On Saturday, Ljubljana hosted the “Pride Parade” of the LGBT+ community, which has taken over the whole month of June in recent years. Apart from the usual shenanigans that we are used to at such events, this year, certain contradictions stood out, such as support for Palestine and the choice of Janković as one of …
The latest public opinion poll, conducted by the Parsifal Institute in June this year, reflects Slovenia’s diverse political landscape, but also shows that the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka – SDS) remains in the lead. Among the voters who already know who they would vote for and who would definitely go to the polls, …
[Public Opinion Poll] SDS Remains The Most Popular Party Among Voters – By A Wide Margin Read More »
Slovenia is in the midst of a historically important moment, when the international situation calls for a clearer, more sovereign and more deliberate foreign policy stance. On the occasion of the launch of the print edition of the book “Consensus for a Historic Moment” (“Soglasje za zgodovinski trenutek”), which is the work of 74 authors, …
The United at the Linden Tree of Reconciliation Association (Združeni ob Lipi sprave), which has been working hard for many years for a dignified burial of victims of post-war violence and for the regularisation of the graves of those killed extrajudicially, has designated the 15th of June as the Day of Guilt, Forgiveness and Reconciliation. …
A Day Of Guilt, Forgiveness And Reconciliation At The Linden Tree Of Reconciliation Read More »
Three years of Golob’s far-left government have left scars on Slovenia that will not be healed for generations. In an already egalitarian society, the coalition has introduced even more socialist levelling. Every day, we read about a new parameter that shows how far we have sunk. One of these is the OECD’s scale recording the …
[The OECD Ranking] Slovenians Have Become Really Poor Read More »
In recent days, the director of the left-wing non-governmental organisation, the 8th of March Institute (Inštitut 8. marec), “boasted” on social media that she got the Kranj District Court to convict the columnist of the Demokracija (Democracy) magazine, Vinko Vasle, for the words he had written about her. So much for freedom of speech, but …
Ljubljana city councillors will soon decide on a major new investment by Janković’s friend from Republika Srpska. Mladen Milanović, or his company MG Mind, is planning to build a new residential neighbourhood on Litijska Street in Ljubljana. The rather large-scale project, 372 flats, will be built by KPL Ljubljana, a company owned by MG Mind. …
Prime Minister Robert Golob celebrated the 80th anniversary of the repatriation of exiles and refugees to their homeland in Brestanica and drew attention to the realisation that war is evil. While condemning Nazism and fascism, he again avoided condemning the revolutionary violence of the communist authorities, which shows that the current authorities are not in …
In a recent interview with the media outlet Žurnal24, the most likely “new face” in domestic politics, Vladimir Prebilič, revealed how Milan Kučan actually thinks, according to the university professor and political commentator Boštjan M. Turk. Prebilič’s statements confirmed that the so-called “godfathers from the background” are not a myth but a reality of Slovenian …
The non-governmental organisation the 8th of March Institute (Inštitut 8. Marec) has found itself a new victim – this time, it is Israeli travellers or tourists who travel to Slovenia, accompanied by security guards. This is a standard measure taken by some airlines when there is a risk of terrorist attacks. Armed security guards are …
Left-Wing NGO Is Bothered By Israeli Tourists In Slovenia Read More »
“This unfortunate and uniquely uncultured attitude towards the dead must be overcome as soon as possible, and the relatives must be allowed to have the final say, as is the case in cultured societies. No bigshot, not even the mayor of Ljubljana, has the right to simply impose his will and to take sides in …
Lojze Peterle: Let’s Leave The Pit Of Division – We Are All Relatives Of The Murdered Read More »
On this week’s episode of the show “Beremo” (“Reading Together”), host Metod Berlec spoke to Dr Milko Mikola, a renowned historian and expert on communist crimes in Slovenia. Dr Mikola, author of books such as “Red Violence: Repression in Slovenia after 1945” (“Rdeče nasilje: Represija v Sloveniji po letu 1945”) and “Unforgivable: Communist Crimes against Women …
Historian: The Kidrič Government Carried Out A Massacre Against Its Own Nation Read More »
