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Požareport.si is a Slovenian news and opinion website and blog that focuses on political and corruption events, investigative reporting into government corruption, nepotism, government controlled corporations, and personal disclosures about Slovenian politicians, media, and local media personalities and celebrities.

The website offers mainly original content and it publishes up to two articles per day. Požareport was first to publish some of the largest scandals in Slovenia, including a politically sensitive Baričević affair. In the current Slovenian government, three government ministers and some other office holders resigned soon after articles about them were published by Požareport.

It was founded and it is primarily edited by Bojan Požar, an investigative journalist; the name Požareport is a play on words, with požar (Slovene pronunciation: [pɔʒáːr]) being both Požar's surname and the Slovene word for fire.

History and production

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Požareport was launched in 2007 by Bojan Požar who had until 2016 been an editor-in-chief of Direkt,[1] owned by daily newspaper Dnevnik.[2] In 2016, Požar published a book Melania Trump: The Inside Story, depicting life of the First Lady of the United States when she still lived in Slovenia.[3] Since 2017, the Požareport team runs a daily television political show Faktor.[4] The first producers and journalists were Vladimir Vodušek, Bojan Požar and Sebastjan Jeretič.[citation needed] As of October 2019, Faktor is made by Aljuš Pertinač, Bernard Brščič and Bojan Požar.[citation needed]

Notable cases

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The Baričević "Bullmastiff Affair"

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On February 2, 2010, media reported a respected medical doctor named Saša Baričević, who regularly treated country's elite including government ministers, was killed by his own dogs. The three Bullmastiffs were well known to Slovenian public from events a few years earlier, when they attacked and severely injured a bypasser on a street.[5][6][7] Although at that time the dogs were at first determined to be too dangerous to be kept alive, the Administrative Court, with judge Boštan Zalar, the brother of a minister of justice Aleš Zalar, ruled that the dogs should be returned to Baričević.[8]

On February 5, 2010, Požareport published an article that the police officers found a dildo with a condom near Baričević's dead body.[9] According to Požareport, the article was viewed more than a million times, which makes it the most read article in the history of Slovenia.[10] This claim has not been disputed.

The article published a crime scene photo, secretly taken by a police officer, showing a mutilated human body, a plastic penis nearby, and an alive dog, which was visibly bloody around its anus. It also published numerous details, leaked from the police investigation, including the Baričević's last words, when the police found him naked and still alive. The article also stated that for decades Saša Baričević had been a transgendered female. In subsequent weeks, the police carried out internal investigation to find a person who leaked the crime scene photographs to Požareport.[11][12] In several subsequent articles, Požareport described the friendship between Saša Baričević and Minister of interior Katarina Kresal and her domestic partner attorney Miro Senica. Articles suspected that there was another person in a garage besides Baričević's dogs. The morning after the tragedy, Minister of Interior unexpectedly did not appear at the weekly government meeting, she reported that she was skiing in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and a few days later she appeared with a bound on her arm.[13] Media published photos from the crime scene of the morning after the Baričević's death, showing Ministry of Agriculture State Secretary Sonja Bukovec crying and hugging sister of Baričević.[14] In the parliament, a motion of no confidence (called interpellation in Slovenia) was initiated against the Minister of Agriculture Milan Pogačnik for numerous irregularities in the events related to Baričević's dogs[15] and the minister resigned. DNA of all three dogs was found on the condom.[16]

Peter Vilfan tax evasion

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In January 2019, Požareport published a series of articles revealing tax evasion by the Prime Minister Marjan Šarec's Cabinet State Secretary Peter Vilfan.[17][18][19] On January 15, Vilfan made a public statement denying allegations.[20] On March 1, 2019, Vilfan resigned.[21]

Articles and resignation of minister Jure Leben

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In February and March 2019, Požareport published a series of articles disclosing documents that showed how minister Jure Leben and Public Relations agency Futura transferred money from the state budget.[22][23] Leben resigned due to corruption investigation and "media pressure".[24][25]

Withdrawals of political candidatures

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On March 6, 2019, Požareport disclosed that the European Parliament candidate Katja Damij is heavily in debts and owes unpaid taxes.[26] In another article, Požareport disclosed that she emailed her business partners denying that she was in debts,[27] and then the political party replaced her with another candidate.[28]

On September 3, 2018, Požareport disclosed that a minister candidate Tugomir Kodelja had been fired from his previous job due to improper behavior.[29] On September 5, prime minister Marjan Šarec removed him from the candidates' list.[30]

Court proceedings

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Požareport and Bojan Požar have been sued several times. Most of these lawsuits were unsuccessful, including nine lawsuits by attorney Miro Senica.[31] Senica and former minister Katarina Kresal filed criminal charges against Požareport or Požar eight times, and the authorities dropped all of them.[32]

