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The Contract Simply “Had” To Go To Oligarch Škrabec

The contract for the renovation and upgrade of the Jesenice railway station “had” to go to Škrabec’s company, Riko. After the collapse of the previous deal, in which the company would have renovated the station for 170 million euros, a new deal has apparently been struck. Now, Riko will renovate the station for almost 146 …

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80 Years Ago, Extrajudicial Massacres Began

This May marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – a date that the ruling left and its associated institutions present as a glorious moment in Slovenian history. Ceremonies, speeches about “freedom”, “victory over fascism”, and the “national liberation movement”, the raising of flags and the worship of the partisan …

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Experts Warn: We Are Moving Away From A Market Economy And Towards Oligarchic Capitalism

“Relocations of both natural and legal persons are taking place, but I estimate that they have not yet had a significant impact on the budget. The bigger problem I see is that they are a reflection of our unfavourable tax legislation and those who have already left will find it difficult to return. Moreover, it …

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The Arrival of Uber To Ljubljana Will Not Break The Taxi Drivers’ Monopoly

After the current government repealed the legislation that allowed foreign transport platforms to enter the Slovenian market as one of its first measures, the well-known US-based ride-hailing and delivery platform Uber has now started its operations with a bang. However, since it is not entering the Slovenian market as a transport provider, this will not …

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Slovenia Has One Of The Highest Tax Wedge Growths Among OECD Members

At the elections to the National Assembly in 2022, Slovenians had to decide whether they wanted more or less state, higher taxes or lower taxes. In a fit of hysteria, they chose higher taxes and more state. Namely, 400 thousand people chose Robert Golob, who had already promised them higher taxes before the elections and …

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The Government Wants A New Falcon Jet – As A Defence Expenditure

The government of Robert Golob is convinced that Slovenia’s defence capabilities could also be strengthened with the purchase of a new Falcon jet aircraft. The latter is not a military aircraft, and there are legitimate speculations that the purchase is part of a plan by the Golob government to antagonise its NATO allies and present …

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At A Nationwide Protest Rally, People Chanted: “Let’s Bring Back Normal Slovenia!”

On Wednesday, the 7th of May at 3 p.m., the 18th nationwide protest rally for justice and dignity began in Ljubljana’s Republic Square. Andrej Peterle of the Voice of Pensioners party (Glas upokojencev) pointed out that they had come together as one voice because they had had enough of poverty, humiliation, ignorance and government arrogance. …

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Civil Society Organisations On The Anniversary Of The End Of The War: Condemn Communist Crimes, Rehabilitate And Bury The Dead!

On May 8th, 2025 – the day when Europe celebrated 80 years since the signing of the Instrument of Surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War, Slovenian civil society organisations once again drew attention to the unsettled parts of our national past. In a joint statement, they stressed the duty …

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The 2025 Public Tender For Co-Financing: Money For Selected Regime Media

Close political allies Robert Golob and Asta Vrečko will distribute at least 4.1 million euros this year to selected media outlets who are supportive of them. The Ministry of Culture made the figures public almost as soon as the referendum campaign on privileged pensions started. Perhaps this also happened because of the big scandal about …

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The Trenta Process: The Systemic Absence Of Accountability Is Most Worrying

On Friday, the leader of the opposition, Janez Janša, was acquitted at the first instance court in the Trenta case. The deep state assessed that his “crucifixion” on Good Friday would do more harm than good because it would mobilise voters. University Professor Turk likened the situation to a patient being tortured by doctors for …

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Forbici And All Those Who Carried Out Purges At RTV Have Been Completely Disgraced

Goran Forbici, the chairman of the Council of the national media outlet Radio-Television Slovenia (RTVS), who was appointed by the ruling Freedom Movement (Gibanje Svoboda), the Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati – SD) and the Left party (Levica) for the biggest purge in the history of RTV Slovenia, has once again been completely disgraced in the …

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