Ivo Vajgl
Pirc Musar’s bid gets boost after Kos quits, poll shows
Ljubljana – Lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar has increased her lead in the presidential race after the ruling party’s candidate Marta Kos pulled out, a poll run by the newspaper Delo on Saturday suggests. Pirc Musar gained five percentage points in a fortnight to 31% as Anže Logar, the former foreign minister, stayed at 23%.
Pirc Musar, Logar in the lead in POP TV poll
Ljubljana – Lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar and Anže Logar, the former foreign minister, are in the lead in a presidential opinion poll released by commercial broadcaster POP TV, polling at 28.7% and 25.4%, respectively. Marta Kos, the former diplomat who will run for the ruling party Freedom Movement, polled at 11.4%.
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Pirc Musar tops latest Mediana poll, closely followed by Logar
Ljubljana – Lawyer and ex-Information Commissioner Nataša Pirc Musar tops the latest public opinion poll measuring support for the presidential election conducted by Mediana for the newspaper Delo. Pirc Musar has been picked by 26.1% of respondents, and is followed closely by former Foreign Minister Anže Logar.
Gynaecologist Senčar 11th to announce presidential bid
Ljubljana – Gynaecologist Sabina Senčar has joined ten hopefuls who have so far announced their presidential bids as the country will be electing a new president on 23 October. She intends to run with the support of Resni.ca, a non-parliamentary party founded amid the Covid epidemic to oppose restrictions.
RTV poll shows Pirc Musar in the lead in presidential race
Ljubljana – Lawyer and ex-Info Commissioner Nataša Pirc Musar is in the lead in the presidential race, according to a poll conducted by Mediana for public broadcaster RTV Slovenija. She enjoys the support of 23.9% of respondents and is followed by former foreign minister Anže Logar (16.6%) and Freedom Movement vice-president Marta Kos (14.4%).
Lawyer Pirc Musar announces presidential run
Ljubljana – Lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar, best known in her former role as information commissioner, has announced she will enter the presidential race in the autumn election as an independent, becoming the first candidate to formally announce her bid.
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SAB will be strong member of centre-left govt, leader says
Ljubljana – SAB leader Alenka Bratušek stressed on Wednesday that the party’s candidates are a responsible team who know what Slovenia needs and thus act accordingly, as she addressed the party’s last major event before the general election.
Macedonian President Avoids Meeting EU Commissioner Hahn
Ivanov's office confirmed on Tuesday that President Ivanov, who is currently on his way back from Hungary, will not return in time to meet Hahn, and insisted that it had already informed Brussels.
EU's Hahn Makes Crisis-Solving Dash to Macedonia
Amid heightened tensions in Macedonia, Commissioner Johannes Hahn who will be accompanied by MEPs Ivo Vajgl, Eduard Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein is expected to press for the formation of the new opposition-led coalition government in Macedonia as the only way out of the country's deep political crisis.
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Vienna Meeting of Macedonian Party Leaders to Aim to Ensure Implementation of Przino Deal
A forthcoming meeting of Macedonian political leaders in Vienna will aim to ensure the further implementation of last year's Przino agreement to resolve the political crisis in the country rather than reaching a new deal, a European Commission official has said.