Slovenia started refunding fines imposed during Covid-19 lockdowns to more than 60,000 citizens this week, in an effort to reconcile the public with the state, the BBC reported. The move was an electoral promise made by the left-wing Prime Minister Robert Golob, who won last year’s...
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In April, Slovenian voters tapped Robert Golob, leader of the Freedom Movement party, to replace as prime minister right-wing populist Janez Jansa, a longtime figure in Slovenian politics and an ally of Hungary’s illiberal nationalist Prime Minister, Viktor Orban. But Jansa remains a boogeyman. And as the...
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A newly-formed Slovenian party won the country’s parliamentary elections over the weekend, dealing a huge blow to populist prime minister, Janez Janša, Politico reported Monday. The left-leaning Freedom Movement secured around 34 percent of the vote, just a few months after the party was taken over...
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Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa recently joined the premiers of the Czech Republic and Poland in Kyiv to show their support for Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion. The trip into a war zone took even their families by surprise. But the three leaders grew up...
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