Media in Slovenia: among criminals, politicians and "the barbarians"
By Blaž Zgaga
Once praised as a role model country for the Balkans, Slovenia as the most developed part of former Yugoslavia, an EU and Nato member today, is facing many challenges in its media landscape. The transition from a former socialist republic to a parliamentary democracy brought some successes and failures where the media ownership structure seems to remain one of the major blunders, as media owners openly or covertly control editorial policies.
Ljubliana, 19 April 2016 - Slovenian Prime minister Miro Cerar meets Dragan Šolak, chairman of the United Group (copyright: Tamino Petelinsek, STA)
During the transition period local oligarchs…
