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Vajgl leaves DeSUS as tensions in party rise ahead of congress
LJUBLJANA - Tensions in the Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) continue to increase ahead of the party's election congress in January as Ivo Vajgl, the former MEP and foreign minister, announced that he is leaving the party, the newspaper Dnevnik reported on Saturday. "Considering the positions I personally advocate, I have assessed that there is no room in DeSUS for me any longer, which is why I am leaving the party," Vajgl has told Dnevnik. His announcement comes after the DeSUS staffing commission said there were some reservations regarding the candidacies of Aleksandra Pivec and Borut Stražišar for the post of the DeSUS president. The two intend to challenge DeSUS president and Defence Minister Karl Erjavec at the January congress.
Pahor endorses W Balkans in EU and creation of mini Schengen
NOVI SAD, Serbia - Slovenian President Borut Pahor attended a youth forum of the Western Balkans with his Serbian and North Macedonian counterparts, Aleksandar Vučić and Stevo Pendarovski, expressing support in his address to enlargement of the EU to the Western Balkans. Pahor said he was a friend of the region, a "big advocate of a strong and integrated EU, its enlargement, first and foremost to the Western Balkan countries." He also The Slovenian president endorsed the efforts to establish a joint market with free flow of goods, services, capital and people between Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania, the so-called "mini Schengen" zone. Pahor also took advantage of the visit to Novi Sad to hold bilateral meetings with Pendarovski and Vučić.
Slovenia remembers defender of its northern border
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia observes Rudolf Maister Day today, remembering the general who established the first Slovenian army in modern history and secured what later became Slovenia's northern border. The holiday commemorates the day in 1918 when Maister (1874-1934) took control of Maribor. The main ceremony, held on the eve of the holiday in Murska Sobota, was addressed by parliamentary Speaker Dejan Židan, who praised Maister's courage, patriotism and determination also in his address to MPs yesterday. He said that Rudolf Maister Day was a great opportunity "for us to ask ourselves how do we contribute to a better society on a daily basis and whether we are worthy of the great deeds of our ancestors".
Beanpole wins main award at Ljubljana Film Festival
LJUBLJANA - Beanpole, a Russian historical drama directed by Kantemir Balagov, was declared the best film of the 30th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe) as the awards were handed out. It was an unanimous decision by the international jury to confer the Kingfisher Prize on the story about a young woman returning with a child to Saint Petersburg after the Second World War. Last Year When the Train Passed By, a short by Taiwanese director Pang-Chuan Huang, was declared the best film in the respective category. The FIPRESCI award by a jury of the International Federation of Film Critics has been earned by Monos, a drama/thriller by Brazilian director Alejandro Landes. The Dragon audience's choice award went to Every Day a Good Day by Japan's Tatsushi Ohmori, about a Japanese student who learns about the tea ceremony.
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