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.