Slovenia Calls on the European Commission to Investigate Israeli Interference in Elections — Politico
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob has appealed to the President of the European Commission with an urgent request to investigate the activities of the Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube.
Politico reports this.
According to available information, foreign agents have grossly interfered in the country’s election campaign, posing a direct threat to EU democracy.
The scandal erupted just days before the parliamentary elections in Slovenia, scheduled for March 22, 2026.
Slovenian intelligence agencies documented the presence of four Black Cube operatives in Ljubljana, where they allegedly conducted illegal surveillance and wiretapped phone conversations of individuals close to the current government.
Robert Golob called the foreign company’s actions a classic example of hybrid warfare.
He is convinced that the aim of the operation was to create fabricated corruption scandals to discredit his political party and influence the will of the people.
“It is concerning that such a scheme of coordinated deceptive behavior by a foreign non-state actor took place again just days before the national parliamentary elections, thereby creating systemic risks for democratic processes in Slovenia,” the prime minister emphasized.
In his letter to Brussels, Golob pointed out that Black Cube already has a history of similar questionable operations in Romania and Hungary.
In particular, in Bucharest, company employees were convicted of attempting to spy on Chief Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Laura Kovesi.
Slovenia’s opposition, led by Janez Janša, rejects accusations of hiring Israeli specialists, although counterintelligence recorded visits by company representatives to the opposition party’s office.
As a reminder, a referendum on the country’s withdrawal from NATO may take place in Slovenia.
Slovenia has also declared the Israeli prime minister persona non grata.
