Last Monday, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Urška Klakočar Zupančič herself, on behalf of the National Assembly, submitted a request to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia for the disqualification of a Constitutional Court judge, although she clearly had no legal interest in doing so. A few days later, the government also
The extreme left wing of RTV journalists again put pressure on their colleagues yesterday. Among them was Tatjana Pirc, a member of the Strategic Council for the Prevention of Hate Speech, and Culture Minister Asta Vrečko came to help them “depoliticise”. “I am standing here unfortunately not because I do not know what is going
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In a short article that was presented in the section “Highlighted” (Izpostavljeno), the national media outlet RTV Slovenia presented a brief timeline and the key events that marked the process of developments and decision-making on the amendment to the Radio-Television Slovenia Act. This was the first thing on Robert Golob’s list of priorities since the
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As we have previously reported, in an interview on the national media outlet, RTV Slovenia, the Prime Minister admitted to presenter Rosvita Pesek that the infamous and constitutionally controversial law on RTV Slovenia was written by the Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy (Pravna mreža za varstvo demokracije), a far-left NGO that was mainly
The left-wing civil sphere is increasingly dissatisfied with the ineffectiveness of Robert Golob’s government. Before the elections, the government promised to take back the reins of the national media outlet, Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV). It has so far failed to do so, as the wishes of the authorities and the left-wing civil sphere have clashed with
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Member of the European Parliament dr Milan Zver has sent a letter to Sabrine Verheyen, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT Committee), in which he drew attention to the developments in relation to the Radio-Television Slovenia Act and the pressures for a political takeover of this public institution of special
At a recent session, the Constitutional Court was once again discussing the petition for a constitutional review of the Radio-Television Slovenia Act with a proposal for a temporary suspension, which has been submitted by several members of the management team of the institution, with the first signatory being the chairman of the Programme Council, Peter
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Mojca Šetinc Pašek, an MP from the Freedom Movement party (Gibanje Svoboda), has repeatedly demonstrated with her words and actions in the past that good manners are not one of her strong points. She has even gone so far as to blackmail certain individuals in order to achieve what she wanted. This proves once again
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At the meeting, the Programme Council of Radio Television Slovenia (RTVS) will discuss the proposal for a financial plan and a programme-production plan for 2023. At the request of 12 councillors, an initiative to dismiss the general director of RTVS, Andrej Grah Whatmough, is also on the agenda. But the decision-making is questionable, as it
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Despite the fact that the amendment to the Radio-Television Slovenia Act will enter into force this month, following the referendum and the arbitrary decision of the State Election Commission (thus providing the current government with the legal possibility of replacing the entire management team of the national media outlet, Radio-Television Slovenia), signatures of RTV programme
Sunday’s referendum result has made a lot of people so excited that they have already started openly “depoliticising” Radio-Television Slovenia even before the new law has actually come into force. One such person is Nina Mauhler, former State Secretary in Marjan Šarec’s government and member of the board of the state-owned Company for the Development
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“They are financially ready to bring the institution to its knees just to achieve their goals. The law is problematic because it sets a precedent, it lowers standards. The authorities will refer to it every time they want to replace the leadership with people loyal to them. They will pass a new law, install a