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In April 2009 the Slovenian Ministrstvo za kulturo (Ministry of Culture) set up a project group to solve the problems of the self-employed in the cultural sector. The group consists of representatives of the Ministry of Culture, Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve (Ministries of Finance, Labour, Family and Social Affairs), NGOs such as Asociacija, Odprta zbornica, Artservis and the Sindikalna konferenca samostojnih ustvarjalcev na področju kulture in informiranja (Union Conference of Freelance Workers in Culture and Media - SUKI). The first achievement of the project group is the Uredba...

At the end of January 2010 the Zakon o Slovenskem filmskem centru (Act on Slovenian Film Centre), which might be the first step towards prosperity for the Slovenian film industry, was proposed. The public debate on this ended on 4 March 2010. The film sector is one of the pillars of cultural diversity. Its strength lies in its ability to cross borders and travel around the globe at a reasonable cost. Film production is the financially most intensive segment of the film industry. The toughest part of the producers’ job is fundraising and it takes a long time for producers to cover the costs of the...

The Slovenian Ministry of Culture released a draft Act on the Slovenian Film Centre (“Act”) for public discussion early in February 2010. The regulation is expected to solve the crisis in the Slovenian cinematography sector which culminated in a series of irregularities in the Slovenian Film Fund in 2007. These were revealed by civil society and State institutions such as the Budget Supervision Office, the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption and finally in 2009 by a revision of the Court of Audit. The Act on Public Funds which was amended in August 2008 demands several minimum standards...

In November 2009 a draft amendment to the Zakon o Radioteleviziji Slovenija (Radio and Television Act of Slovenia) was put to public discussion. In the public and expert debates focus has been put on the renewed structure of the Programme Council and its expanded competencies. Numerous professionals and experts, public opinion and the parliamentary opposition are against the proposed modifications, thus, the draft is expected to meet changes. The existing Programme Council of the public broadcaster Radio and Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenija) consists of 29 members; the criteria for their appointment...

The international TV enterprise Pro Plus produced a Slovenian reality show featuring some public figures. The “Celebrity Farm” (Kmetija slavnih) started broadcasting on 28 September 2009 on the commercial broadcaster POP TV every day except Sunday in the early evening. As it contains explicit sexual scenes, scenes of violence, bad language, pornographic material, unnecessary violence against animals, rough hierarchical patterns among participants, promotion of alcohol and tobacco consumption, there are many complaints against it. On 16 November 2009 the Agencija za pošto in elektronske komunikacije...