The new CIVICUS Monitor update on Slovenia alerts the worrisome circumstances and disabling environment in the country. The latest concerns include attempts to decrease access to funding for NGOs and the continuing obstruction of funds to Slovenia’s public press agency, STA, endangering its survival. Media and CSOs are found in a difficult situation after the Government introduced new discriminatory criteria in July this year which led to the risk of blocking grant aid. The attempt to impede and block access to financial resources that are conditional on the functioning of organizations is a direct blow to the right of association, which came at a time when over the border in Hungary, EEA and Norway grants have been pulled for the current funding period. Read more here.
Source: Civicus Monitor