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Slovenia Weekly: Alliance of values

"Peace must be and remain the main guiding principle behind all our efforts," said Prime Minister Robert Golob in Washington, where the meeting of heads of state and government of NATO member countries was held. At the summit, Prime Minister Golob gave his assurance that Slovenia will contribute its share for the defence of Ukraine. He added that in the future, the aid to Ukraine will be organised systemically. "Slovenia was among the first to come to Ukraine's aid and it will continue providing financial assistance. The majority of grants will be for humanitarian purposes. Our contribution will not increase." Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon said as follows: "NATO is an alliance of values that plays an extremely important role in an increasingly complex security environment. It has a strong political role and thus a great responsibility for peace."

At this year's Olympic Games, Slovenia will be represented by a record number of athletes. The 33rd Summer Olympics will take place from 26 July to 11 August in the French capital, where 90 Slovenian athletes – 44 women and 46 men – will compete in 17 disciplines. This is the highest number of athletes in the history of Slovenian Olympic teams. They will strive to continue adding to the great tally of medals from past summer and winter Olympic Games (76). At the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Slovenian athletes won five medals, of which three were gold. At the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, which start on 28 August and end on 8 September, 14 Slovenian athletes will compete in four disciplines. To date, Slovenian Paralympic athletes have won 52 medals, 51 of them at Summer Paralympics.

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

    10. 7. 2024

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

    10. 7. 2024

    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.
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    112th Session of the Government

    10. 7. 2024

    At today’s session, the Government discussed the initial starting points for the draft Act Amending the Foreigners Act.
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    The European Commission registers Istrski med as a protected designation of origin

    8. 7. 2024

    The European Commission has published in the Official Journal the Implementing Regulation entering the name of Istrski med/Istarski med (PDO) into the Register of Protected Designations of Origin and Protected Geographical Indications, thus protecting Istrski med as a joint product of both Slovenia and Croatia. The application for the protection was prepared jointly by Slovenian beekeepers from the Koper Coastal Beekeepers' Society and Croatian beekeepers from Istria.
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    Cross-border Julian Alps Biosphere Reserve declared

    5. 7. 2024

    The Cross-border Biosphere Reserve of the Julian Alps was declared today at the 36th meeting of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in Agadir, Morocco. This brings together two existing Biosphere Reserves – the Julian Alps Biosphere Reserve on the Slovenian side and the Italian Julian Alps Biosphere Reserve.
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    Slovenian Olympic and Paralympic Team for Paris 2024

    12. 7. 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.