The opposition LMŠ, SD, Levica, and SAB in the National Assembly failed to gather enough votes in support of the interpellation of the Minister of Education, Science, and Sport Simona Kustec. Only 38 MPs voted in favour of the interpellation, and for the interpellation to succeed 46 votes would be needed. According to a political …
In October last year, the lengthy procedure of the Trenta court case was reopened, which involved the sale of real estate in Trenta by Janez Janša, at the market price. In 2017 already, proceedings were underway to assess the value of the plot, and this time, it is a continuation of the proceedings in court, …
TV show host Mojca Mavec has recently confirmed once again that RTV Slovenia, our national public broadcasting organisation, is unable to change. On St. George’s day, Mavec decided to go off script and politicise. Unfortunately, it turns out that the public television, which we all pay for, is incapable of having even one show on …
Commission for the Prevention of Corruption has completed the proceedings regarding the sale of a piece of land in the area of Kolombana in the Koper municipality, the final owner of which, among others, also became Minister of the Interior Aleš Hojs. The Commission apparently found that there were no violations, so they closed the …
Radovan Cerjak, a member of the STA Supervisory Board, told Nova24TV that ever since he joined the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as STA) Supervisory Board in October last year, he has had a feeling that he is being blocked from supervision. “When I requested certain documents on several occasions, there …
Letter to SDS members and supporters on the occasion of the first anniversary of the mandate of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia “We go on resolutely and responsibly (Letter to SDS members and supporters on the occasion of the first anniversary of the mandate of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia) This …
“This is what you see when driving from the Ljubljana ring road toward the Technology Park. This is not considered a problem; apparently, the Tweets are the problem. Does anyone still remember when red paint was spilt on the monument of the slaughterer Boris Kidrič? That was cleaned up in a few hours,” said Davorin …
2TDK, the state-owned company managing the project of the new railway line between the port of Koper and the Divača hub, has downgraded the estimated costs of the project by almost 7% to EUR 1.126 billion. The previous investment programme from January 2019, which was not upgraded, the estimated costs were EUR 1.194 billion, the …
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The government has decided to extend the state of epidemic by another 30 days effective as of 18 March. The government also adopted the Ordinance amending the Ordinance determining the conditions for entry into the Republic of Slovenia for the purpose of containment and control of the COVID-19 infectious disease. The epidemic is still spreading …
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“This is true liberty: when free-born men having to advise the public may speak free. What can be juster in a state than this?” John Milton wrote sometime around 1644. But unfortunately, we know that free media, especially nowadays, is a kind of utopia. However, we should, in the role of the nation’s reason, memory …
“Ever since @STA_novice has been run by director Veselinović, sick journalists have been fired and lies have been often sold for the truth. It is time for the director, as a political tool of the far left, to step down and be held accountable for his illegal actions. And enable STA a normal work and …
Prior to the debate in the European Parliament (March 10), the International Press Institute (IPI), together with 18 other organizations (including the Slovenian Journalists’ Association), wrote to MEPs (HERE). Jože Biščak (editor of the magazine Demokracija and president of the Slovenian Association of Patriotic Journalists) and Vinko Vasle (a long-time journalist and former director of …
