The topic of migration dominated the debate on the future of Europe at the Strategy Forum in Bled. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that the powers to manage immigration should be transferred to nation states. At the opening of the Strategy Forum in Bled on Wednesday morning, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša called for a
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Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed the Bled Strategic Forum to note the Eastern Partnership should be supported as a crucial instrument for helping the Belarusian people. She called for visa liberalisation and inclusion of democratic forces in European Partnership meetings. She called on the EU to suspend all consultations with Belarusian officials while they
Slovenian priest and missionary Pedro Opeka is the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Partner Award, an accolade bestowed at the Bled Strategic Forum. He was honoured for his humanitarian work and fight against poverty in Madagascar. During his thirty years at the mission, he has built 4,000 houses, sports halls, churches and schools, and provided
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“Greetings from the anti-fascist Bled,” the Friday protesters wrote on their Facebook page and announced another Friday’s protest in Ljubljana. Will last year’s story repeat itself – will the mainstream media pay more attention to them than the actual content of the Bled Strategic Forum with important discussions and record participation of foreign leaders of
At the end of July 2021, the number of unemployed people in Slovenia was 21 percent lower than a year ago and even 1.7 percent lower than in July 2019, when there was no health and economic crisis. New Eurostat data on unemployment among the EU countries has been made public. With a 4 percent
The first day of the traditional Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) is behind us, and this year, the forum is dedicated to the debate on the future of the European Union. The first day of the debate, which was marked by a record turnout of both foreign and domestic politicians, businessmen and experts, was devoted to
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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