Dr Aleksander Jevšek, Minister for Cohesion and Regional Development, whose team headed the application process for the assistance from the EU Solidarity Fund, expressed gratitude to everyone involved in the preparation of the application. "I would like to thank the European Commission for its unwavering support. I am particularly grateful to the staff working in local communities and all the departments who contributed to gathering the necessary data and preparing the application for financial assistance. Slovenia has received a total of EUR 428.4 million in grants, exceeding the initial promise made by the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during her visit to Slovenia in the immediate aftermath of the floods. The country must now implement the planned post-flood recovery measures within 18 months.  Many of them are already underway or completed. Within two years, we will need to prepare an implementation report and submit it to the European Commission," concluded Minister Jevšek.

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