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Slovenian Press Freedom Is Suffering, Journalists Say

Amid layoffs of controversial journalists and falling ad revenue for media that are critical of the government, there are growing complaints that Slovenia’s once-enviable press freedom is suffering.

Matija Grah, the Vienna correspondent of Slovenia’s biggest daily newspaper, Delo, said he was ordered back home and fired shortly after he wrote a commentary critical of his government’s foreign policy.

“Formally, it was the editor-in-chief who did the job,” Grah said. “But it was clearly a political move. The foreign minister had called the editor in chief.”

Press freedom in Slovenia is increasingly threatened, said Grah, who together with a group of journalists has started an initiative for press freedom in the country. They accuse Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his government of seriously violating the freedom of the press.

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