At least once, in 2009, Bojan Požar was convicted for defamation.[33] As of October 2019, there is an ongoing court dispute between Viktor Knavs, the father of Melania Trump, and Požar.[34] Knavs claims that Požareport published that he had been in jail,[35][36] and Požar claims that the disputed sentence was removed from the website in half an hour as soon as he was informed that it may be false.[37]

References

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  1. ^ "STA: Tabloid Direkt Parts with Editor Pozar". english.sta.si. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Bojan Požar dokončno zapustil Direkt". Finance.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Melania Trump – The Inside Story. ISBN 0692764844.
  4. ^ "Faktor" (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Vsak dan prvi – 24ur.com". www.24ur.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "Za Baričeviča sem bil smet". zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "Psi so bili tempirana bomba". www.24ur.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Vsak dan prvi – 24ur.com". www.24ur.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "Šokantno: blizu oklanega Baričeviča našli umetni penis s kondomom!". 2010.pozareport.si. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  10. ^ "Petek, 5. februar, devet let nazaj. Izbruhne afera Baričevič! Dan, ko je Slovenija izgubila medijsko nedolžnost". pozareport.si. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "Bariševičevi ljubimci". Dnevnik. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "Bulmastifi tokrat morili: Podivjani psi na dvorišču domače hiše raztrgali lastnika". Dnevnik. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  13. ^ "Kresalova mora razkriti, da se je po smrti Baričeviča umaknila v St. Moritz". 2010.pozareport.si. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  14. ^ "Povezave okrog Baričeviča". zurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  15. ^ "Vsak dan prvi – 24ur.com". www.24ur.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  16. ^ "Afera Baričevič: Na kondomu DNK vseh treh bulmastifov". www.24ur.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  17. ^ "Peter Vilfan mimo davkov? Če je RTVS temu politiku plačevala komentiranje košarke na račun njegovega društva, je to problem!". pozareport.si. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  18. ^ "Afera Vilfanovi davki. RTV, kabinet predsednika vlade in državni sekretar se branijo z molkom in računajo na poslušne medije!". pozareport.si. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  19. ^ "Dokumenti. RTVS priznala: denar za Vilfana mimo Fursa na njegovo društvo. Davčna blagajna oškodovana za več 10 tisoč evrov!". pozareport.si. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  20. ^ G. C. (January 15, 2019). "Vilfan: Očitki glede davčnih utaj so neresnični, zavajajoči in manipulativni". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  21. ^ G. K.; Sa. J. (1 March 2019). "Vilfan odstopil z mesta državnega sekretarja v Šarčevem kabinetu". RTVSLO.si (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Maketa! Vse povezano: SMC-agencija Futura-bivša zakonca Pelko. Po Prešičku in Bandelliju zdaj visi minister Jure Leben?!". pozareport.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  23. ^ "Novi dokumenti: tako so črpali denar! In halo, premier Šarec, koliko dokazov je še potrebnih za odstop ministra Lebna?!". pozareport.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  24. ^ "Third minister resigns from scandal-hit Slovenian government". France 24. February 27, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  25. ^ "Leben Resigns as Environment Minister, Šarec Expresses Surprise & Regret". www.total-slovenia-news.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  26. ^ "Šarec ponavlja vajo Vilfan. Tudi njegova kandidatka za evropsko poslanko že med davčnimi neplačniki in hudo zadolžena!". pozareport.si. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  27. ^ "Laži in sprenevedanja. Katja Damij, sporna Šarčeva kandidatka za evroposlanko, je padla zaradi razkritij na Požareportu". pozareport.si. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  28. ^ nova24tv.si, vir. "Ni šlo skozi: LMŠ z liste za Evropski parlament umaknila prezadolženo Katjo Damij!". www.demokracija.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved October 5, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ "Neznani Šarčev kandidat za ministra odpuščen iz Citroëna, ker naj bi imel kolerični izpad?!". pozareport.si. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  30. ^ I, A. (2018-09-05). "Po blamaži Tugomirja Kodelje bo Šarec predlagal drugega kandidata". www.delo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  31. ^ "Še zadnji poraz odvetnika Senice proti Bojanu Požarju. Po 8 izgubljenih tožbah je deveto umaknil sam. Toda šele po 6. letih!". pozareport.si. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  32. ^ "Zadnja tranša odvetnika Senice za Bojana Požarja". pozareport.si. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  33. ^ "Bojan Požar obsojen zaradi razžalitve". www.24ur.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  34. ^ "Oce Melanie Trump prisel v Ljubljano na sodisce". www.24ur.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  35. ^ "Dokumenti, utaja davkov: Viktor Knavs, oče Melanie Trump, bil v zaporu?!". pozareport.si. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  36. ^ Nemtsova, Anna (2018-08-25). "Melania's Dad, a New American Citizen With a Record in Yugoslavia's Secret Police Files". Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  37. ^ "Sodni bitki med Viktorjem Knavsom in Bojanom Požarjem še ni videti konca". www.24ur.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
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