In a few days, Slovenia will celebrate Statehood Day – a day marked by a national celebration, three decades after the results of the historic referendum, where we decided to become an independent state, were announced. As a rule, we should mark this important day with the best that Slovenia has to offer, including in
At a correspondence session, the government abolished the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Communist Violence, which would otherwise be observed on Wednesday, the 17th of May. Former Prime Minister Janez Janša, who led the government which adopted this Remembrance Day, says it is “one of the most despicable and shameful decisions in
On Wednesday, after intense public pressure and numerous concerns raised by the Legislative and Legal Service of the National Assembly, the government withdrew the controversial bill on temporary salary increases for judges and prosecutors. The law was problematic firstly because it regulated salaries in the judicial system on an ad-hoc basis, following a vehement promise
Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković has had his perfect five minutes. What he failed to do in 2012 – namely, form a team and lead the government as the mandate holder – he has managed to do now. Back then, he did not know how to count to 46 and failed with his Positive Slovenia party
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A harsh open letter against the government’s behaviour has been signed by 79 intellectuals. They had decided to send the letter because the government continued its series of political purges of personnel from companies and the media with the recent early dismissal of the current director of the Museum of Contemporary History, Jože Dežman, and
The government prevented an extraordinary adjustment of pensions before the New Year, while the pensioners are increasingly worried about the rising prices. This has provoked, among other things, a nationwide protest of the pensioners, which will take place on the 1st of February in Ljubljana. The organiser of the protest is the civil initiative The
Since Prime Minister Robert Golob (The Freedom Movement – Gibanje Svoboda) announced at the extraordinary general meeting of the Slovenian Association of Judges (Slovensko sodniško društvo) that he would provide a 600-euros-gross monthly allowance to each judge and prosecutor as early as January, I asked the government what this allowance would be and where the
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“What is also clear from what has been said is that Golob, the Prime Minister and President of the Freedom Movement party, is personally recruiting and appointing the editors of media outlets owned by state-owned companies.’ And Sophie in ‘t Veld is staying silent… The idea of “ours and theirs” also works in the EU.
“Today, people know how much they will have to pay for electricity and also how much the electricity on the hallways of their apartment buildings will cost them. Last winter, the costs were too high,” the current Prime Minister Robert Golob said on one of the shows on public television. It is true that people
The government of Robert Golob has drafted new tax legislation that will mean lower wages for all of us. Yes, you read that right. Even for those with the lowest incomes, who are receiving minimum wages. And with average and higher wages, the differences will be even bigger. The National Assembly will soon decide on