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Since 15 January, paid false posts have been appearing on the social media platform Facebook in which an unknown author used the visual identity of the Slovenian media outlet Slovenske novice. The posts contained computer-manipulated photographs of Prime Minister Robert Golob and misleading text suggesting that the Prime Minister had been arrested by the police.

Most of the funds planned in the budget of the Government Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants are intended for the implementation of the Temporary Protection of Displaced Persons Act. In 2022, funds amounting to €22 million were planned for assistance to refugees from Ukraine for a period of six months; €38 million were planned for 2023, and just under €37 million for 2024.

The Director of the Government Communication Office, Petra Bezjak Cirman, presented the challenges of identifying disinformation and foreign information manipulation and interference, and the awareness-raising campaign Stop Disinformation: reREAD, reTHINK, RECHECK, at the Strategic Communication in the Contemporary Security Environment training, which took place from 3 to 6 December at Jable Castle in Mengeš.

In recent days, a video with false and misleading claims about the possibility of entering Slovenia has garnered a lot of attention on the social network X.

In this episode of the GOVSI podcast, we discuss civil defense. Together with Boštjan Pavlin, the Director General for Defense Affairs at the Ministry of Defense, we explain the essence of civil defense and the difference between civil defense and civil protection.

October is Cyber Security Month in many countries, including Slovenia. In the 12th episode of the GOVSI podcast, Dr. Uroš Svete, Director of the Government Office for Information Security, and Petra Bezjak Cirman, Director of the Government Office for Communication, discussed this topic.

In the latest episode, Zoran Potič hosted distinguished American professor in the field of communication and public diplomacy, Nicholas J. Cull. They discussed the history of disinformation, the characteristics of disinformation today, and the challenges modern technologies and the increasing amounts of (dis)information pose to democracy.

At the panel Information Disruption: Strengthening the West's Resilience against Foreign Information Manipulation, Petra Bezjak Cirman, Director of the Government Communication Office (UKOM), presented the government's activities in countering disinformation to European students at the 12th Balkan SAYS (Security Architecture Youth Seminar) 2024 seminar in Ljubljana.

Director of Government Communication Office (UKOM) Petra Bezjak Cirman Meets with Chief of Staff to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy at Bled Strategic Forum.

We have detected the sending of fraudulent SMS notifications from foreign phone numbers in the name of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, in which the senders urge recipients to update their personal data.

To mark the launch of the Stop Disinformation: reREAD, reTHINK, RECHECK campaign, we're taking a closer look at this topic in a new episode of the GOVSI Podcast.

Have you heard about the invasion of bedbugs in one of Europe’s countries? And seen a photo of Pope Francis in a white puffer jacket? Even if the news sounds credible and the photo on the screen in front of you looks completely real, these two cases are among the more well-known examples of disinformation that has been exposed.

The Defence Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Defence organised and hosted the international conference Hybrid Threats: Challenges and Opportunities on Thursday, 16 May 2024, at the Grand Hotel Union.

A European-wide campaign by European media regulators ahead of the upcoming European elections has begun. It aims to highlight the importance of critical thinking and recognising disinformation, and is accompanied by the hashtag #AlwaysCheckTheSource.

A false video has circulated on online portals and social media in which the image and voice of Prime Minister Robert Golob have been misused.

In late April, Brdo pri Kranju hosted a gathering of communications professionals from various EU member states, candidate countries, and European institutions. The event was organized jointly by the Government Communication Office and the Club of Venice. Participants delved into two key themes: tackling disinformation and the communication challenges posed by the EU's expansion into the Western Balkans.

"We live in a time when deliberate disinformation can destabilise democracies, incite violence, undermine public health efforts and even threaten international security," said the Minister for Digital Transformation, Emilija Stojmenova Duh, at a seminar on the challenges of communication in the enlargement of the European Union and on progress in the fight against disinformation.

State Secretary Sanja Štiglic and US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien hosted the fourth Strategic Dialogue between the two countries in Ljubljana. Established in 2020, the Slovenian-US Strategic Dialogue provides a framework for strengthening bilateral cooperation and exchanging views on all topical issues facing the international community.

State Secretary for National Security Vojko Volk commented in Brussels on the expulsion of a Russian diplomat. As he explained, the expulsion was linked to a significant increase in Russian propaganda activities directed against Slovenia's national interests.

The Russian Defence Ministry claims, in a statement posted on Telegram, that there are five Slovenians among foreign mercenaries fighting in Ukraine.