The Definitive Guide to the Arbitration Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 5

T- 4 days and counting. Supporters of referendum held their final rally in downtown Ljubljana, while opponents will to the same on Friday. Ninamedia’s poll shows the gap between “yes” and “no” vote closing (source) The Poll Pollster Ninamedia is running a longitudal poll on behalf of Mladina magazine which is returning mighty interesting results. … Continue reading The Definitive Guide to the Arbitration Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 5

The Definitive Guide to the Arbitration Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 4

Stand-off between Slovene and Croat police near Hotiza in 2006 (photo: Tadej Regent/Delo) Tee-minus-six days and counting. The debate on the Arbitration Agreement is in its final stages, with neither side as yet delivering a crushing blow. But the night is still young and there’s ample time until Friday evening both for opponents as well … Continue reading The Definitive Guide to the Arbitration Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 4

The Definitive Guide to the Arbitrage Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 3

Here it is, yet another instalment of everything you wanted to know about the Arbitrage Agreement but had the smarts to wait for pengovsky 🙂 For parts 1 and 2 click here and here respectively PM Pahor in debate with ministers Žbogar, Lukšič and Svetlik (source: Baž Samec/Delo) Tee-minus-eleven days and the referendum campaign is … Continue reading The Definitive Guide to the Arbitrage Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 3

The Definitive Guide to the Arbitrage Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 2

Finally, with ten-or-do days to go until the referendum, the second instalment of pengovsky’s Definitive Guide to the Arbitrage Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia :). For the first part, click here Approximation of the Drnovšek-Račan agreement. Taken from this post Campaigning pro and contra the Arbitrage agreement is vicious. I’m talking distilled venom of the … Continue reading The Definitive Guide to the Arbitrage Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 2

The Definitive Guide to the Arbitrage Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 1

Since this is the hot topic in Slovenia at the moment, as well as since pengovsky was slacking lately, it is only fair to give you the low-down on the whole shebang and brings you up do speed on the issue. In (at least) two-part series 🙂 Croatia, as seen from Slovenia. The 200 metres … Continue reading The Definitive Guide to the Arbitrage Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia, pt. 1

[UPDATED] Will Thursday Finally See The End Of The Border Dispute Between Slovenia And Croatia?

UPDATE 29/06/2016 @ 1630 CET: The Tribunal has announced its decision which (at least in part) goes along the lines argued in the post. See the end of the post for details. Once for a change, Slovenia and Croatia have every right to feel like the centre of the world. It’s not as if they … Continue reading [UPDATED] Will Thursday Finally See The End Of The Border Dispute Between Slovenia And Croatia?

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Virtually all over the map (both geographically and otherwise) political forces that be have a huge political credibility problem. That in itself is hardly news. In Britain Tories and Labour alike are tripping over each other, trying to run away from Rupert Murdoch with whom they were schmoozing beyond any good taste only months earlier. … Continue reading Astroturf