All News on Politics in Slovenia
President Pahor to attend Crimea conference on Monday
Ljubljana – President Borut Pahor will be in Kyiv on Monday to attend an international conference dedicated to Russia’s unlawful annexation of the Crimea in 2014, at which a joint declaration will be adopted and the Crimea Platform formed.
EU presidency condemns Belarus’s abuse of migrants for political gain
Brussels – The Slovenian EU presidency strongly supports and expresses solidarity with the EU countries which have come under pressure from illegal migrants from Belarus, Slovenian Interior Minister Aleš Hojs said as he was en route to host a session of EU home affairs ministers to discuss a recent migrant influx from Belarus on Wednesday.
FM says Slovenia ready to accept additional Afghan collaborators
Ljubljana/Brussels – Slovenia is ready to accept up to five members of the Afghan staff that collaborated with the EU to show solidarity with other EU member states, Foreign Minister Anže Logar said on Wednesday. For the time being, Slovenia will not offer taking in additional refugees from Afghanistan.
Defence Minister Tonin meets Turkey and Kosovo counterparts
Istanbul – Defence Minister Matej Tonin attended the opening of the IDEF International Defence Industry Fair in Istanbul on Tuesday, where he also met his counterparts from Turkey and Kosovo. According to a statement from the ministry, the main topics discussed were the situation in Afghanistan and the wildfires in Turkey.
Prekmurje Reunification Day celebrated
Ljubljana/Murska Sobota – Slovenia celebrates Prekmurje Reunification Day on Tuesday, a national holiday marking the day when the country’s eastern-most region Prekmurje was united with the rest of the nation after more than a millennium in 1919. Presidential Palace will open to the public and the president address the visitors after the main ceremony was held last evening.
NSi founder, first leader Bajuk remembered ten years after death
Ljubljana – New Slovenia – the Christian Democrats (NSi) remembered on Monday Andrej Bajuk, the party’s founder and first leader, who died aged 67 ten years to the day. NSi leader Matej Tonin recalled Bajuk’s dedication to the party and his homeland.
Transit passengers need to produce Covid certificate after 22 August
Ljubljana – The government decided on Friday that passengers transiting through Slovenia will not be required to produce a Covid certificate only until 22 August. “As of 23 August, transit will no longer be possible without meeting the recovered-vaccinated-tested rule (PCT) rule,” the government said.
Youth Strategic Forum debates development of Slovenia and EU
Maribor – A debate on future development of Slovenia and the EU as part of the Youth Strategic Forum in Maribor on Saturday heard Defence Minister and coalition New Slovenia (NSi) president Matej Tonin noting that it was right that young people were interested in the future, as it depended on them.
Court rejects proposal to stay govt’s decision not to appoint EDPs
Ljubljana – The Ljubljana Administrative Court has rejected a request from prosecutors Tanja Frank Eler and Matej Oštir to stay the government’s May decision not to get formally acquainted with their appointment as Slovenia’s European delegated prosecutors (EDPs), saying that the request has not been sufficiently reasoned.
Israel and Iran on Bulgarian Red Travel List
As of Wednesday, 18 August, the Republic of Malta, the Principality of Monaco and the Principality of Andorra will leave the "red zone" and be included in the list of "orange zone" countries. This is done with a change in the list of countries by color zones, according to which the order of entry into Bulgaria is determined, the Ministry of Health announced.
Govt endorses accords with several countries on joint border patrols
Ljubljana – The government has endorsed technical agreements with Poland, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on joint patrols and other forms of joint action to manage illegal migration on Slovenia’s border with Croatia.
Without New Government Bulgaria Is Sliding towards Yet Another Election
The Bulgarian political world was shocked into action on August 10 when the party that won the country's July 11 elections, There is Such a Nation, withdrew its ministerial nominations, including a large number of young unknowns who were educated abroad, one day before a scheduled parliamentary approval vote.
Report: Slovenian soldiers receiving requests for asylum from Afghanistan
Ljubljana – After NATO troops left Afghanistan, several people who had cooperated with the Slovenian army there turned to Slovenia for help as they now fear Taliban retaliation, the newspaper Dnevnik reported on Friday. The Defence Ministry is reportedly looking for ways to grant them asylum.
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Koper police help migrants caught in a storm
Koper – Koper police on Wednesday helped a group of migrants caught in a storm, and pulled over a van with eleven illegal migrants in south-western Slovenia, the Koper Police Department said on Thursday.
Police received a phone call from an Afghan citizen who said that a group of migrants was caught in a storm “somewhere in the hills”.
England updates coronavirus entry rules, keeps Turkey in red list
The U.K. government said late on Aug. 4 it will ease English entry rules requiring arrivals from France to quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated, following its latest review of travel curbs, but has kept Turkey in the red list.
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