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After the removal of Ljudmila Novak from the leadership of the NSi-Christian Democratic Party, the last strong female politician, Alenka Bratušek (SAB), now has a good chance to be ousted by a popular vote. If this happens, all of Slovenia’s leading politicians will be men , and nobody seems to mind.
STA, 1 June 2018 - The market research agency Valicon is careful not to predict the winner of Sunday's election even after its latest public opinion poll, with its boss Andraž Zorko saying that the outcome will be partly decided on Saturday at picnics, family meetings and social networks.
STA, 1 June 2018 - Slovenia would get EUR 1.47bn in funds for the common agricultural policy (CAP) in the next multi-year EU budget from 2021 to 2027, which is 13.5% less than in the current financing period, according to the detailed plans for the CAP unveiled by the European Commission on Friday.
STA, 1 June 2018 - Hate speech was one of the topics in the final debate of the election campaign broadcast by TV Slovenija last night with party leaders responding to the anti-hate protest rally held in Ljubljana earlier yesterday.
STA 1 June 2018 - Six years after the first house searches related to the investigation of allegedly fictitious contracts signed to dupe a bank into granting a loan for the Stožice sports complex in Ljubljana, the prosecution has filed indictments against nine people, including Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković, POP TV reported on Thursday.
The dark prince or great white hope of Slovene politics.
Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Friday, 1 June 2018, as prepared by the STA:
STA, 31 May 2018 - Inflation in Slovenia rose by 0.5 points to 2% at the annual level in May, mainly due to higher prices of food, and fuels and energy, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. This is the first time since February last year that prices rose more than 2% at the yearly level.
Curiosity is rewarded in the streets of capital.
STA, 31 May 2018 - Večer looks at the foreign policy dimension of the coming election in Thursday's commentary as it argues that the course will depend on whether the left or the right form the new government.
In an article headlined “Forget Croatia: Why You Need to Visit The ‘Real’ Balkans”, Bloomberg presents readers with five “under-the-radar” destinations in the region, thus offering some alternatives for those who don’t wish to join the annual migration to the land with one of the longest coastlines in Europe, and one tourist for each of it’s 4.2 million citizens. It also mentions Slovenia, and without using the term “hidden gem”.
