When
Slovenian television viewers turned on their TV sets to watch the main evening
news on April 15, 1968, they noticed something very different. For the first
time ever, the news was in Slovenian.Up to that point, the main evening
newscast had always been always produced in Belgrade. It was broadcast in the
Serbo-Croatian language, which many people in Slovenia couldn’t understand
well. [Doordarshan Kendra Madras made its first broadcast in Aug 15, 1975]
Slavs
are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group who speak the various Slavic
languages of the larger Balto-Slavic linguistic group. They are native to
Eurasia. From the early 6th century they spread to
inhabit the majority of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Slavs are the
largest ethno-linguistic group in Europe.
Slovenia is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a
crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy, Austria, Hungary,
Croatia and Adriatic sea. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia,
Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and
a member of the United Nations. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
Slovenia
is in the midst of political crisis. Its
health minister resigned recently, becoming the fourth minister to leave the
center-left minority government and raising concerns about its ability to
survive until the next scheduled election in 2022.SamoFakin quit for what he
said were health reasons, nine days after Environment Minister Jure Leben quit
amid media reports about alleged corruption linked to a railway project in 2017
when Leben was a senior infrastructure ministry official.Leben has denied
wrongdoing, saying he resigned to ease the pressure on the government.In
January, Culture Minister DejanPresicek left over infighting within his
ministry, and Development Minister Marko Bandelli stepped down in November over
an alleged irregularity associated with to EU funding allocations.
A
Mediana agency poll last week found 56 percent of citizens backing the
government, down from 63 percent a month before. But analysts said the Government
is likely to remain in power for at least another year thanks to solid economic
conditions.Export-oriented Slovenia narrowly avoided an international bailout
for its banks in 2013. It returned to growth a year later and the economy is
expected to expand by up to 3.7 percent this year versus 4.5 percent in
2018.Prime Minister MarjanSarec’s coalition is composed of five parties and
holds 43 of the 90 seats in parliament, relying on the opposition Left party
with 9 seats to pass major bills.
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away from Politics and current affairs to insurance – insurance frauds to be
more specific.
Police
in Slovenia have accused a woman of cutting off her hand with a circular saw -
with the help of her family - to make a fraudulent insurance claim.The
21-year-old and a relative have been detained and face up to eight years in
prison if convicted.
The suspects recently took out injury insurance, police say.The
woman allegedly stood to gain about €400,000 (£340,000; $450,000 / Rs.3.13
crores) in compensation and monthly payments of about €3,000 from the policy. Four members of the
family were initially detained earlier this year, but two were later
released.Police say the group deliberately cut the woman's hand above the wrist
at their home in the capital Ljubljana.Relatives took her to hospital, saying
she had injured herself while sawing branches.
Officials
say the group left the severed hand behind rather than bring it to hospital, to
ensure the disability was permanent. But the authorities recovered it in time
to sew it back on.
With
regards – S. Sampathkumar
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