On Wednesday, at the invitation of her Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tanja Fajon attended the Alpbach European Forum in Austria. During a panel discussion on the European Union’s geopolitical awakening, she said she was not in favour of restricting visas for Russian citizens as part of the EU sanctions against Russia …
The start of the new school year is just two weeks away. Before the April elections, the Social Democrats party (SD) promised us free school meals and free kindergarten, a rise in minimum wage and pensions, 10,000 public rental flats and a mere 30-day wait period to get to a medical specialist. These were their …
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After Tanja Fajon visited Ukraine, thus doing something she criticised the former Prime Minister Janez Janša for, claiming that it was unnecessary and even “a show-off move,” she literally lied in an interview with the Ukrainian web portal European Pravda. When the journalist asked her where the Slovenian aid shipment got stuck, she made the …
The Italians supposedly had Canadair firefighting planes on standby near the Slovenian borders, but they remained grounded instead of helping to extinguish fires in the Kras region, like the Croatian planes, for example. Why did the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tanja Fajon not contact the Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and ask for his …
After a little more than three months of the government of Robert Golob, the first outlines of the foreign policy of the new government are beginning to form. According to former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitrij Rupel, the actions of the new government are more or less following the path forged by the previous Janez …
Remember how Tanja Fajon slammed Janez Janša when he was among the first people to go to Kyiv at a time when the Ukrainian capital was under siege from all sides? She criticised so many of his actions and called his visit, which was a very brave act of solidarity, a farce. And now she …
On Thursday, the European Commission proposed to the Member States of the European Union to support Ukraine and grant it candidate status. As we have already reported, the countries have not yet formed a unified position on the status of Ukraine. Ukrainians have the most support from eastern countries, while some countries even want to …
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg was the first head of diplomacy from any of our neighbouring countries to visit Slovenia after the new government took office. And if one would expect that the reports about the meeting would mainly be positive – as this is the beginning of new conduct of diplomacy, after all – …
It is becoming increasingly clear which parties cooperated with Russia and that the country’s involvement in the Slovenian parliamentary elections was not a made-up thing. Namely, the Russian Ambassador, Timur Ejvazov, and President of the Resni.ca (Truth) party, Zoran Stevanović, recently met at the Russian Embassy in Ljubljana. Additionally, experts warn that after the elections, …
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In the show Tema dneva, Franci Kindlhofer talked about the new coalition agreement, Tanja Fajon as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the new ministries and more. He says the new coalition agreement is a threat to democracy. In the show Tema dneva, Franci Kindlhofer pointed out that democracy is in danger through a story about the flourishing …
The Croatian Večernji list is critical of Slovenia’s policy towards Croatia if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taken over by SD president Tanja Fajon. Croatia will lose support for joining the Schengen area, as Fajon does not support Croatia’s entry into Schengen, and the arbitration dispute will escalate. “Slovenia’s Foreign Minister will open a front …
Representatives of the opposition and the Gibanje Svoboda party wrote a protest letter, in which they flatly state about the irregularities and pressures that journalists on RTV Slovenia are allegedly experiencing. Director of RTV Slovenia Andrej Grah Whatmough emphasised that the management of RTV Slovenia never put pressure on journalists and editors of RTV Slovenia …
