Senior Slovenian officials condemned actions by Belarus after a Ryanair flight was forced to land in Minsk. PM Janez Janša wrote on Twitter that he supported a proposal by Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki for an expansion of the agenda of today’s summit of EU leaders. “Sanctions have to include everything the #Lukashenko #regime is using …
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“They refuse to hand over the documentation in order to maintain the conflict and portray themselves as the poor victims of a fascist regime abroad. Veselinovič does not care about the journalists or the public. They are cannon fodder,” was a sort of working hypothesis of last night’s show Ura moči (The Hour of Power). …
This time, supporters of the terrorist organisation Hamas were also part of the protest, as the regular Friday protesters were also joined by the Palestinians. They opposed the government’s support for Israel, which is an extreme act that will resonate for a long time to come. Just how destructive the policy of open borders for …
Shocking Images of Raging of the Supporters of Terrorism in the Middle of Ljubljana Read More »
The Defender-Europe 2021 military exercise took place on Thursday at the central training ground of the Slovenian Army in Poček. In addition to Prime Minister Janez Janša and Defence Minister Matej Tonin, it was also visited by the Commander of the US Forces in Europe, General Tod D. Wolters, and the leader of the exercise …
The Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning regrets that the signatories of the referendum, who wanted to protect drinking water, were misled. The fact is that activities in connection with the Water Act, the purpose of which is water protection and flood safety, have become politicised and that, unfortunately, this is no longer a …
At the press conference on the current situation regarding COVID-19 participated Dr Nuška Čakš Jager, Deputy Head of the Centre for Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), Dr Marta Grgič Vitek, National Vaccination Programme Coordinator at the NIJZ, and Leopold Zonik, Director of the Health Centre Bled. Yesterday, 4,469 PCR tests …
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Prior to today’s meeting with his Slovenian counterpart, Anže Logar, in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced that Germany would support Slovenia during its Presidency of the Council of the EU. He emphasised the importance of the EU enlargement to the Western Balkans and the importance of the rule of law. He also emphasised …
“This is such an absurd situation. Speaker of the National Assembly, Igor Zorčič, voted against the agenda of the regular session he is chairing. And thus he prevented the consideration of a number of important solutions for the people, as well as the discussion on the proposal for a constitutional impeachment, filed by the opposition,” …
In an interview with Siol, Israeli Ambassador Eyal Sela said that Slovenia and Israel have a good relationship. He has been in office for more than four years now and has also worked with the previous governments. As Sela stated, they have had good relations with all of the previous governments as well, but they …
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On Tuesday, the Minister of the Economy and Technological Development was questioned before the parliamentary Commission of Inquiry for investigating abuses in the case of Franc Kangler and others. Počivalšek shared his opinion on the work of the police and the intelligence services and was mainly critical of the government of Marjan Šarec. At the …
On the 31st anniversary of the order for the (self)disarmament of the Territorial Defence of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (Teritorialna obramba Socialistične Republike Slovenije – referred to as the TO SRS), we will publish a series of articles on the turbulent times of the year 1990, when a handful of brave men managed to …
Yesterday, Minister Anže Logar opened the 6th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), which represents the final act of the one-year Slovenian Presidency of EUSAIR and the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative. In his address, Minister Logar explained that despite the challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic, Slovenia has managed …
