The Minister of Justice has no intention of resigning, even though the Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati – SD), her parent party, have called on her to step down. She is not giving up her post, despite the fact that she has signed off on the highly controversial investment to buy a new building, which, once …
The Family Initiative (Družinska pobuda) has calculated that the average Slovenian family with two average salaries and two children in kindergarten will be deprived of 2,036 euros per year as a result of the harmful measures taken by the government of Robert Golob. The parents’ salaries are lower due to higher income tax, families receive …
Former Slovenian Ambassador, Tone Kajzer, is not surprised that Slovenia continues to slide down the list of countries that respect the rule of law. He attributes this problem to several factors, one of which is people’s own responsibility. It is the people’s own fault that we have what we have, according to Supreme Court Judge …
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Under the current government led by Robert Golob, the absorption of European Union funds has practically stopped. In a matter of months after this government took over (from April to July 2022), Slovenia fell from 4th to 11th place among all EU Member States in terms of absorption of funds. From being a prosperous country, …
“This post is misleading. Products cannot actually be bought at these prices,” commented the X network with its “fact-checker” on the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food’s recent announcement boasting of a cheap basket of basic foods. In the days following the said publication, Slovenians have also often asked where they could buy products at …
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The government of Robert Golob has repeatedly warned us that there are no reserves in the budget and that we will have to tighten our belts. Of course, this does not include the state, like, for example, in Argentina, but only private individuals. We have already found out repeatedly that there are more than enough …
Until recently, the old maxim of rulers was “Divide and rule”. The Slovenian Prime Minister has not yet survived even two years in power, but outside observers can already conclude that Golob has turned Caesar’s maxim on its head. The number of cases where the Prime Minister has changed his mind practically overnight is so …
The Golob government recently boasted that a law has entered into force that provides for the repayment of fines for certain offences from the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. “This is a severe blow to all healthcare workers who worked during the pandemic to ensure that as few people as possible fell ill and died …
On Friday, another pensioners’ rally took place in the centre of Ljubljana, where participants demanded more decent pensions. The pensioners gathered in Republic Square, where the weather cleared up. Pavel Rupar, the leader of the protest movement, estimated that 23 thousand pensioners had gathered to demand a more decent life. This was the 9th big …
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – OECD has downgraded its economic growth forecast. The world economy is expected to expand by 2.9 percent this year, which is 0.1 percentage points less than the September forecast. The OECD forecasts the Slovenian economy to grow by 1.4 percent this year, which is 0.1 percentage points …
On Friday, the government adopted a bill on urgent measures in the field of healthcare at an urgent correspondence meeting. The Government Communication Office explained that the law will help to improve the accessibility and efficiency of the healthcare system. The question is whether this will be achieved in a constitutional way. As Igor Muževič, …
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“If this is the case, then Slovenia is no longer a constitutional democracy. We have become a political jungle in which those who there are more of can rule lawlessly and therefore without limits – and even with the active assistance of the Constitutional Court,” warned Dr Matej Avbelj and Dr Peter Gregorčič in a …
