Public Administration
Debate highlights ethical aspects of AI, warns of risks
Ljubljana – Respecting ethical principles and human rights is key for artificial intelligence (AI) technology to inspire trust, heard a virtual debate on Tuesday. Legislation should be amended to become, among other things, more adaptable as future innovations will pose additional challenges and risks, said the participants.
Koritnik on digital transformation of cities amid epidemic
Ljubljana – Addressing the online CityxCity Festival 2021 conference, Public Administration Minister Boštjan Koritnik talked about the epidemic-era digital transformation of cities on Wednesday. Cities and communities are turning into starting points for society’s digital transformation, he said, warning that some of these efforts were underfunded.
US ambassador to leave Slovenia next week
Ljubljana – US Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard will leave Slovenia next week when the incoming US President Joe Biden is to be inaugurated, the embassy confirmed for the STA on Monday. Blanchard, a political appointee, sent her resignation notice to outgoing President Donald Trump today.
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New law reduces financial obligations of municipalities
Ljubljana – The National Assembly unanimously passed on Monday legislation that reduces the financial obligations of municipalities by shifting several major outlays, for example health insurance premiums for the unemployed, onto the state budget.
Minister announces national programme for AI
Montreal – Public Administration Minister Boštjan Koritnik took part on Friday in a virtual session of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, the first meeting of the alliance founded this summer. Koritnik said Slovenia was working on a national AI programme.
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Witness in Novartis case claims there was plan to jail politicians
Testifying on Friday in the probe into the alleged bribery scandal implicating Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis and Greek politicians and doctors, deputy prosecutor Ioannis Angelis alleged that there was an organized plan to jail three politicians, including former prime minister Antonis Samaras, on the eve of national elections last year.
Deputy prosecutor claims there was plan to jail politicians
Testifying on Friday in the probe of the alleged bribery scandal implicating Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, Greek politicians and doctors, deputy prosecutor Ioannis Angelis alleged that there was an organized plan to jail three politicians, including former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, on the eve of national elections last year.
#2019PresidentialElection: Presentation of candidates
On September 27, 2019, the Central Electoral Bureau took note of the 14 final candidacies and the electoral signs submitted by political parties, electoral alliances, citizens' organizations belonging to national minorities and independent candidates, and on September 28, the following ballot order was established by registration of the candidates: 1. Klaus- Werner Iohannis, 2.
SYRIZA government gave large retirement bonuses to certain categories of retirees
The previous SYRIZA government did not only take care to issue huge "golden" pensions to certain categories of retirees.
It had also made sure to issue higher retirement bonuses than what was provided in SYRIZA's own insurance reform law of 2016 to certain categories of pensioners insured by TSMEDE, the engineers' insurance fund.
Mitsotakis nominates Schinas to serve as next European Commissioner
Margaritis Schinas, who until now had served as chief spokesman of the European Commission under Jean-Claude Juncker, has been tapped by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to serve as Greece's next representative on the European Commission.