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Dismissal Of RTV Programme Councillors Is A Barbaric Assault On The Rule Of Law

The dismissal of programme councillors at a time when the Constitutional Court Judges have temporarily suspended the implementation of the Radio-Television Slovenia Act is in total contradiction with the decision of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia and a drastic interference in the autonomy of the national media outlet. This is a complete abuse of power …

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PM Golob Is Not Even Trying To Hide The Fact That He Will “Depoliticise” RTV In An Illegal Manner

After a long legal and political saga, the leftists have announced the dismissal of members of the RTV Programme Council. On the 1st of June 2023, members of the Commission for Public Office and Elections of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia will vote on a decision that will abolish the legally granted …

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MEP Romana Tomc Wrote To Sophie In’t Veld About The Unconstitutional Attempt To Dismiss The RTV Programme Councillors

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 …

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The Golob Coalition Has Announced Unconstitutional Dismissals Of RTV Programme Council Members In June

It seems that members of the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda) coalition want to secure their dominance of the public media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia (RTVS) as soon as possible. Freedom Movement MP Janja Sluga, the chairwoman of the Commission for Public Office and Elections of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, has called …

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Director-General Of RTV Has Informed The European Commission About The Pressures On RTV By Golob’s Government

Andrej Grah Whatmough, Acting Director-General of the national media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia), has sent a request to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Vice-President of the European Commission, Věra Jourová, for a meeting between senior representatives of the European Commission and the management team of RTV Slovenia. …

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The Constitutional Court Has Still Not Reached A Decision About Golob’s RTV Act

The Constitutional Court, which also had the constitutional petition on the amendment to the Radio Television Slovenia (RTVS) Act with Peter Gregorčič – the chairman of the Programme Council of the national media outlet, as a first signatory – on the agenda at Thursday’s session, has still not adopted a decision in this case, the …

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An RTV Correspondent From London On The Russophilia Of Slovenian Politics And RTV

“For the Minister of Culture to go on strike along with the Radio-Television Slovenia staff is something that no minister in the UK, Australia or the US would ever dare to do,” Nina Kojima, a former and current correspondent from London for the national media outlet RTV, who has returned to journalism after five years, …

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The National Media Outlet RTV Censored Možina’s Piece

They say that the right, or more specifically Janez Janša, has hijacked the national media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV). However, given that Thursday’s central daily news show censored the contribution of the journalist and historian Jože Možina, who is considered to be a particular thorn in the side of the left, because he is among …

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After Her Scandalous Visit To The Constitutional Court, Commissioner Jourová Has Become A Bit More Cautious

Following her scandalous visit to the Constitutional Court while the Court was in the process of deciding on the Radio-Television Slovenia Act, and following the allegations of her pressuring the Court, European Commissioner Věra Jourová has become a bit more cautious. In an interview with the Slovenian Press Agency (STA), she refused to comment on …

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NGO Representative Wants To Ban Janša, Rupar And Primc From Appearing On National Television

Some people in our country desperately miss the old days, when those who were not liked or who were critical of the authorities were banned from appearing in the public media, lest anyone think that we were not doing as well as the ruling regime said. Among those who still feel this way is also …

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Janša: “The Prime Minister Not Knowing The Inflation Rate Is The Same As A Mother Not Knowing How Many Children She Has”

“For me, this interpellation has brought two big shocks. The first shock was that the Prime Minister was talking about the inflation rate and quoting old figures that are no longer true, saying that we have the lowest inflation rate among the countries in our area, which is simply not true,” former Prime Minister Janez …

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