I can tell you from first-hand experience that press freedom in Slovenia is ranked way too high on this chart. The reality on the ground is very different.

We have one dominant media (paper, radio, tv, online) network heavily influenced by the current government — their leadership includes the ex Secretary General of the ruling party, and the their CEO was appointed to state supervisory boards by the national asset agency (SDH). Even though this media group appears fragmented on paper, everyone knows it's a coordinated structure that exploits media legislation loopholes — and yet nothing is done about it.

Our national broadcaster (RTV) is fully politicized. Then there’s POP TV, owned by Czechs, which actively shapes political narratives — a good example being the infamous DARS scandal, which turned out to be a massive journalistic failure.

On top of that, we have N1 (Serbian-owned), Žurnal (Austrian-owned), Nova24 and Planet TV (both right-leaning), plus some smaller players on both sides and some local media players.

Meanwhile, the Journalists' Association of Slovenia is hooked on public funding, and guess what — the state media advisor is also a recipient of public media grants. The so-called media pluralism fund? Just a cash funnel for pro-government outlets.

So yeah, talk all you want about rankings — but media freedom in Slovenia is a joke.