Morning headlines for Slovenia: Saturday, March 12, 2022
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This summary provides STA:
Parliament supports tax cuts
LJUBLJANA – The National Assembly approved amendments to the Personal Income Tax Act, which bring higher salaries, a lower capital gains tax and a lower maximum tax rate. The law was planned for the end of last year, but was postponed because the coalition did not have a majority in parliament and because of the referendum threat advocated by the left. After Prime Minister Janez Janša pointed out the possibility of holding a referendum in the April elections, the Left abandoned this plan.
Pahor once again calls for a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian war
ANTALYA, Turkey – Addressing the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, President Borut Pahor called for all-round efforts to end the war in Ukraine and seek a diplomatic solution to the dispute, reiterating his opposition to NATO banning flights. zone in Ukraine. “We must do everything in our power to achieve an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and encourage both sides to find a diplomatic solution,” Pahor said. He also reiterated that it would be wrong to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine, saying that Ukraine needs to be helped in other ways. Pahor also held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Jansa told Bloomberg that “much more” needs to be done about Russia.
PARIS, France – Prime Minister Janez Jansa told Bloomberg TV that it was obvious that war crimes were taking place in Ukraine, which Russia denies. “We should not tolerate this, we need to do much more than we are doing now.” “We have also seen such horrific images in recent history, in Vukovar and Sarajevo, and the same denial and the same propaganda,” Jansa said in an interview with the American television network on the sidelines of the EU summit in Paris.
The minister calls for an immediate embargo on Russian oil and gas
LJUBLJANA – Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec called on the EU to impose an embargo on Russian oil and gas imports as soon as possible, arguing that the only way to ensure peace in Ukraine is to stop financing Russian aggression by buying oil and gas. “Peace has no price and cannot have a price in the EU. Human life has no price,” he said. Slovenia will try to obtain additional gas supplies from North Africa via Italy and Croatia.
A Hungarian official is raising dust by saying that the Mura is the border with Slovenia
LJUBLJANA – Senior Slovenian politicians condemned a statement by Hungarian State Secretary for National Policy Árpád János Potápi, who described the Mura as the border between Slovenia and Hungary, even though the river actually flows between 20 and 30 kilometers from the current official border. . The Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately called Ambassador Andor F. David and requested clarification. The Hungarian embassy said the statement was “spy”.
Vasle says ECB decisions are aimed at stabilizing inflation at 2%
LJUBLJANA – The Governor of the Bank of Slovenia, Boštjan Vasle, commented on Thursday’s decision by the European Central Bank (ECB) to keep key interest rates at a record low, saying that the goal is to stabilize inflation at the 2% target in the medium term. The Governor of the Slovenian Central Bank said that the members of the General Council of the ECB had adjusted their monetary policy in the light of solid economic activity, rising inflation and growing uncertainty.
The Constitutional Court stopped the Swiss Franc Act
LJUBLJANA – The Constitutional Court has stopped the controversial law on loans in Swiss francs, a law challenged by nine banks, which says it harms banks and the economy as a whole. The court said the enactment of the law, which took effect in late February, has been suspended pending a final decision.
Employees are protesting as a new editor appointed on the public television web portal
LJUBLJANA – Jadranka Rebernik, the new editor-in-chief of the TV Slovenia news program, has appointed Igor Pirkovič acting editor of the MMC web portal. This has sparked a protest by staff who say Pirkovic is biased in favor of the ruling party and is not qualified for the job. Questions were also raised about the appointment process, which was described as illegal.
The number of daily cases of Covid increases by 19% from week to week.
LJUBLJANA – 2,225 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia on Thursday, which is 19 percent more than on the same day a week ago. This is the seventh day in a row that the number of cases is growing week by week. The number of hospitalizations, meanwhile, continued to decline, to 249 this morning, down nine. This includes 68 patients with Covid who need intensive care, or six less than the day before. Five covid patients died yesterday.
A working group has been set up to coordinate aid to Ukraine
LJUBLJANA – At Thursday’s correspondence session, the government set up an inter-ministerial working group to coordinate aid to Ukraine, including collecting, storing, transporting and handing over humanitarian and technical aid to the country’s affected population. The working group is chaired by the Minister of Defense.
Charter flights from Italy to revive Maribor airport in the summer
MARIBOR – There have been no charter flights at Maribor Airport for three years, but this summer things are expected to change, as Slovenia Guide has announced weekly charter flights from Bolzano, Pisa and Naples, with the first arrival scheduled for 30 June. As the project manager and director of the BMG tourism company Božidar Dokl told STA, the idea was to connect tourism service providers from the east of the country, without neglecting the rest of Slovenia.
Cross-country skier Lampič 2nd in the sprint of the Falun World Cup
FALUN, Sweden – Slovenian cross-country skier Anamarija Lampič finished second in the Falun World Cup sprint, 8.41 seconds behind Sweden’s Jonna Sundling. Lampic was more than a second ahead of another Swede, Maja Dahlqvist.