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Government Appoints The Wife Of Minister Of Finance To The Council Of Slovenian National Theatre Drama

At Thursday’s meeting, the government adopted a decision on the dismissal and subsequent appointment of two new government representatives in the Council of the Slovenian National Theatre – SNT Drama Ljubljana. The new members are Eva Boštjančič and Urška Pavlovič, who will replace the current members Ingrid Kovšca Pušenjak and Helena Marija Zupan. The latter …

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Reconstruction After The August Floods Has Been Inefficient – The SDS Party Has Tabled A Law To Remedy The Consequences

The Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) parliamentary group has tabled amendments to the Act Determining Intervention Measures for Recovery from the Floods and Landslides of August 2023, and the Act on Reconstruction, Development and Provision of Financial Sources. The aim of the amendment to the Act Determining Intervention Measures for Recovery from …

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Was “Flood Recovery” Just An Excuse For Construction Tycoons To Get Loans From The EU?

Months after the August floods, the Golob government is still using the storms as an excuse for all its other failures. According to MP Andrej Hoivik from the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS), the “post-flood rehabilitation” was also one of the excuses for obtaining additional loans, which would, in fact, have served …

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Slovenian Families Are The Second Most Taxed In Europe

In many OECD countries, the middle class has seen their ability to save decline and, in some cases, has even fallen into debt, as the tax burden on Europe’s middle class becomes increasingly controversial in the current cost of living crisis. The income and tax burden on the middle classes varies considerably across European countries. …

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Golob’s Ship Is Sinking, And People Are Jumping Off Of It One By One

Golob’s ship is sinking and everyone seems to be jumping off – even those who were closest to Prime Minister Robert Golob at the beginning of his mandate. After his party’s Secreatary-General, Vuković, the Heaf of Prime Minister’s Office, Petra Škofic, Golob’s closest colleague, is also leaving. Who will be next? Petra Škofic has been …

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Is The European Commission In Slovenia Just A Branch Of The 8th Of March Institute?

“They are so well coordinated, aren’t they? A user poses a question to the 8th of March Institute (Inštitut 8. marec) under their post, and the European Commission in Slovenia answers!” is one of the very telling comments on the social network X, which, in agreement with many others, suggests that the European Commission in …

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The Left Will Take Even More Money From The Taxpayers

While advanced countries reward work and the business sector, Slovenia, under the current government, rewards non-work while destroying economic activity through high taxation. The Left party’s recent proposal would cost the taxpayers even more money. The lower unemployment benefits should also work as a sort of motivation for people to get employed. But this, of …

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Announcements Of Civil Disobedience And Protests In Brežice

Following the announcement of a new asylum centre being established in Brežice soon, the Brežice Municipal Council met on Tuesday to express its clear dissatisfaction with the government’s decision to set up asylum centres in the municipality without the consent or any prior consultation with the local community. If the government goes ahead with its …

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The SDS Party Demands A Discussion On Record Excess Mortality In Slovenia

The Slovenian Democratic Party parliamentary group has requested an urgent meeting of the Committee on Health, in order to address the extremely high excess mortality. Slovenia ranks first in the European Union in this metric.  Slovenia is one of the countries with the oldest population in the world. The oldest country is Japan, with an …

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The Government Thinks That The Leader Of The Opposition Needs Official Government Permission For Attending A Meeting

Janez Janša visited Israel at the beginning of last week. With a one-week delay, the Slovenian media – always “up to date” – reported on it when they got the green light to do so. At a meeting of the National Assembly’s Committee on Foreign Policy, State Secretary Sanja Štiglic said that the Ministry of …

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The Government Is Opening New Migrant Facilities – Will There Be A Revolt?

To accommodate applicants for international protection, the government will establish two branches of the Asylum Centre in the former border crossing points of Obrežje and Središče ob Dravi, in the facilities at its disposal. A decision to this effect was adopted by the government on Friday. The two Asylum Centre outposts will be organised as …

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