European Contexts Seminar Series
With Ali Žerdin, Slovenian journalist and book author, editor of the Saturday supplement, of Slovenia’s major daily, Delo.
When: Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 9:00-10:00CET
Where: online.
Please register by 10 March 2026, noon. Zoom link will be sent one day before the event.
Register now.
Speaker
Ali
Žerdin has been the editor of Saturday supplement at the Slovenian
daily Delo since 2010. Previously, he worked as a journalist and/or
editor -in- chief for different Slovenian media: Student radio, Mladina,
and Dnevnik.
Žerdin has authored numerous books:
Slovenian Spring (1992), Generals Without Caps / Chronology of Committee
for Human rights (1996), The Power Network (2012), France Bučar /
Biography of president of Slovenian Parliament (2015), Prisoners of
Networks (2018), A Years of Dangerous Closeness / What Went Wrong During
Pandemic of Covid-19 in Slovenia (2021), A Year of Dangerous Mutations
(2022).
Background
On 22 March 2026
Slovenia holds parliamentary elections: A total of 18 lists of
candidates have registered. In spite of Slovenia’s fragmented political
landscape, analysts and polls suggest that the upcoming elections will
be a competition between two major political blocks: those around the
current prime minister, Robert Golob, head of the centre-left coalition,
and the populist three-times prime minister Janez Janša, remembered for
corruption scandals and his congratulations to Donald Trump’s elections’ victory in 2020.
Golob campaigns on stability and
green energy reforms while Janša seeks to capitalize on discontent over
unfulfilled economic promises and migration policy.
Ali Žerdin will explore both major electoral issues and foreign policy programs.
Format
Short presentation followed by Q&A.
Concept and Moderation
Mirjana Tomic fjum/Presseclub Concordia
Target Audience
Journalists, media professionals and researchers
Maximum number of participants: 100