STA, 24 May 2018 - Given the complicated global security situation and what seems like a potential new wave of migrants crossing the Balkans, security is one of the most prominent topics in the campaign ahead of the 3 June parliamentary election. Voters will be able to choose from a number of very different positions advocated by the 25 participating parties. 

STA, 16 May 2018 - The number of unaccompanied minors who asked for international protection in the EU countries last year almost halved compared to 2016 to 31,400, but the figure increased in Slovenia, from 245 to 390, Eurostat data show. 

STA, 18 May 2018 - Slovenia could be forced to take unilateral measures to protect its border if countries in the region do not react to renewed increase in illegal migrations, Interior Ministry State Secretary Boštjan Šefic has warned. 

STA, 16 May 2018 - The National Party (Slovenska Nacionalna Stranka, SNS), a Eurosceptic, nationalist, protectionist and populist party, is relying heavily on anti-migrant rhetoric in its hope to re-enter parliament after a seven-year hiatus. Its founder and leader Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti prides himself on not mincing words. 

A few weeks ago I attended a meeting at Ziferblat that was part of the training for Migrantour, a project that aims to give migrants in Slovenia the skills and knowledge needed to become tour guides in Ljubljana.

It was there I first met Jana Milovanović, an anthropologist by training who left academia to follow her various interests outside the halls and classrooms of a university setting, working directly with migrants and other marginal groups, a topic that’s only become more interesting, and urgent, in the last few years, with the opening of the Balkan Route to Europe. As such I caught up with Jana a few days later for a coffee and tried to learn more about her life and work in this context. 

STA, 15 May 2018 - Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar presented Slovenia's view on the security situation in Central Europe at a conference dedicated to security held in Vienna on Tuesday. She said that the EU's external borders, which are not protected by Slovenia, were not protected enough. 

May 15, 2018

Ljubljana’s Trubarjeva cesta is known for it’s colourful character (and characters), but also, and increasingly, as the best place in the city to get ethnic food, with the offerings now including, but not limited to, Lebanese, Greek, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Indian, and more, with much of the latter being provided by Skuhna, at #56, where in one recent week alone you could sample dishes from Nigeria, Bangladesh, Syria, Tunisia and Zimbabwe. 

STA, 14 May 2018 - The list of media owner Bojan Požar is among the many political newcomers hoping to boost their election chances with a dose of populism. Unabashed by criticism over his coupling of journalism and politics, Požar is proposing heavy tax cuts while announcing a war on white collar crime and the current judiciary. 

STA, 11 May - Topics such as the dangers of migrations and the need to protect national identities were at the forefront as the opposition Democrats (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS) held their main election convention in Celje on Friday. 

STA, 9 May 2018 - In the face of a significant increase in the number of illegal migrants crossing the Slovenian-Croatian border recently, the police are considering introducing additional measures to cope with the situation. For now, they say the situation is under control.