a new Falcon jet aircraft. The latter is not a military aircraft, and there are legitimate speculations that the purchase is part of a plan by the Golob government to antagonise its NATO allies and present
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Since February 2022, much of the world has been in a modern Cold War. Unlike the 20th-century Cold War, Europe is not its main stage or battlefield this time, even though a hot war is raging on its continent. The primary struggle for power is taking place between the U.S. and China. A glance at
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Although the Russian invasion of Ukraine has clearly demonstrated how important it is for European countries to strengthen their defence capabilities, some people are still reluctant to increase defence spending – even now. This includes Prime Minister Robert Golob, who stressed ahead of Monday’s informal meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels that Slovenia is
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On Wednesday, guests on the show Dogodki in odmevi (Events and Echoes) on the national Radio Slovenia commented on the Presidential election in the United States of America and Donald Trump’s victory. However, during the show, commentator Matej Šurc also said that Slovenia will now have to choose between saving money for weapons and leaving
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On Monday, the radical leftists repeated their rampage at the Faculty of Social Sciences (Fakulteta za družbene vede – FDV) and occupied the lecture halls, while the management of the faculty – and the University of Ljubljana in general – bowed down and confirmed the rule of the street over democracy. The leadership of the
Since its “depoliticisation,” the national media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia (RTVS) has been producing daily news programmes along the lines of the “non-aligned” ones, as former minister Žiga Turk noted. The shows Dnevnik (Daily News), Odmevi (Echoes), Zrcalo tedna (Mirror of the Week), Utrip (Pulse) are not only internal political agitprop agitation for socialism, but the
According to Jelko Kacin, former Ambassador to NATO, no one imagined that after centuries of neutrality, Finland and Sweden would decide to join NATO. “They say that military non-alignment is irresponsible, as it does not guarantee peace, stability and predictability in the future. Any European politician who is mature enough understands that Ukraine is fighting
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“This group of pro-Putin people actually represents the Slovenian deep state. They are powerful because they control vast parts of the mainstream media, the judiciary, the Supreme Court, the police, universities, and state-owned companies. They control the Slovenian government, too,” Janša warned his colleagues from NATO. The President of the largest opposition party, Janez Janša,
“The investigation is still ongoing, there are two foreign citizens being investigated, who are accused of espionage, and this is a very serious matter that we are following very closely,” Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon commented on the affair, who, despite the seriousness of the matter, does not intend to call the Russian ambassador to a
“We, the presidents of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, who visited Kyiv during the war and saw with our own eyes the effects of Russian aggression, in the face of serious violations of international law by the Russian Federation, cannot remain silent,” begins the statement signed by the presidents of Poland, Romania, the Czech