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Prime Minister Robert Golob addressed attendants at the official opening of Intra Lighting's new factory today, 14 October 2022. The company, which is active in sixty-five countries worldwide, has moved from Mirna to its new premises in Šempeter pri Gorici. The construction of the new, sophisticated factory followed the policy for green transformation that is friendly both to the environment and the community.

Prime Minister Robert Golob today attended, as a guest of honour, the 26th meeting of businessmen from the Primorska region, which was hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Primorska at the Vila Vipolže venue in Dobrovo.

The European Commission today published its annual report on the enlargement strategy and progress of candidate countries and potential candidate countries for membership of the European Union. In addition to the strategy, the so-called enlargement package summarises the annual progress of the six Western Balkans countries and Turkey and makes recommendations for the way forward. For Slovenia, the package is particularly important in the part concerning the granting of candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Slovenia has been advocating since the European Council meeting last June. Today, the European Commission has made a recommendation on granting the candidate status to this country, which is expected to be decided by EU Member States in December.

Prime Minister Robert Golob today outlined the budget proposal in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia. As a preliminary point, he highlighted the historic moment at which the Government proposed its draft budgets for the next two years. The situation is uncertain due to the COVID and energy crises, the Russian aggression against Ukraine and China's cooling economy: "We can speak of a general economic crisis across Europe."

Today’s discussion focused on the convergence of EU Member States’ positions on energy market reform. As Prime Minister Golob pointed out after the meeting, significant progress was made today in finding a common energy solution for Europe. The starting point for the discussion was the European Commission’s latest proposal, which, according to the Prime Minister, was "a big step in the right direction", as it also contained the conclusions of yesterday’s round table on climate change, energy and environmental challenges, which was chaired by Dr Robert Golob together with his Icelandic counterpart.

Prime Minister Robert Golob is today attending the first European Political Community Summit and tomorrow, 7 October, will attend an informal meeting of EU heads of state or government.

Prime Minister Robert Golob visited the Maribor First Grammar School today. With students he discussed the energy crisis, the war in Ukraine, energy self-supply, renewable energy sources and investments in solar panels. The discussion, for which the students were well prepared, took place in a relaxed atmosphere. After a pleasant conversation with the students, the Prime Minister signed the memorial book in the school library. He encouraged the students, "Trust in yourself and in your virtues. Then only the sky will be your limit."

The Prime Minister, Dr Robert Golob, today addressed the participants of the For a Better Future for Children consultation at the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia. At the consultation, various stakeholders, from NGOs to deputies and representatives of ministries, discussed solutions to improve the situation of children with special needs and children living in poverty and threatened by violence.

The Slovenian Prime Minister, Robert Golob, today received the European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira. Prime Minister Golob and Commissioner Ferreira exchanged views on the current situation in the European Union and agreed on the importance of European cohesion policy in addressing the current economic, social and environmental challenges in Europe.

In his conversation with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Prime Minister Robert Golob continued the bilateral dialogue, initiated during his visit to Berlin on July 12.

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Robert Golob, today hosted the first coalition summit, which brought together deputies from the parties of the government coalition and ministers of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.

Message by Prime Minister Robert Golob on the Day of Return of Primorska to the Motherland.

Prime Minister Robert Golob and Minister of Infrastructure Bojan Kumar today visited Gomilsko and Velenje, where they held talks with representatives of energy companies on ensuring energy independence in the long term and responding to the current energy crisis.

By signing the book of condolences, Prime Minister Robert Golob paid his respects to the memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Prime Minister, Dr Robert Golob, is continuing his meetings with businesspeople. At the head office of the company, Iskra Mehanizmi, he and the ministerial team met with the largest suppliers of the Slovenian automotive industry combined in the GREMO Mission (GREen MObility).

Prime Minister Robert Golob today attended a discussion organised by the Ministry of Health together with public healthcare institutions on the subject of measures to stabilise the healthcare system, and to curb the spreading and mitigate the consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic on the healthcare system.

Prime Minister Robert Golob and the ministers for the economy, infrastructure and finance attended a meeting with businesspeople, which was hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia.

Prime Minister Robert Golob today attended the ceremony marking the second anniversary of the launching of the NEMO-HD satellite.

At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, the Slovenian Prime Minister, Dr Robert Golob, visited Paris today.

On the margins of the 17th Bled Strategic Forum, which takes place on 29 and 30 August 2022, Prime Minister Robert Golob hosted a working lunch with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who is also the keynote speaker of this year's Forum.