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Mit - SINFO 2008 04 - 8 - Index

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10-11 Prof EmIl ErjavEc:
Grain: To Feed PeoPle or To Burn Fuel?
17-19 ljubo SIrc:
in Slovenia judGeS STill PaSS PoliTical
judGemenTS
16 ≈SEcrEtS«
oF oSkar koGoj in The haaGue
30-32 Dr aNtoN GraD,
ProFeSSor and SPecialiST in neuroloGy and
inTernal medicine
cover photo: a Photo from opening of exhibition of oSKar KoGoj in Den
Haag, Photo: Zoran lesiË
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Anæe Logar
GENuINE DIlEmmaS
In the first four months of this year the price of rice on
world food stock markets increased by 54 per cent. A rice
chocolate bar contains approximately 10 per cent of rice. We
will therefore pay 5% more for a quick chocolate snack today
than in January. We will say to ourselves that everything
is getting more and more expensive, but will still indulge
ourselves with a treat.
At the other end of the world, in Yangon, the capital of
Myanmar, where GDP per capita amounts to approximately
1,200 Euro, a father of two children will queue for his daily
quantity of rice. For the same money he will get today less
than two thirds of the quantity he got at the beginning of the
year. The difference was taken by inflation in the agricultural
produce market. ‘To burn crops or feed people with them’ is
therefore a question posed by the agricultural economist Emil
Erjavec in his comment in the Sinfo May issue.
Is Slovenia a state governed by the rule of law? It is. But despite
that, some people have not achieved justice in Slovenian
courts, even 18 years after the first democratic elections.
Ljubo Sirc, honorary freeman of Kranj and a member of
the Government Strategic Council, is still waiting for justice;
to get back what was taken from him by force during and
after the 2nd World War. He speaks about his battle with
the wheels of judicial, lasting more than half a decade, in an
interview for the present Sinfo issue.
Recently we have witnessed two destructive natural disasters
which have claimed numerous human lives. Nature has
showed its teeth, and combating the climate change is
becoming one of the most serious tasks of world leaders.
Among others, the 5th EU − LAC summit meeting in Lima in
Peru was dedicated to that, where 60 leaders discussed the
new global challenges. ‘Together we have the power and
knowledge to find efficient, sustainable and just answers to
the challenges of the 21st century.’ These were the closing
words at the summit of the Prime Minister of Slovenia and
President of the European Council, Janez Janša. The words fill
us with hope. But they should also, as soon as possible, give
hope to the father who is still queuing for his daily portion
of rice.
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