“What I have found out, and this will likely make the police very curious and hopefully move the matter forward, is that in Romania, you cannot open a bank account in any bank without being present in person. The person, probably an authentic fool, who had such an account and claimed that he had nothing …
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“Only the public and no one else can make these people stop using all the repressive organs of power,” says former minister of culture and historian Dr Vasko Simoniti, who adds that Slovenia must wake up and put an end to the government of Robert Golob. “It is high time to draw attention to the …
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“The government’s argument that the Museum of Independence should be merged with the Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia for the purposes of “transparent and strategically outlined professional work,” is completely wrong and, in fact, a politically motivated argument which, objectively speaking, is directed against the understanding of the meaning of Slovenian independence and statehood,” …
“The word freedom, which is a very noble word, has been completely trivialised, I have also heard the former President of the country talking about the return of the freedom of democracy – look, that President has not travelled abroad a lot, he has been here, at home, in pubs – or else, he was …
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At the meeting of ministers responsible for culture, audiovisual and media in Brussels, which was chaired by the Slovenian culture minister, Vasko Simoniti, the Slovenian Presidency’s commitment to a better tomorrow – for a green, sustainable, culturally diverse and resilient European Union – was reaffirmed with the approval of conclusions and discussions. The morning session …
The Minister of Culture Vasko Simoniti will chair a meeting of ministers of culture, audiovisual affairs and the media in Brussels on 30 November. Agenda of the meeting includes adoptions of the decisions on high-quality architecture and the New European Bauhaus initiative, as well as European audiovisual and media content. Several other discussions and presentations …
Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti acknowledged on Wednesday that the renovation of the SNG Drama theatre in Ljubljana will be delayed, which was the reason for the resignation of theatre’s director Igor Samobor. Simoniti indicated this was because the ministry wanted to clear up certain issues to make sure the project was transparent. Simoniti dismissed Samobor’s …
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For a long time now, the SD party has been organising some kind of online roundtables, where various problems are usually discussed by members of the said party, stuck in a certain segment that depends on the state funding. This time was no different. Three non-governmental organisation employees and one trade unionist spoke about how …
As the former director of the Slovenian Press Agency (Slovenska tiskovna agencija – referred to as the STA), Bojan Veselinovič refused to simply hand over the documentation to the Government Communication Office, with which the financing would have been taken care of – for the good of the employees and their families – we witnessed …
Replying to EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova’s letter about the STA situation, Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti said the fact that the state is required to finance the STA under the law was not controversial. The government agrees with this, but the funding must be transparent and public service done in accordance with the law. …
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Former Minister of the Interior, Boštjan Poklukar from the ranks of the LMŠ party, who was extremely fond of spying on the MPs, is full of contradictions himself. However, he is currently accusing the current government of being contradictory, as he is convinced that this is an “ultra-right” government. This time he attacked the ministers …
The Culture Ministry announced the art exhibition that was planned to be put up at the European Parliament during Slovenia’s EU presidency will go ahead, yet under conditions set by Minister Vasko Simoniti. This is after the Parliament said ten days ago the show was cancelled and Simoniti said that was his decision. “The works …
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