In 2021, the non-governmental organisation the Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy (Pravna mreža za varstvo demokracije) and the law firm Pirc Musar & Lemut, co-founded by none other than the current President of the Republic, filed a criminal complaint with the District State Prosecutor’s Office against Uroš Urbanija, the then-Director of the Government …
The acting Director of the Government Communication Office, Dragan Barbutovski, has been making waves ever since taking office. At first, he was known for personally engaging in controversies on Twitter, but when he started losing the verbal duels, specifically because he was caught in a lie, he blocked practically everyone who disagreed with him – …
The Government Communication Office’s Volatile Director Was Caught In A Lie Read More »
The Government Communication Office drew attention to the ubiquitous censorship of the public house RTV in the latest analysis of reporting by RTV Slovenia, prepared for the period from March 28th to April 3rd, 2022. According to Ukom, only like-minded people are invited to selected broadcasts, and selective reporting is still a problem. They also pointed …
The Communications Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (UKOM) has addressed an initiative to the Court of Audit to conduct an audit of STA’s operations with the aim of issuing an opinion on STA’s compliance with EU regulations. Namely, UKOM found, among other things, that STA did not ensure the implementation of …
State Secretary mag. Monika Kirbiš Rojs participated in an online expert consultation “Who will be eligible to the billions of EU funding?” where she presented the opportunities for companies and municipalities in the frame of Slovenia’s Recovery and Resilience Plan as well as the implementation of the 2021-2027 EU Cohesion Policy. The online consultation that …
Due to a false criminal complaint against the director of the Government Communication Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Uroš Urbanija, M.Sc., criminal charges were filed against Katarina Bervar Sternad and Nataša Pirc Musar on the 9th of June 2021. Since Katarina Bervar Sternad and Nataša Pirc Musar, who filed a criminal complaint against the …
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Director of the Government Communication Office (Urad Vlade Republike Slovenije za komuniciranje – referred to as UKOM) congratulated his journalistic colleague on Twitter, as she was elected president of the Slovenian Union of Journalists. However, the union clearly positioned itself against UKOM when it called on the government to immediately fulfil its financial obligations to …
Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as the STA), headed by Bojan Veselinovič, is complaining that it has been waiting for the Government of the Republic of Slovenia’s payment for its public service for 19 days now. On the other hand, it continues to ignore the fact that the contract between the …
Director of the Government Communication Office (Urad Vlade Republike Slovenije za komuniciranje – referred to as UKOM), Uroš Urbanija, is convinced that the director of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as STA) is operating in a non-transparent way, as he does not want to provide the required business documents to …
On 27 January 2021, the Communication Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (GCO) fulfilled all of its obligations to the Slovenian Press Agency (SPA) arising from the public service contract. Regardless of the fulfilment of all of the obligations stipulated in the contract, which was signed by the former Director of the …
Press release regarding the financing of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) Read More »
The director of the Government Communication Office (Urad vlade za komuniciranje – referred to as UKOM), Uroš Urbanija, and the director of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as STA), Bojan Veselinovič, were both supposed to come to our show Tema dneva (Topic of the Day) and discuss the matter of …
