STA funding, media freedom discussed at EU-Western Balkans summit news conference

Brdo pri Kranju/Ljubljana, 6 October - PM Janez Janša disagrees with the claim that Slovenia is setting a poor example to EU candidates by suspending the funding of the STA and not respecting media freedom. But European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was clear, as she spoke to the press after the EU-Western Balkans summit alongside Janša, that current STA funding is a must.

Brdo pri Kranju
A press conference by PM Janez Janša, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the end of the EU-Western Balkans summit.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
A press conference by PM Janez Janša, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the end of the EU-Western Balkans summit. Pictured STA journalist Mihael Šuštaršič (right) wearing a T-shirt in support of the agency.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
A press conference by PM Janez Janša, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the end of the EU-Western Balkans summit. Pictured: RTV Slovenija journalist Helena Milinković wearing a T-shirt in support of the STA.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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