“Knowledge has always been and always will be power. Seize it and use it to your advantage,” MEP Irena Joveva urged the young participants in a video address during the Citizens’ Dialogue event on 14 April 2023 in the Austrian province of Carinthia. The event brought together Austrian and Slovenian secondary school students in the […]
In the Šaleška region weekly Naš čas, published on Thursday, 6 April 2023, MEP Irena Joveva spoke about her personal life, her work in the European Parliament, the priorities of her political group Renew Europe and her visit to Velenje. She also stressed the importance of drafting the European media legislation, where she is involved […]
On Friday, 7 April 2023, MEP Irena Joveva appeared as a guest of the national TV show Koda (Code). In the feature When will all phones, car systems and video libraries speak Slovenian? she talked about her efforts to ensure that the Slovenian language is offered by various digital platforms, and stressed that discrimination against […]
On Friday, 7 April 2023, MEP Irena Joveva took part in the Odkrito z odločevalci (Openly with Decision-Makers) discussion with secondary school students from the Gimnazija Nova Gorica. The young audience presented their initiatives for action in the areas they had highlighted as the most topical during workshops. The MEP applauded their choice of topics […]
On Wednesday, 29 March 2023, MEP Irena Joveva met with Apple representatives. They discussed the (non-)use of the Slovenian language on Apple’s operating systems, products and services. This meeting – unlike previous ones – gave the MEP a little more hope that things would move forward, as the company assured her that localising their content […]
On Tuesday, 28 March 2023, MEP Irena Joveva attended the meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education and its first exchange of views on the European Media Freedom Act, which will establish a common framework for media services in the Union’s internal market. “No one need fear media legislation … except those […]
On Wednesday, 29 March 2023, MEP Irena Joveva addressed the European Parliament during its plenary session in Brussels on the current developments at the national broadcaster RTV Slovenija. She said that its current management are not taking responsibility and refuse to admit that they are a disgrace to and unworthy of their positions: “They are […]
My motivation and why exactly traineeship with Irena Joveva? Every story has to start somewhere, and mine began one day when I came across a call for traineeship at the Brussels’ office of MEP Irena Joveva. I decided to apply because I study International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences and because I have […]
On Wednesday, 22 March 2023, the Renew Europe political group in the European Parliament organised an exchange of views on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) with media experts. “For me, it is important to have an EU-wide framework with some common basic principles. (…) It is the responsibility of all Member States and all […]
On Thursday, 23 March 2023, MEP Irena Joveva was elected Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT) at its inaugural meeting. Protecting, improving, promoting and strengthening public health – all of these are among our core responsibilities, she said when elected. In the European Parliament, Joveva has always been active in the field of […]