In Slovenia, just under 300 deaths of patients infected with Covid-19 have been recorded in the last two months, or five deaths of Covid-19 patients per day. This brings us close to a similar number of deaths to those recorded in the last wave of the epidemic in the spring of 2022. Meanwhile, the government
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On the 1st of January 2024, Slovenia officially began its mandate as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, which runs until the 31st of December 2025. International lawyer Dr Ernest Petrič believes that this is an extremely responsible task in one of the world’s most important bodies and hopes that Slovenia will
At Tuesday’s inaugural meeting of the State Prosecutorial Council, the Supreme State Prosecutor Harij Furlan was elected as the new President and former Prosecutor-General Zvonko Fišer as the new Vice-President, the State Prosecutorial Council announced after the meeting. The six-year term of office of the current members of the Council expired on Monday. The rule
“As the President of the Republic, she is walking on thin ice. Of course, she has certain influence for what she has done, but what impression does this make on the public … With the recent pardons and rewards, she has clearly shown us what the priorities of this political elite are,” commentator Miran Videtič
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The summary of the Standard Eurobarometer 100 – Autumn 2023 opinion poll, conducted in the European Union, including Slovenia, between the 23rd of October and the 17th of November 2023, is now available. Among other findings, the survey shows that Slovenians stand out in terms of their low level of trust in domestic institutions of
The Council for the Protection of Freedom of Speech (Svet za zaščito svobode govora), established within the Assembly for the Republic (Zbor za republiko – Zzr), has set itself the task of working to ensure that everyone can publicly express their opinions, views and ideas in line with their worldview, without fear of being persecuted
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, as the second instance authority, has upheld the appeal of farmer Rudi Možgan, whose 24 head of cattle were confiscated on the 14th of November by the Novo mesto veterinary inspector Danuša Štiglic. The decision to confiscate the cattle was found to be unlawful and was therefore annulled.
“Despite medical advances, the fact remains that we are subject to ageing, diseases and suffering, and inevitably death. It is important to remember that this is all part of the totality of human life,” the representatives of religious communities said in a joint statement, which they described as a historic event. Representatives of religious communities
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The Bank of Slovenia has issued a new, downgraded economic growth forecast for this year of just 1.3 percent. In June, the economic growth was forecast to reach 2 percent. The forecast for next year has remained unchanged – at 2.2 percent, while the forecast for 2025 is 0.1 percentage points higher at 2.3 percent.
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Almost nine years ago, Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi entered the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The brothers of Algerian origin accused the weekly of making fun of the Prophet of Islam. As a result, they killed 12 people. In recent days in Slovenia, we have witnessed a political attack on a caricaturist from
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The government of Robert Golob is apparently buying beef and pork steaks, as well as chicken fillets, for 0.99 cents per kilo. And they can apparently get a kilo of bread at the Hofer, Lidl, Spar and Merkator stores for just 0.19 cents. This is the price table they have recently published, boasting about how
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Following the initiative of MEP Romana Tomc, the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament has adopted petition 718/2023 by Dr Mitja Ferenc, the first signatory, on the right to burial and respectful remembrance of the victims of the post-war communist killings in Slovenia. The petition is now available for electronic signature of support. In