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Ljubljana – The National Assembly voted 44:40 on Tuesday in favour of a last-minute amendment to the latest economic stimulus bill that the coalition Modern Centre Party (SMC) tabled to reinstate public financing of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA).

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The Government Office for Legislation has issued an opinion on the suspension of financing of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) by the Government Communication Office, saying this could only be the ultimate penalty, as a stoppage of public service would be unlawful. It also says the law secures the STA independence, also from the government.

The STA supervisory board has called on the government to take necessary steps to resume regular financing of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) for the public service it performs after concluding, based on a legal opinion commissioned by the STA management, that the Government Communication Office has no legal basis to arbitrarily suspend financing.

The management of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) responded on Thursday to the Government Communication Office’s (UKOM) latest statements on financing by saying that the agency had no reservations about UKOM’s documentation requests as long as they were in line with the law. It urged UKOM to end actions that threaten its work.

President Erdoğan gave his keynote speech at TRT World Forum 2020 under the theme 'Shifting Dynamics: The International Order in a Post-Pandemic World', held on December 1- 2.

The Slovene Journalists' Association, DNS, said on Tuesday it was "appalled" by the government decision to stop funding the Slovenian Press Agency, STA, the independent public news agency, allegedly because it did not file the requested documentation to the Government Communications Office, UKOM.

Ljubljana – The Slovenian Journalists’ Association (DNS) and the Trade Union of Slovenian Journalists stood to defend the Slovenian Press Agency in their separate statements on Tuesday after it transpired that the government had suspended funding to the national press agency.