Slovenia

A Slovenian journalist accused of publishing classified state intelligence will now stand trial, a judge in Ljubljana ruled this week after more than a year and a half of deliberation. Anuška Delić, an investigative reporter for Delo, a leading Slovenian daily, is charged with violating Article 260 of the Slovenian Criminal Code on the dissemination of classified information. If convicted, she...

Slovenians rejected a new media law Sunday which the government had said was designed to limit political influence on the state radio and television broadcaster, in a national vote marked by low turnout, says a Reuters report. Preliminary results of the referendum released by 2055 GMT showed 72.6 percent of voters rejected the law, with only 27.4 percent backing it, the state electoral committee...

A Slovenian journalist was allegedly threatened with death on October 10 by a prominent Ljubljana-based businessman after investigating his company, the journalist told the International Press Institute on Thursday. Jaka Elikan, a reporter for Slovene business daily Finance, had been conducting investigations into Electa, a company owned by Jure Jankovic, son of Ljubljana mayor Zoran Jankovic...

(IFJ/IFEX) - Today the European Federation of Journalists, the European group of the International Federation of Journalists, brought its full backing to over 400 journalists in Slovenia who signed a petition to denounce intolerable pressure in the newsrooms. "We are appalled that after months of protests and appeals by national and international media organisations the Slovenian authorities keep...