“There is obvious systemic corruption in favour of classic crime of international proportions present at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia. The European Commission will have more work to do with this than with Poland.” This is Prime Minister Janez Janša’s tweet, published in response to the revealing of names of the judges …
In recent days, the question of where is the diploma of the Supreme Court judge Branko Masleša has caused quite a stir. Namely, Masleša is said to have graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1975. We made inquiries about this at the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo, as well as at …
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In Slovenia, just like in the rest of the former Yugoslav republics, there was no lustration; the old networks are still predominant – not only in politics and the economy but also in the judiciary. The conservative Prime Minister Janez Janša is a victim of their machinations. In 1988, a military court sentenced him to …
After the prosecution brought rapper Zlatan Čodrić – Zlatko before the investigating judge due to him encouraging violent protests and proposed detention during criminal proceedings, the District Court Judge Marjutka Paškulin rejected the proposal for Čordić’s detention and decided to instead release the political activist. The out-of-court senate of the District Court in Ljubljana has …
The testimony of partisan Anton Cizel has reopened the debate on the extrajudicial murders by the communist authorities and the investigation of post-war crimes. “Investigations need to be concluded, a lot has already been done, but there is still a lot of work ahead of us. All human rights violations need to be investigated, and …
One thing that we should not overlook in the scandal that has recently shaken up the Slovenian judiciary – namely, part of the allegations against Zoran Janković in the trial in the Stožice case became time-barred before the trial had even begun – is the family-prosecution-municipality background which was revealed by the web application of …
The Slovenian judiciary has once again proved that it uses double standards, one for first-rate and the other for second-rate citizens and employees of the third branch of government. If you are part of the “initiated”, nothing can happen to you, even if you slander and insult people. One of the latest cases are now …
“I hope that the era of Janšaism will one day be nothing more than a bitter memory, but until then, take care of yourself… Everyone can think what they want to think, but I much prefer this kind of rhetoric over Beović, Krek, Bregant, Kacin, and the great dictator Janša.” These are two statements that …
At the beginning of March, the Association of State Prosecutors of Slovenia informed the Council of Europe about numerous “inadmissible” pressures on state prosecutors in Slovenia, which were allegedly being carried out by Prime Minister Janez Janša or his “subordinate” media outlets. In light of this, a representative of the Association of State Prosecutors of …
Lawyer Franci Matoz filed a motion with the Ministry of Justice for supervision at the District Court in Ljubljana due to irregularities in the execution of case law in the Trenta case. Now, on behalf of his party, Prime Minister Janez Janša, he also sent a request to the president of the Ljubljana District Court, …
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, …
The Slovenian judiciary was shocked by a new court scandal, which supposedly brought to light the “cowboy” manners of some Slovenian judges. It is known that the President of the Court has no legal basis for confiscating a legal file or even interfering in a trial of any judge. The latter is certainly obliged to …
