Events at RTV Slovenija in recent weeks have once again exposed the deep cracks in the public media landscape. A statement by Erika Žnidaršič, host of the investigative program Tarča, caused quite a stir. “We received a decree that Žan Dolajš is no longer allowed to produce investigative reports and cannot be rewarded for his …
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Not long ago, Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon visited Tanzania, a country led by President Samia Suluhu Hassan – a leader who has become a global talking point in recent months due to an increasingly obvious pattern of nepotism in government appointments. According to international reports, the top echelons of Tanzanian politics are filled with …
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Freedom of expression in Slovenia has regressed under the government of Robert Golob. Until now, this was clear to everyone in the country — both to those who were restricting freedom of expression and celebrating it as “depoliticization,” and to their victims. Now it has also become clear to the international community. According to the …
When politics crosses this Rubicon of treating human life as something disposable, it swims straight into the realm of the most massive crimes against humanity – whether that means the sterilization or euthanasia of hundreds of thousands whom various Hitlers deem ‘useless’,” warns former Speaker of the National Assembly and medical doctor France Cukjati. On …
Miha Kordiš has founded a new party called “We, Socialists”. From the pulpit, surrounded by supporters and in front of the public, he is already promising the return of “real” socialism. We spoke with Dr Boštjan M. Turk about what this party means for the political landscape and about the far left’s self-destructive instinct. Kordiš …
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“The Church always has the duty to explain moral issues to the faithful. We will not let anyone take that away from us. We are no longer in the former state where we were forbidden to do so,” stresses Dr Gabriel Kavčič, spokesman for the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference. Regarding the law that will be decided …
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During an N1 debate ahead of the referendum on the Act on Assistance in Voluntary Ending of Life, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Urška Klakočar Zupančič, launched an extremely xenophobic attack on the Catholic Church for opposing euthanasia. She pointed the finger exclusively at the Church, even though the joint statement against the law …
Coalition MPs today approved a record-high budget that will climb to €17.7 billion next year and reach €18 billion the year after. The deficit will amount to €2.1 billion in both years. The opposition has described the budget as a “fiscal spiral,” while economist Dr. Štefan Šumah warns that it is setting a trap for …
Despite the disclosure by Slovenian Member of the European Parliament, Dr Milan Zver, about the visit of the former European Commission Vice-President, Věra Jourová, to Slovenia, who came with the intention of influencing the President of the Constitutional Court so that he would subsequently allow the implementation of the law by which the government took …
The government plans to extend the validity of vignettes by four months and abolish their use on coastal expressways. Former minister Žiga Turk explained what this measure means and what its consequences will be. This is what Žiga Turk, who is also a civil engineer, had to say on the matter: “This is yet another …
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On Wednesday, Vladimir Prebilič finally founded his party. Following the old recipe of “new faces,” he did so only a few months before the parliamentary elections, and – once again following the recipe of “new faces” – he filled the party with proven cadres of the transitional left. The founding congress of the Prerod – …
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One of the “key reforms” of the government of Robert Golob is the overhaul of the judicial system, but sharp criticism has been voiced by judges and members of the Judicial Council in light of it. The amendments to the so-called judicial troika – a package of laws on courts, judges, and the Judicial Council …
