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  • Prime Minister Golob receives outgoing US ambassador

    Prime Minister Robert Golob received outgoing US ambassador, Jamie Linder Harpootlian, whose term in Slovenia is coming to an end. He thanked her for her dedicated work and contribution to strengthening relationships between the two countries.

  • EU funding for international visibility of Slovenian companies

    The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the call for proposals to co-finance individual presentations of companies in international fairs in the 2024-2028 period.

  • Prime Minister Robert Golob on CNN: "Peace is always better than war, but there is no value in peace without freedom."

    Prime Minister Robert Golob was today a guest on CNN's Connect the World, where he spoke live with anchor Eleni Giokos. They discussed the recent NATO Summit, Slovenia’s NATO membership, Ukraine and Palestine.

  • Minister Fajon: Slovenia advocates for robust support of UNRWA's work

    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon took part in the UNRWA Pledging Conference at UN Headquarters. This annual event aims to encourage countries to make financial contributions to support UNRWA in carrying out its activities.

  • Slovenian Olympic and Paralympic Team for Paris 2024

    With its largest ever delegation at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, Slovenia is reaffirming its status as a nation of world-class athletes. There is no doubt that they will excel once again. Slovenia is both a world sporting phenomenon and a sporting superpower.

  • Start of Slovenian language courses at survival level

    Language schools across Slovenia are bustling hubs these days. The language institute Didaktum (Jezikovni inštitut Didaktum) is running a Slovenian language programme at survival level in 40 locations across Slovenia. The programme has been available to eligible persons since the entry into force of the 2023 amendment to the Foreigners Act, on the basis of which a decree providing assistance for the integration of foreigners who are not citizens of the European Union was adopted.

  • Slovenian and French ministries of defence sign a letter of intent on the procurement of Caesar and Mistral systems

    The State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, Dr Damir Črnčec, and the National Armaments Director at the Ministry of Defence of the French Republic, General Gaël Diaz de Tuesta, have signed a Letter of Intent on the European joint procurement of Caesar artillery and Mistral air defence systems (hereinafter referred to as the "Letter of Intent").

  • Prime Minister Golob: "Our goal is to be able to continue to live in peace"

    The NATO Summit concluded in Washington yesterday with the meeting of the North Atlantic Council with the Indo-Pacific partners and the EU and the meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Ukraine. Following the Summit, Prime Minister Golob gave his assessment of the Summit in a statement to the Slovenian media.

  • Minister Fajon concludes participation in NATO Summit in Washington

    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon attended the NATO Summit in Washington. She, along with Prime Minister Dr Robert Golob and Defence Minister Marjan Šarec, participated in the event marking the 75th anniversary of the Alliance and the North Atlantic Council meetings in Allied, Indo-Pacific and NATO-Ukraine Council formats.

  • Prime Minister Golob: "More efforts are required on the political and diplomatic stage"

    Day two of the NATO Summit in Washington began with statements to the media from world leaders. Upon his arrival at the Summit, Prime Minister Robert Golob said that the leaders had yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to opening Ukraine’s path to NATO, and particularly to a stable financing of aid for Ukraine from NATO and other allies.

  • Green transition is a must not only for Europe and Slovenia but also for Velenje

    The city of Velenje hosted the fifth Annual political dialogue of the Initiative for coal regions in transition, which is organised by the European Commission. The target audience of the two-day international business conference was local, regional, and national representatives and just transition stakeholders from the EU and the Western Balkan region.

  • 238th correspondence session of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia

    The Government has formulated the text of the proposal of the Act on temporary measures to improve personnel and working conditions and the capacities of providers of social assistance and long-term care services. The text of the proposal is in the third reading stage. The Government agreed to the proposed changes to the new legal amendments to the Act Determining Intervention Measures for Flood and Landslide Recovery of August 2023.

  • International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide

    Today marks the 29th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica. In May this year, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 11 July as the International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide. On this day, we remember the victims, the missing, their families and all those who have been permanently scarred by the genocide.

  • Prime Minister Golob: "The level of transparency in the purchase of 8x8 vehicles will be the highest possible."

    Before temporarily taking over the Ministry of Defence, Prime Minister Robert Golob, on the margins of the NATO Summit, held an in-depth discussion with Minister of Defence Marjan Šarec on the Ministry's work and tasks to date, as well as plans for the future. The formal handover will take place when Minister Šarec's term of office ends due to incompatibility of office. After the talks, they made a statement to the Slovenian media.

  • Prime Minister Golob: The key mission and responsibility of the alliance is peacekeeping

    A meeting of the heads of state and government of the NATO alliance is taking place in Washington, attended by the Prime Minister Robert Golob, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon and Minister of Defence Marjan Šarec. At 19:00 CET, the meeting of the North Atlantic Council will be held in an alliance format, one of the three meetings of this year's summit.

  • 112th Session of the Government

    At today’s session, the Government discussed the initial starting points for the draft Act Amending the Foreigners Act.

  • Minister Poklukar pays a work visit to Montenegro

    Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar paid a two-day work visit to the Minister of the Interior of Montenegro Danilo Šaranović.

  • Prime Minister Golob: "Our common goal is prosperity for the whole world"

    The NATO Summit in Washington began yesterday with a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Golob and Tina Gaber, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Tanja Fajon, and Minister of Defence, Marjan Šarec.

  • Decisions taken by government committees

    At committee meetings, the Government adopted, among other things, an opinion on the draft amendment to the Criminal Code and included several new projects in the current Development Programme Plan 2024–2027.

  • State Secretary Štucin confirms friendly bilateral relations during consultations in Lisbon

    State Secretary Marko Štucin held political consultations in Lisbon with the Secretary of State for European Affairs at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, Inês Domingos. The two officials confirmed the positive and friendly bilateral relations between Slovenia and Portugal, exchanging views on further support for Ukraine, institutional reforms, EU enlargement and the situation in the Western Balkans.