Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
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At the coalition summit at Brdo pri Kranju, Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning Polona Rifelj presented the legislative programme for 2026, which is a key development framework for the coming years.
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The 2026 Day of Nature is dedicated to the restoration of nature, the importance of Natura 2000 sites, the coexistence of humans and nature, and the public involvement in nature conservation processes. State Secretary Peter Lovšin presented the Rado Smerdu Award for outstanding achievements in nature protection to Morigenos, the Slovenian Marine Mammal Society. The Škocjan Caves Park Public Service Agency was presented with a commendation for its acts of nature conservation.
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Key development milestones for the Zasavje region: from a just transition to a more resilient future
Rok Šimenc, State Secretary at the Ministry of Local Self-Government, Cohesion and Regional Development, and Sofia Alves, Director at the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, visited the Zasavje region today. They attended the Zasavje 2026 Just Transition Conference and visited the flood-recovery project in Zagorje ob Savi, co-financed by the European Union Solidarity Fund.
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Minister Rifelj assumes office at the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
The Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Polona Rifelj, today assumed office. In accordance with the ministry's newly defined remit, responsibilities were handed over to her by the former Minister of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Jože Novak, the former Minister of the Environment, Climate and Energy, Bojan Kumer, and the former Minister of Solidarity-Based Future, Simon Maljevac.
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European recovery and resilience funding – Together towards the goal: energy efficient buildings
Many of the measures introduced in Slovenia under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, implemented with the support of EU funds under the Recovery and Resilience Facility – NextGenerationEU, have already been successfully completed or will be by August 2026. Among these measures is the sustainable renovation of buildings to improve their energy efficiency.
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70th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee concludes in Bled
The 70th Meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee, held alongside meetings of other IWC subsidiary and expert bodies since 24 April, concludes today. This is the eighth time that Bled has hosted the event. The meeting was organised by the IWC Secretariat with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.