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The Banks Are Not The Only Ones From Whom The Golob Government Will Take Money (Again)

After Prime Minister Robert Golob announced a 0.2% statutory tax on banks’ balance sheets, saying it was the only way to help with flood recovery, the Minister of Finance has now announced “forced aid” for others, too. So, what is coming? The final showdown with capitalism and businesses? Prime Minister Robert Golob believes that the …

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How The Golob Government And NGOs Deliberately Cut Funding For Flood Protection

Slovenia is under water, the situation is catastrophic, the damage is record-breaking, and the rainfall is not over yet. Hydrologists expect more flooding of the Krka, Sava, Drava and Dravinja rivers and a record flow of the Sava River near the border of the country. Sirens are sounding in cities around the country, evacuations are …

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Pahor: The Golob Government Will Feel The Consequences Of Its Radical Language First Hand

“Clearly, this mandate is seen as a mandate where dominance must be shown, as if this is a sign of power. However, if you are actually powerful, you don’t have to prove it,” former President of the Republic Borut Pahor recently told the weekly Domovina. After leaving his previous post, former President of the Republic, …

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We Are Dealing With Incompetent Politics That Is Not Driven By The Desire To Ensure The Well-Being Of Our Fellow Citizens

Robert Golob’s government was sworn in exactly one year ago. On the 1st of June 2022, Slovenia got its most aggressive transitional government ever. We spoke to Dr Matevž Tomšič, a Professor at the School of Advanced Social Studies, about its achievements. Tomšič said that we are dealing with incompetent politics, driven and motivated by …

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Janša: A Year Of Lost Opportunities, Rampant Bureaucracy And Anti-Reforms

“Have you filled your tanks up with the cheapest petrol in Europe yet?” the leader of the opposition Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) asked the journalists in relation to Thursday’s anniversary of the swearing-in of the government of Robert Golob. Janša’s assessment of the first year of Golob’s rule is that this …

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The Golob Government Cannot Stand Even A Hint Of Media Criticism!

“Every government wants to control the media, but since this, the current government, has crossed all boundaries, it seems to me that they went into the elections with the maxim that they were bringing freedom and that they were ending some supposed dictatorship that the previous government was supposedly running. Now we see that they …

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From Being On Top During The Janša Government, A Fall To The Bottom In Terms Of Absorption Of EU Funds Under The Golob Government

Slovenia is the penultimate country in the European Union in terms of spending the funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan, and in terms of our Cohesion Policy, we have fallen from 4th to 9th place. Apparently, the government of Robert Golob believes that we do not need the money for development and recovery that …

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Slovenia With The Highest Labour Costs Growth In The Euro Area

Inflation in Slovenia is not slowing down, and we are also among the countries with the highest labour costs growth. Golob’s income tax “reform,” which overturned Janša’s labour cost cuts, is already showing its first results. At 9.4 percent, Slovenia’s inflation was slightly above the euro area average and slightly below the European Union average …

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A Constitutional Shock For The Government Of Robert Golob

“I think every lawyer expected this to be halted,” former Constitutional Court judge, Jan Zobec, commented on the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the amendment to the Radio-Television Slovenia Act. The proposer of the amendment, the government of Robert Golob, has thus experienced “quite a shock” and “the first step” on which it stumbled, according to …

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The Government Withdrew A Law That Would Have Given Judges And Prosecutors Salary Raises

The National Assembly will not consider the highly controversial bill on the temporary allowances for judges and public prosecutors after all. The government’s proposal had already been criticised from the outset, especially because of its choice of procedure. Namely, the government had chosen the urgent procedure, which is reserved by law for exceptional circumstances, such …

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Historians And Publicists: To Bury Zemljarič, Head Of The Communist Secret Police, With Military Honours, Is An Utterly Despicable Act By The Golob Government

On Thursday, the Golob government decided that Janez Zemljarič, the former director of the State Security Service of Yugoslavia, who was considered one of the most influential godfathers from the background, will be buried with military honours, even though Zemljarič has been accused in the last decade of playing an important role in the State …

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