Only a handful of Slovenians were invited to the recent inauguration of the new President of the USA, Donald Trump. Certain political sacred cows, such as the Prime Minister, Robert Golob, and the President of the Republic, Nataša Pirc Musar, were not among them. Both Golob and Pirc Musar had not received an official invitation …
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Historian Dr Mitja Ferenc has once again pointed out to the European Parliament the injustices being inflicted by the current government on the victims of the communist regime. Slovenian MEP Romana Tomc has called on other Members of the European Parliament to send a special mission to Slovenia to find out the real situation and …
“The current Government of the Republic of Slovenia, including the incompetent Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, is clearly about to deliver one last blow to the Slovenian farmer. Alongside doctors, farmers are also a class enemy for this government,” wrote MP Jelka Godec of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka …
The European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions will draft a resolution on “preserving the memory of the victims of the post-war communist period in Slovenia,” said Bogdan Rzonca, the Committee’s chairman. The decision was taken by the representatives of the political groups in the Committee after Monday’s hearing of the petition on the subject in question. …
The people who put solar panels on their roofs to be “self-sufficient” and pay less for electricity, in the long run, feel cheated and penalised by the astronomical network charges set by the Energy Agency. This is now also the claim of the “electrogenius” and Prime Minister Golob and Energy Minister Kumer. The same applies …
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Out of a total of 533,292 pension recipients, around 309,000 pensioners, or 58 percent of the total, receive a pension below the poverty line. As many as 51,889 pensioners receive a pension of less than 500 euros a month. The hardship is growing, with the coalition taking 60 percent of one month’s pension from each …
Just before the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Golob government announced something it does really well: it announced a new tax. This time, on residential property. The starting points for a tax on residential property have been prepared and will be open to public discussion by the end of January. While the government is …
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The Slovenian public is currently following two active cases of suspected corruption in the healthcare sector. An investigation into alleged overpayments for the servicing of medical equipment is ongoing at the Ljubljana University Medical Centre. Additionally, in the case of this year’s tenders for the purchase of Type C ambulances, it is suspected that the …
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Taxing “surplus” housing at 1.45 percent, which is the intention of those in power as they enter their last year in office, is progress. So far, they have already increased payroll taxation by abolishing income tax allowances and the more favourable scales of the previous government, they have enacted a contribution for the elderly that …
Slovenian politicians are officially on the side of the European Union, the global West and NATO when it comes to Russia and its war of conquest in Ukraine. But that is true only on the surface. Slovenian politicians are otherwise very reconciliatory with the Kremlin. Not only the “peacemakers” Türk and Kučan, even current politicians …
On Thursday, the 26th of December, we celebrated the Independence and Unity Day, which marks the 34th anniversary of the plebiscite in which Slovenians voted for an independent state. This was a historic milestone when the longing for our own country began to be realised. The plebiscite was held on the 23rd of December 1990, …
The tough legislation on the “culture of chastity and hijab” adopted in Iran in December, which imposes harsh penalties, including up to 15 years in prison and even the death penalty, has rightly been upsetting the public. As the legislation is expected to come into force in the coming days, one would have expected a …
