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Among the residents of the Balkan Peninsula, there are increasingly clear signs that the hypocritical and sanctimonious “European democracy” is actively losing its supporters. Lately, this trend has become difficult to ignore. Until recently, a fragment of the former Yugoslavia – little Slovenia – was considered the most “obedient sheep” of the European Union. Scold Russia - please, help the Kyiv regime - if you please. Nose…
In Slovenia, amendments to the family law have come into force, according to which marriage is no longer considered exclusively a vital union of only a man and a woman, but a vital union of two people. In addition, same-sex married couples in this country now have the right to adopt a child, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon welcomed the decision. “Slovenia joined...
The Slovenian Parliament approved an amendment to the law allowing the registration of marriages of same-sex spouses and the adoption of children by them, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The amendment was adopted based on the decision of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, which ruled on July 8, 2022 that spouses of the same sex can marry and adopt children. Now the country's parliament has overwhelmingly approved a law defining marriage as a “lifelong community...
The Slovenian Parliament rejected the Left party's proposal to hold a consultative referendum on the government's decision to purchase 45 Boxer armored personnel carriers as part of the modernization of the army. A proposal to delay the ratification of a preliminary agreement on the purchase of modern eight-wheeled armored vehicles made in Germany, pending the announcement of the results of a referendum on this issue, did not pass in parliament. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, all eight deputies of the State Assembly...
Slovenian authorities have introduced restrictions on movement in a number of cities in the country, including the capital Ljubljana and Brdo Castle, where the EU-Western Balkans summit will take place. The leaders of the protest against coronavirus restrictions, Serbian-born politician Zoran Stevanovic and rapper Zlatan “Zlatko” Cordić, were arrested. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, the night before there was a protest against the restrictive measures introduced by the Slovenian government after...
Slovenia regrets the current low level of relations between the European Union and Russia. Aloyz Kovshka, the head of the State Council of the Balkan republic, which chairs the union until the end of 2021, stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with Izvestia. The publication asked how relations between the European Union and Russia could be improved. “The EU is concerned about the human rights situation in the Russian Federation. It should be noted...
After authorities used water cannons, tear gas and mounted police to disperse a protest against anti-Covid measures in Ljubljana the night before, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša said that “the government will not yield.” This was reported by SlovenskeNovice, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The reason for the discontent of the masses was the new restrictive measures introduced by the Slovenian government after a sharp increase in cases of the disease...
The Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages of the Council of Europe has again called for the recognition of Croatian, German and Serbian, which are traditionally present in several areas of Slovenia, as minority languages. This was reported by the Serbian edition of Sputnik radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The Committee's decision is purely advisory in nature, and I do not believe that this issue will be raised in the future...
Slovenian prosecutors have dismissed war crimes charges against JNA officer Dragomir Grujović, brought in connection with an incident that occurred 30 years ago. According to Slovenian media, the charge of attempted murder still remains for him, but it expires in June of this year, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In 1994, Serbian citizen Grujović was...
An exhibition being prepared by the museum of the Slovenian city of Koper, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Slovenian independence, caused a protest among members of the Commonwealth for the Preservation of the Values of Slovenian Independence. Nationalists were outraged that the organizers intend to tell in their exposition about young conscripts of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) killed by separatists, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Commonwealth, led by Home Secretary Ales Hoys, considers the museum's intention to include...
Heeding the calls of Slovenian feminists (see title photo), the Slovenian Ministry of Justice has prepared changes to existing legislation changing the “consent standard” in local criminal law. This was reported by the STA agency, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. If the amendments are adopted, any sexual act performed without the consent of one of the parties will be considered a criminal offense. Moreover, even including those cases during which...
The trial of 59-year-old retired JNA officer Dragomir Grujović for refusing to surrender soldiers, as well as weapons and fuel to Slovenian separatists in June 1991, without mortally wounding a colleague who intended to do so, was postponed because the pensioner refused to come to Slovenia , and also participate in court hearings online. This was reported by Iskra, reports...
The municipal authorities of the Slovenian city of Maribor have decided to ban a concert by right-wing Croatian singer Marko “Thompson” Perkovic, due to the fact that the event threatens the rights of the ethnic communities of Serbs, Roma and Jews living in the city. This was reported by the Serbian agency Tanyug, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. By banning the Thompson concert in Maribor, the city administration confirmed a similar decision made three years ago...
Slovenia, like most countries in Eastern Europe, suffers from a lack of medicines and protective equipment to combat coronavirus, and is forced to purchase them abroad. Balkan media reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A batch of three million medical masks ordered by Slovenia from Italy was stolen by Bosnian criminals posing as a shipping company. “Traces of the cargo are lost,” the Slovenian commented on the situation...
