Golob joins Macron in call for European centrist alliance

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Prime Minister Robert Golob has joined a call by French President Emanuel Macron for the formation of a new European centrist alliance that would go beyond the existing Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) party. The proposal was included in a letter to the co-leaders of ALDE signed by Stéphane Séjourné, the leader of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, as well as Golob and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Politico reports citing party officials as sources. The new alliance would provide a larger framework than ALDE.

Appeals for reconciliation at ceremony for victims of post-war executions

KOČEVSKI ROG - Victims of post-WWII summary executions were honoured with a ceremony in Kočevski Rog, an area in south Slovenia where multiple mass graves have been discovered. Novo Mesto Bishop Andrej Saje and President Borut Pahor called for efforts towards reconciliation. As a democratic country, Slovenia must "establish foundations that will right the wrongs," said Saje, who thinks this extends beyond just condemning these crimes. Pahor quoted a section from a statement on reconciliation adopted last year that says both sides share responsibility for the internecine conflict and that many crimes were committed by both.

Key segment of Odlazek media empire in hands of bad bank

LJUBLJANA - The Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) has become the sole owner of Salomon, a company that forms a key part of a sprawling media empire controlled by Martin Odlazek and his family, after successfully suing to expropriate the only other shareholder, Dolenjski List, another company in the same media empire, Delo reports. The Novo Mesto District Court granted the bad bank's request to expropriate Dolenjski List by invoking a provision of the companies law that a shareholder may sue to expropriate another shareholder on the grounds that they have caused business damage.