“This period of time, when Karl Erjavec was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was a period in our external policy that we cannot really be proud of. At that time, Slovenia was moving away from the general direction of our foreign policy, outlined in the parliamentary resolution, which is in many ways also defined by …
Previous governments had allocated less than five million euros per year to the development of homes for the elderly. Due to their (non)actions in this area, we have not gotten any new homes for the elderly since 2005. However, under the current government, the field of care for the elderly is a priority for the …
Ahead of the official start of the election campaign, Prime Minister Janez Janša, and fellow coalition leaders Matej Tonin and Zdravko Počivalšek, presented what Janša called the “biggest investment drive” in Slovenia’s history. They said almost EUR 8 billion worth of investment projects had been implemented, were ongoing or were approved along with funds in …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša announced the Slovenian diplomatic mission in Kyiv will operate at the level of chargé d’affaires with full powers for the duration of the emergency situation. He did not reveal who the chargé d’affaires will be, but said that several volunteers had come forward. Citing unofficial sources, media reported the interim chargé …
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Yesterday in Brdo pri Kranju, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended a solemn event of the Chamber of Craft and Entrepreneurship of Slovenia, at which he was the keynote speaker. At the ceremony, the awards Craftsman of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020 and 2021 and the Oldest Craftsman in 2020 were presented. …
Prime Minister Janez Janša gave an interview today for the BBC World Service. Most of the interview was devoted to the visit of the Prime Ministers of Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland to Kyiv. The Slovenian Prime Minister began by saying that he and the Polish and Czech Prime Ministers had travelled through the …
On Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Janez Janša together with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech Prime Minister Peter Fialo met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv. In a statement following the meeting, Prime Minister Janez Janša said that he decided to visit because he was aware of how Ukrainians …
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The prime ministers of Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv on Tuesday evening. Zelensky thanked them for the “strong sign of support.” “Your visit to Kyiv at this difficult time for Ukraine is a strong sign of support. We really appreciate it,” …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša addressed Ukrainian people. The speech was originally published on Channel24 (24 Канал). Dear fellow Ukrainians! Dear friends! As in the case of individual events in our lives, events in international politics can rarely be described as black or white. But the war that your country has been pushed into is an …
If, in the light of Russian aggression against Ukraine, anyone wonders why Ukraine is so important to Russian President Vladimir Putin and why he wants to regain it under his influence, there is no doubt that some facts about Ukraine’s natural resources need to be known. For example, Ukraine is the first in Europe in …
The statistical office announced today that Slovenia’s GDP grew by 8.1 percent in real terms last year, after falling by 4.2 percent after the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic and the partial closure of public life in 2020. According to seasonally adjusted data used for comparisons in the EU, economic activity also recovered by 8.1 …
Prime Minister Janez Janša was a guest on the programme Odmevi plus on TV Slovenija 1, talking about the latest developments related to the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. On the programme, Prime Minister Janša said that Putin could not win the war in Ukraine. As regards talks between Russia and Ukraine, he …
