According to multiple sources, the Slovenian Ministry of Culture recently slashed cofunding to NGOs by nearly 50 percent in the course of its latest four-year program tender, a decision some fear could push the country’s cultural landscape to the brink. The move, which shrinks funding from €6.4 ($7.1 million) to €3.6 million ($4 million), comes as the ministry records its largest budget since Slovenia gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 and follows the ascent to governmental power, over the past two years, of a right-wing administration, which has additionally gutted the Slovenian Press
Thirty years after the EU formally recognised Slovenian independence, one of its former champions is presiding over an erosion of press freedom and civil society. Act now before it s too late, warns @CIVICUSalliance researcher @ajnarsee
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