Boštjan Lesjak has safely arrived in Kyiv to start serving as Slovenia’s chargé d’affaires ad interim to Ukraine. Upon arrival, he said that the city was empty with audible alarms and detonations in the distance, but that day-to-day life was running normally for those who remained in the capital. As of 9:00 a.m. monday, the …
Prime Minister Janez Janša met with the President of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Sentop, in Ljubljana yesterday. They exchanged views on bilateral relations between the two countries and discussed current foreign policy topics with a focus on the situation in Ukraine and the Western Balkans. UKOM
Prime Minister Janez Janša met yesterday with Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, who is attending the conference of parliamentary speakers of the EU Member States in Slovenia. The two interlocutors focused on the situation in Ukraine and the main topics on the agenda of EU leaders. They agreed that the EU should remain …
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EU home affairs ministers met at the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council today in Brussels to continue the discussion on the consequences of the situation in Ukraine. They focused on the reception and registration procedures for persons fleeing Ukraine, on the implementation of material and financial support for member states, and security issues. The …
Prime Minister Janez Janša yesterday attended the extraordinary summit of NATO Heads of State and Government in Brussels to discuss the Russian aggression in Ukraine and current developments in NATO related to the situation in that country. As part of the short-term response, efforts are continuing within NATO to establish four new battlegroups in southeastern …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša yesterday in a video speech addressed the participants of the National Conservatism Conference: The Future of the Nation-state in Europe, which was organised by the Edmund Burke Foundation in Brussels on 23 and 24 March 2022. Speaking in the panel “Facing the Russian aggression”, Prime Minister Janša talked about the war …
The parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee endorsed in a 9:1 vote the government’s initiative to revoke the 2011 agreement with Russia on scientific and cultural centres in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Under the proposal, the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre in Ljubljana is to be closed. A Foreign Ministry state secretary told the …
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The Labour and Social Court in Ljubljana refused to issue a temporary order on the implementation of the Amendments to the Implementing Act on the Operation of the MMC. The court did not find that the changes were inconsistent with the law or the statute. Igor Pirkovič, the new acting editor of the editorial board …
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Representatives of the opposition and the Gibanje Svoboda party wrote a protest letter, in which they flatly state about the irregularities and pressures that journalists on RTV Slovenia are allegedly experiencing. Director of RTV Slovenia Andrej Grah Whatmough emphasised that the management of RTV Slovenia never put pressure on journalists and editors of RTV Slovenia …
Prime Minister Janez Janša was guest on CNN’s At This Hour live, where he discussed with host Kate Bolduan the situation in Ukraine, the visit of three Prime Ministers to Ukraine, the NATO Summit in Brussels and current foreign policy issues. nitially, they focused on the extraordinary meeting of NATO members, which will take place …
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Boštjan Lesjak will be Slovenia’s interim chargé d’affaires in Kyiv, senior Foreign Ministry official Jernej Müller confirmed several unofficial media reports as he spoke on Radio Slovenija. Lesjak, a lieutenant-colonel, was previously an employee of the Defence Ministry, but has been now employed at the Foreign Ministry. On Sunday, PM Janez Janša said Slovenia will …
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The University of Maribor has enabled Ukrainian students who had to leave their country due to the war to enrol temporarily in its study programmes without tuition under a student exchange scheme. They can also apply for scholarships that will cover their living expenses for the first few months in Slovenia. The university said in …
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