“Not only do we need to strengthen the military garrison and expand the mixed patrols with Slovenia, but we risk that these efforts will be thwarted if we do not return to informal readmissions of migrants by Slovenia.” This was stated by the Italian Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior Nicola Molteni
300 Islamists cross the border near Trieste every day Read More »
Foreign Ministry State Secretary Stanislav Raščan called for an increase in aid for Yemen as he took part in a special event on the humanitarian crisis in the country on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. He expressed concern over the ever larger gap between the humanitarian needs and the
Slovenia calls for more aid for Yemen at UN event Read More »
The National Assembly have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that seeks to better protect pet, increase their well-being and enhance the responsibility of their owners. The amendments to the animal protection act were backed on Wednesday in an 87:1 vote. Presenting the new legislation, Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek said on Tuesday the solutions
Slovenia Tightens Rules on Pet Care Read More »
“This is a region that will face global change, where global warming will endanger life on the African continent, and the countries of the Mediterranean region are the first point of contact for the EU,” explained Foreign Minister Anže Logar in Slovenia’s accession to the Mediterranean group EU Med (formerly Med 7). Croatia also joined the
From March 2020 to December 31st, 2020, the Slovenian police had 5,539,966.90 euros in costs, and from January 1st, 2021 to September 20th, 2021 it had 342,683.92 euros of costs. In total, it had as much as “882,650.82 euros in costs for the security of public gatherings, which were not reported in accordance with the Public
Prime Minister Janez Janša has invited the executive director of SpaceX and Tesla, billionaire Elon Musk, to invest in Slovenia, after the former wrote on Twitter that Tesla does not know yet where to build the fourth Gigafactory. Symbolically, the most suitable place would be Maribor – where the inventor Nikola Tesla got his first
The testimony of partisan Anton Cizel has reopened the debate on the extrajudicial murders by the communist authorities and the investigation of post-war crimes. “Investigations need to be concluded, a lot has already been done, but there is still a lot of work ahead of us. All human rights violations need to be investigated, and
“How the demagoguery works on the example of housing mathematics: 1,300,000,000 euros! The population of Ljubljana: 280.000 or 14 percent of the country. The housing idea of the left: 10,000 flats in 7 years, meaning 1,428 flats in a year or 200 flats a year in Ljubljana. Which is even less than before. Did you
The situation on the EU’s external border, in particular on the border with Belarus, was high on the agenda as the management board of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) started a two-day meeting in Slovenia. Interior Minister Aleš Hojs said Frontex had to help EU member states as well as third countries.
Minister Hojs urges Frontex to help member states, third countries Read More »
The number of positive coronavirus tests totalled 1,308 in Slovenia on Monday, according to the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), in what is a slight drop from a week ago. The number of patients in hospitals was up further as ICU cases exceeded 100 for the first time since May. Three new deaths were
Slovenia: Over 1,300 new coronavirus infections, three deaths on Monday Read More »
Foreign Minister Anže Logar urged his EU peers to stick with the agreement they reached at an informal meeting in Slovenia in September regarding Afghanistan, as EU foreign ministers held a meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly on Monday. He said the framework agreed at September’s Gymnich meeting should be implemented and
FM Anže Logar calls for implementation of Afghanistan benchmarks Read More »
State Secretary Gašper Dovžan attended the first regular session of the General Affairs Council of the European Union (GAC) as chair. He presented the priorities for the work of the Council of the EU for the period up to the close of 2021. The Slovenian Presidency is committed to improving the Union’s preparedness for future