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Vodovnik, Dejan
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Selection procedure for Eurovision Song Contest under attack
The daily Delo criticises the Eurovision Song Contest selection procedure used by Slovenia's public television broadcaster: "In Slovenia there are several excellent singers and composers among both the younger and older generation. But relations between the music industry and the makers of music are problematic. … It looks as if the public broadcaster has also fallen under the sway of the 'one-hit-wonder', which doesn't demand any great investments. The channel contents itself with inviting a few guests, opening the contest and waiting. For what? For a hit that will bring glory on the stage of one of the most watched foreign contests to simply fall from heaven? Good songs aren't made overnight. A high-quality musical scene encompasses all genres and young composers and singers need encouragement. … But as long as no changes are made to Slovenia's national finals the event will merely serve as a backdrop for performers to show their new costumes, long legs and plunging necklines and to market themselves."
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Controversial mosque to go up in Ljubljana
After a dispute that went on for years, the zoning plan for the construction of an Islamic mosque and cultural centre has been approved in Ljubljana. For Delo newspaper this does not mean the end of the conflict: "It looks as if collecting the money for the land and construction costs will be the smallest problem. Now city councillor Mihael Jarc has announced that a referendum will be held on the mosque. What bothers him is the planned minaret, which will be 40 metres high. It seems that events surrounding the construction of the mosque will remain in the centre of the public eye, even outside Slovenia. There are roughly 60,000 Muslims here, most of them members of the so called second generation with either one or both parents from Bosnia or Kosovo. These are Slovenians of Muslim faith, and that is also the reason for their decade-long desire for a mosque and a cultural centre. ... Relations between the state and the Muslim community are ... entirely respectable, and that is a good thing, too."
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