“I took the opportunity to have a brief exchange of views with Commissioner Věra Jourová during the meetings, in particular on Radio-Television Slovenia. As expected, when asked whether she was following the developments regarding RTV, I was told that she was waiting for the Constitutional Court’s decision. Apparently, Jourová “does not know” how one of …
As we have previously reported, Janja Sluga, a member of the Freedom Movement (Gibanje Svoboda) party (who is also a former “renegade” of the SMC party and one of the four lone socialist horsemen in the party – along with Brane Rajić and Igor Zorčič), when convening four regular meetings of the Commission for Public …
Media freedom in the EU was debated in the EP. In response to the event, the N1 studio prepared a confrontation between Tomc (SDS) and MEP Joveva (Svoboda). Joveva served up with sweeping accusations at the level of a fortune teller. It was platitudes in the style that the conference was “bizarre” and that it was “deception, manipulation, and distortions”. Tomc …
Throughout the two years of the Janša government, European Commissioner for Values and Transparency and Vice-President of the European Commission, Vera Jourová, was known as a European functionary whose rhetoric was very similar to that of the Slovenian far-left activists in the media, academia and politics, who exported fabricated stories to Brussels about the “repression” …
As we know, the left-wing governments have traditionally been extremely bad at absorbing funds from the European Union. Whether this is a case of operational incompetence or, more importantly, a lack of dedication, since the potential for corruption with EU public funds is much lower, is a matter for debate. But the data show beyond …
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Slovenian MEP Romana Tomc has sent a letter to MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld, in which she warns her about the war against the media and independent journalism that we have witnessed since the government of Robert Golob took office. She notes that media freedom in Slovenia is rapidly declining and recalls a recent incident …
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The saga of the infamous C0 channel, which runs across the Kleče aquifer and is a source of drinking water for 300,000 Ljubljana residents, also resonated with Brussels. The project is co-financed by the EU, despite the many objections of the people of Ljubljana and the negative opinion given by the National Institute of Public …
As we have already reported, Prime Minister Robert Golob addressed an almost empty European Parliament on Tuesday and, in his style, in addition to the usual formalities about Ukraine, the green transition and the energy crisis that all European leaders have to mention in their speeches, he also attacked the previous Slovenian government with his …
As we have already reported, Prime Minister Robert Golob addressed an almost empty European Parliament on Tuesday and, in his style, in addition to the usual formalities about Ukraine, the green transition and the energy crisis that all European leaders have to mention in their speeches, he also attacked the previous Slovenian government with his …
A few days ago, the news broke that the Dutch Embassy had awarded the Tulip 2022 prize to highly controversial organisations from Slovenia, namely the Institute of the 8th of March (Inštitut 8. marec), the People’s Protest Assembly (Protestna ljudska skupščina) and the non-governmental organisation Today Is a New Day (Danes je nov dan). On …
Member of the European Parliament Romana Tomc has sent a letter to Vera Jourova, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Values and Transparency, and Sophie in ‘t Veld, Chair of the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Groups, which is part of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs …
MEP Dr Milan Zver and MEP Romana Tomc addressed a warning to Sophie in ‘t Veld, head of the delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs for fact-finding in Slovenia, in connection with a letter addressed to the mayors of all Slovenian municipalities sent by the Slovenian Parliamentary Commission …
