“This is a continuation of activist politics that does not contribute to resolving the situation in the Middle East, as Slovenia is taking a one-sided stance in favour of the Palestinians,” said Tone Kajzer, an expert on international relations and former Slovenian ambassador to Washington, commenting on the visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian …
Even though we are a small country, that does not mean that our (governmental) stupidities are not noticed by our European neighbours. Most recently, the German media outlet DW reported on Slovenia’s politics endangering the European continent’s security and political tensions in the coalition over the level of defence spending. In an exclusive interview with …
German Media: “Are Slovenia’s Politics Endangering European Security?” Read More »
On Tuesday, foreign ministers of European Union Member States met in Brussels to discuss the next steps in the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Extreme proposals, such as a complete suspension of the agreement, political dialogue and trade sanctions, were also proposed before the meeting. However, it was clear from the outset that there is no real …
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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, …
While illegal migration is a business opportunity for (non-)governmental organisations, completely legal migration is apparently an opportunity for the former Mayor of Kranj. Boštjan Trilar is a personal friend of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Tanja Fajon, and the director of a company that “manages” workers from the Philippines in Slovenia. The very …
“MEP Milan Zver has signed an appeal against the killing of two Iranians facing immediate execution. The regime of the Islamic mullahs is convulsing in its death throes and becoming increasingly violent,” the Institute of Dr Jože Pučnik recently wrote. Member of the European Parliament Milan Zver of the Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka …
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Since the Islamic hijab is considered a symbol of patriarchal society in feminist circles, one would expect proud feminists to refuse to wear the headscarf when visiting a Muslim country. But as it turns out, words are one thing, and actions are another. The fact that it is possible to refuse to wear a hijab was …
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Foreign media coverage of the controversial European Commissioner-designate from Slovenia, Marta Kos, continues unabated. In an article entitled “When Gender-Quotas Backfire” (available here: https://europeunfiltered.com/gender-quota-european-commission-von-der-leyen-marta-kos/), the authors revealed that Ursula von der Leyen’s demands to have a female candidate fill the Slovenian Commissioner’s post could cause inconvenience. The media outlet Europe Unfiltered cites the well-known sins …
Did Marta Kos Get A Rival Because Of The Socialist? Read More »
A few days ago, MPs of the Left party (Levica) publicly called on the government they are part of to stop military aid to Ukraine. The position of an extremist and anti-NATO party could have been carelessly disregarded as part of the folklore of political extremists, had it not been for the fact that, at …
“The Slovenian government is not the guardian of international law,” reads the Israeli response to Slovenia’s demarche regarding recent developments in Lebanon. The demarche, which our editorial office managed to obtain, also states that they regret “the unilateral and hostile statements made by Slovenian officials, in particular by the Slovenian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.” …
“We regret that the missiles that fell on Israel were paid for with money laundered by the Iranian regime in the Slovenian state-owned NLB bank at the time when the government was led by the party of Tanja Fajon. No one responsible for the IranNLBGate affair has been charged,” the leader of the Slovenian opposition …
For some time now, we have been noticing that the left has serious problems with condemning all totalitarian regimes, including communism. Many of the left’s representatives even glorify the latter, wear red stars, sing revolutionary songs, make pilgrimages to Čebine (where the Communist Party of Slovenia was first established), etc. And recently, we have received …
