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Conservative Logar to face liberal Pirc Musar in runoff

Published by The Slovenia Times on Sun, 10/23/2022 - 23:00

Ljubljana, 23 October – Anže Logar, the conservative former foreign minister, won 34% of the vote in Sunday’s presidential election in Slovenia and will face lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar in the 13 November run-off after she picked 27%. Being limited to two terms, incumbent Borut Pahor could not run again.

After 60% votes counted, Logar and Pirc Musar to face off in the runoff

Published by The Slovenia Times on Sun, 10/23/2022 - 21:28

Ljubljana, 23 October – Partial results after nearly 60% of votes counted put former Democrats (SDS) foreign minister Anže Logar and lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar in the second round of the presidential election. The former netted some 34% and the latter 27%.

Poll projects close race for 3rd place and for entry into parliament

Published by The Slovenia Times on Sat, 04/23/2022 - 00:51

Ljubljana – The final Mediana poll ahead of Sunday’s general election gave the Freedom Movement a 21.1% support rating, which puts it 0.6 percentage points ahead of the ruling Democrats (SDS). Things have meanwhile gotten even more crowded in the important race under way around the 4% parliamentary threshold, shows the poll, published on Friday.

Majority of parties in favour of depoliticising public broadcaster, split on STA financing

Published by The Slovenia Times on Sun, 04/17/2022 - 00:09

Ljubljana – The influence of politics on the media has been a major concern in recent years. The majority of parties quizzed by the STA spoke in favour of depoliticising appointments to the governing bodies of the public broadcaster, albeit to varying degrees and in different ways. When it comes to how to finance the STA, opinions are split.

Babiš's Party Lost the Elections in the Czech Republic

Published by Novinite on Sun, 10/10/2021 - 10:57

The winner of the October 8th and 9th parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic was the opposition alliance "Together", which includes the Civil Democratic Party, the Christian Democrats and the Tradition, Responsibility, Prosperity 09 party, according to the final results after counting 100% of the ballots.

Czech Opposition Takes Anti-Populist Unity for a Test Drive

Published by Balkan Insight on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 07:57

Ivan Bartos (l), leader of the Pirate Party, stands next to Vít Rakušan (R), leader of the Mayors and Independents party. Photo: Pirate Party Polarised

Polls published through September suggest that the twin coalitions are close to securing a combined 43.5 per cent of the vote, which could be just enough to win 101 of the 200 seats in parliament's lower house.

Czechia in 2021: Health, Wealth and Nuclear to Dominate Election

Published by Balkan Insight on Tue, 01/05/2021 - 07:43

That said, there's plenty of time for spin, scandal and scheming to change the course. "It will be interesting to see how Ano's marketers will camouflage Babis's failures in leadership," Otto Eibl, an assistant professor in political science at Masaryk University, told BIRN.

Universal basic income enjoys almost 50% support

Published by The Slovenia Times on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 07:11

Ljubljana – As many as 48% of respondents in a Valicon survey support the introduction of universal basic income (UBI) in Slovenia, as opposed to 14% who oppose it. The rest are either undecided (21%) or think they are not informed well enough (20%). The idea is most popular among voters of the opposition Left.

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