Update by ECF originally published on Civicus Monitor, 19 June 2020 - accessible here BACKGROUND At the end of January 2020, prime minister Marjan Šarec resigned. Following this, on 13th…
(Extract from Total Slovenia News, 6 June 2020, Read the entire article here) Despite the stormy weather, anti-government protesters on bicycles hit the streets of several Slovenian towns for the…
Article originally published on Justice and Environment website, 19 May 2020 - accessible here In the shadow of the coronavirus, the new Slovenian government is taking rights from environmental and…
Article originally published on International Press Institute, 26 March 2020 - accessible here Statement by International Press Institute Journalists in Slovenia have been subjected to an unprecedented wave of insults…
(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) In February 2019, the Administrative Court invalidated the environmental permit for the construction of a hydropower plant project called HPP Mokrice. The decision is in a…
(Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor - Translated from Slovenian) Ljubljana, 5 December 2018 - The founding meeting of the Council of the Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning for Non-Governmental…
(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) Slovenia's new coalition government has already demonstrated a desire for constructive cooperation with the non-governmental sector. On 1st October 2018, the Minister of Interior Boštjan…
(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) In mid-August 2018, a new minority government led by Marjan Šarec was formed after two months of uncertainty following elections in June which saw the anti-immigrant SDS…
(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) In July and August 2018, the Slovenian Association of Journalists reported two physical attacks and a verbal threat on journalists. On 8th August, a…
(European Civic Forum on CIVICUS Monitor) Slovenia had seen significant improvements in recent months concerning civic space, largely as a result of the new NGO law passed by parliament on 23rd March 2018.…