This year’s Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), the 16th in a row, will certainly prove to be outstanding due to the highest number of participants in the history of the forum, which includes both foreign as well as domestic politicians, businessmen and experts. In the sixteen years of its existence, the forum has more than obviously
After Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn sided with those who support mass migrations of migrants by expressing his support for the admission of tens of thousands of Afghans to the European Union, common sense has nevertheless prevailed in the end. In a joint statement, Ministers of the Interior of the EU Member States wrote that
An amendment to the Kindergartens Act has recently come into force, which provides free kindergarten for the second and all subsequent children from one family. In the period from 2021 to 2024, the government will allocate a record 114.7 million euros for kindergarten and primary school projects. As of Tuesday, kindergarten will be free for
Prime Minister Janez Janša attended the 16th Bled Strategic Forum, which is being held under the title “The Future of Europe”. In the morning, Prime Minister Janez Janša took part in the leaders’ panel on the future of Europe together with other leaders: President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, President of the European Council
The stalled process of EU enlargement to the Western Balkans was one of the topics debated at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) panel on the future of Europe. The panellists called for a continuation of the enlargement process as a matter of strategic importance. The debate was prompted by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who assessed
Several bilateral meetings were held on the sidelines of the first day of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). President Borut Pahor met Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, while Foreign Minister Anže Logar and Defence Minister Matej Tonin met Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations. Pahor and Zaev said Slovenia and entire Europe were
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PM Janez Janša met on Tuesday evening his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis to talk about the situation in Afghanistan and related migration challenges. They also discussed the situation in the Western Balkans and called for the commitments given to the region at the EU summit in Thessaloniki to be met. “During our [EU] presidency we
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Slovenia will significantly expand subsidised public transportation starting on 1 September in an effort to boost ridership and limit the use of cars. Students with subsidised transport passes will no longer be limited to the home-to-school route, they will be able to travel on all routes in Slovenia year-round. The cost will remain the same,
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Slovenia’s GDP increased by 16.3% on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of the year, the Statistics Office reported, with the growth powered by household spending and gross investment. Foreign trade was up significantly as well. Gross investment in most fixed assets was up and it was up on average by 19.2% compared to
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The Health Ministry’s Covid-19 advisory group on Monday prepared a proposal of restrictive measures to be introduced in various stages of the epidemic. According to unofficial information obtained by the STA, it proposes expanding the tested-vaccinated-recovered (PCT) rule if the situation deteriorates, while school closure is not envisaged. In line with the proposal, the tiers
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Slovenia recorded 538 new coronavirus cases on Monday for a positivity rate of 18.4%. The number of patients with Covid-19 in hospital this morning rose by five to 146, and the number of patients in intensive care rose by three to 30, show data by the tracker Covid-19 Sledilnik. The cumulative 14-day incidence per 100,000
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One thing that we should not overlook in the scandal that has recently shaken up the Slovenian judiciary – namely, part of the allegations against Zoran Janković in the trial in the Stožice case became time-barred before the trial had even begun – is the family-prosecution-municipality background which was revealed by the web application of