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The temporary reintroduction of controls at the internal borders with Croatia and Hungary has been extended for 12 days, until 21 December 2023. Afterwards, the measure is due to be prolonged for another six months.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar attended a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union in Brussels, where the main topics were the Schengen area, migration and the implications of the war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East on the EU's internal security.

In cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT) and the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), we invite you to the CEF Digital Info Day for the third Call for proposals under the digital strand of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Programme. The CEF Digital Info Day will take place online on Thursday, 30th of November 2023, between 10:00 a.m. CET and 12:30 p.m. CET.

Minister of Interior Boštjan Poklukar has attended the International Conference on a Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling in Brussels. The goal of the conference convened by the European Commission is to strengthen the efforts to tackle the challenges posed by migrant smuggling.

"We worked with a single goal in mind: to develop the best possible digital services for users," said Kristina Valenčič, Acting Director-General of the Directorate for Digital Solutions Development and Data Economy, at the presentation of the projects launched under the Operational Programme for the Implementation of the European Cohesion Policy in the period 2014-2020 and financed from the EU funds.

Temporary reintroduction of internal border controls is extended by 20 days, until 9 December 2023 (under Article 28 of the Schengen Borders Code). On 22 December, six-month internal border controls, as provided for in Article 25 of the Schengen Borders Code, will be introduced.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar has hosted the Romanian Minister of the Interior Marian-Cătălin Predoiu. They primarily talked about migration and Schengen.

The Slovenian Minister of the Interior, Boštjan Poklukar, hosted the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nenad Nešić. The main topic of their talks was the migration situation in the Western Balkans.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar and Director General of the Police Senad Jušić attended a trilateral meeting of the Ministers of the Interior of Slovenia, Italy and Croatia in Trieste.

Temporarily reintroduced controls at the internal borders with Croatia and Hungary initially introduced on 21 October 2023 will remain in force for 20 more days until 19 November 2023.

European telecommunications and digitalisation ministers gathered in León, Spain. In light of the unprecedented challenges we face as a result of the rapid development of modern technologies, the foundations for new global standards are being laid.

Today, the Minister of the Interior, Boštjan Poklukar, signed the Order determining the border crossing points with the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Hungary at which border crossings are allowed during the period of the temporary reintroduction of border controls.

The Slovenian government has issued an ordinance temporarily reintroducing controls at the internal borders with Croatia and Hungary as of Saturday, 21 October 2023, until 30 October 2023.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg.

Boštjan Poklukar spoke on the phone last night with the Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar spoke by telephone with Nenad Nešić, Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar attended a meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels.

This year, Slovenian police have dealt with more than 40,000 persons who crossed the border illegally. "That is why this morning the Slovenian police have stepped up their activities on some of the most critical parts of the border, in particular with Croatia," Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar said in a press statement.

As part of a study visit to the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA), the Ministry of Digital Transformation's representatives presented the process of designing, adopting, and monitoring the Digital Slovenia 2030 Strategy and the Digital Public Services Strategy 2030.

Minister of the Interior Boštjan Poklukar is hosting the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of North Macedonia, Oliver Spasovski, today and tomorrow. Today's bilateral meeting was devoted to discussions on topical issues in the field of home affairs, in particular migration management, and to further strengthening bilateral cooperation.