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01/12/2008

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Mrevlje, Andrej

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Dnevnik - Slovenia | 16/09/2008

Alitalia forced to adapt

Andrej Mrevlje writes in the daily Dnevnik about the reasons for Alitalia's bankruptcy: "The 5.178 billion euros that the airline has squandered in the past decade landed in the pockets of trade unionists and political parties as well as serving as compensation for the well-paid supervisory boards. The rise of chear airlines and the competition in the international flight sector has exposed the cracks in the political dealing of this major airline ... Why? Because by paying higher bills Alitalia filled the pockets of other state-owned companies and private enterprises and thus kept the chain of clientelism greased. ... As a state-owned company Alitalia could afford to do this as long as the government in Rome was prepared to compensate for the losses. But faced with new EU regulations and the EU currency, which makes it impossible to cover up state debts by playing up inflation, Alitalia will have to adapt to the new rules of the game."

Dnevnik - Slovenia | 21/07/2008

An offensive against secularisation

In his column on the website of the Slovenian daily Dnevnik journalist Andrej Mrevlje describes the Catholic Church's World Youth Day as an offensive against the secularisation of the world: "Australia is one of the world's most secular countries. Its economy is stable and Australia is seen as the country of a thousand cultures. And it is precisely this that most troubles the Roman Catholic Church. ... The criterion that decides where the World Youth Day takes place is no longer the holiness of a given location, which serves as spiritual inspiration. On the contrary, for its World Youth Day the church of Pope Benedict has sought out those places that most need the presence of Catholics. In other words, the goal of these gatherings of young Catholics from all over the world is no longer to move away from secularism but to confront it on its own territory. ... It is difficult to say whether the Church was successful in Australia. ... What we do know for sure is that the Church is present in every pore of modern society, and with the aid of modern means employs its own specific and conservative language which does not allow for fallibilities. There are no fallibilities as far as the darkest sides of the Catholic Church are concerned. These dark sides deprive it of moral authority."

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