This month's archivalia is a letter written by the Montenegrin partisan and national hero Komnen Cerović (1916-2000) and sent at the end of 1966 to the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. In his letter he is asking why Milovan Đilas (1911-1995) was still in prison. The archivalia describes how Đilas went from being a member of the Party's innermost circle to being a first-class persona non-grata virtually overnight.

Below is the message by Prime Minister Robert Golob on the occasion of Reformation Day on 31 October.

Due to the Reformation day the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia will be closed on 31 October.

The State Attorney’s Office of the Republic of Slovenia invites interested lawyers and law firms in Romania to submit tenders to represent the Republic of Slovenia before the courts and administrative authorities of Romania.

Prime Minister Robert Golob, Head of the Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Post-Flood and Landslide Reconstruction Boštjan Šefic and Commander of the Civil Protection of the Republic of Slovenia Srečko Šestan today visited the flooded areas in Baška Grapa, where a preventive evacuation from the most seriously affected buildings was ordered yesterday to ensure the safety of citizens. A total of 36 inhabitants have been relocated.

On 27 October 2023, the Slovenian Government took a significant step by pledging a donation of EUR 150,000 to the World Food Programme for emergency humanitarian aid for the affected population in Gaza.

Temporarily reintroduced controls at the internal borders with Croatia and Hungary initially introduced on 21 October 2023 will remain in force for 20 more days until 19 November 2023.

 On 26 and 27 October 2023, Prime Minister Robert Golob attended the regular session of the European Council in Brussels. The agenda of this year's summit focused on the situation in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine, the revision of the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework, migration management, the economy and other pressing issues.

State Secretary Marko Štucin and Slovenia's Special Envoy for the Western Balkans Anžej Frangeš met with German Federal Government Special Representative for the Countries of the Wester Balkans Manuel Sarrazin, who is on a visit to Slovenia. In their talks, they exchanged views on the current situation in the region and the next steps in the EU enlargement process.

In a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Moldova, Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon recalled that today Slovenia and Moldova are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

On the basis of the Act on Aid to Ensure Enhanced Air Connectivity (hereinafter reffered as: the Act), a Public Tender for Enhanced Air Connectivity of Slovenia was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia and the Official Journal of the European Union on 27. 10. 2023. In accordance with the first paragraph of Article 10 of the Act, the tender documentation is publicly published, however, the English translation is merely an information aid for foreign air carriers when preparing applications for aid.

The application for aid and Annexes must be submitted in Slovene language. Submission deadline is 27. 11. 2023 at 23.59

Krško Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) commenced with repairs on a damaged pipeline of the safety injection system after the plant shutdown and transfer of fuel assemblies from the reactor to the spent fuel pool.

The unanimous opinion is that Slovenia more than impressed the visitors at the Frankfurt Book Fair (FKS).

Prime Minister Robert Golob is attending the two-day October European Council meeting in Brussels. Ahead of the regular meeting of the leaders of the Group of 27 countries, he stressed that the current situation in the Middle East will mark the first day of the meeting.

Speaking at a press conference, Branko Gregorčič of the Slovenian Environment Agency has said that the weather conditions would worsen in the second half of the night and on Friday morning. Heavy rain is expected, and the south-westerly wind will intensify.

State Secretary Sanja Štiglic participated in the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security in New York. She advocated for a stronger role of the Security Council in implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS), and stressed the need to prevent and combat retaliation against women who inform the Security Council about certain crises and armed conflicts.

At 78th session, the Government considered the Bill on Reconstruction, Development and Provision of Financial Resources and the Draft Amendment to the Act Determining Intervention Measures for Recovery from the Floods and Landslides of August 2023. The proposed solutions from both laws were presented by the Minister of Infrastructure Alenka Bratušek and the Minister of Finance Klemen Boštjančič.

On Wednesday, 25 October 2023, the fourth public consultation on drafting the amendments to the Promotion of Balanced Regional Development Act took place at the Sodni Stolp Tower in Maribor. The consultation focused on monitoring regional development, indicators and criteria, and the development risk index.

The Guidelines for the Mainstreaming of Gender Equality in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, endorsed by the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon in May 2023, are now also available in English. This has made the Guidelines accessible to all implementing NGO partners and institutions carrying out development cooperation projects in partner countries.

The Ministry of Cohesion and Regional Development has approved EU funding for the project Digitalisation of Notarial Services.