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Prime Minister Janez Janša today in Brdo pri Kranju attended the celebration of the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia, where he delivered the keynote speech. At the ceremony, the Prime Minister also presented the Craftsman of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year awards for 2020 and 2021 and the Oldest Craftsman of the Year award for 2020.

Prime Minister Janez Janša gave an interview today for the BBC World Service. Most of the interview was devoted to the visit of the Prime Ministers of Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland to Kyiv.

On Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Janez Janša, together with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv.

On Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Janez Janša, together with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv.

On Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Janez Janša, together with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Kyiv.

Prime Minister Janez Janša wrote about his visit in Ukraine on his twitter account.

Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Chairman of the National Security and Defense Committee Jarosav Kaczynski are going to Kyiv today as representatives of the European Council to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmyhal.

On Monday, the 14 March 2022, Prime Minister Janez Janša was a guest on the programme Dober večer g. predsednik, where he talked about various topical issues, including the war in Ukraine, the energy market situation, measures adopted by the government to mitigate the energy crisis and measures adopted during the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Janez Janša and the Minister of Digital Transformation Mark Boris Andrijanič today met with the representatives of the Strategic Council for Digitalisation.

At the 30th ordinary session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, Prime Minister Janez Janša took questions from deputies Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti regarding the acute challenges facing the Republic of Slovenia, Janja Sluga regarding the measures to mitigate the impact of rising prices, and Branko Grims on preparedness for change following the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

European leaders are continuing the informal meeting of the European Council, where the main topics of discussion are the situation in Ukraine and how to strengthen European sovereignty, reduce dependencies, and design a new growth and investment model.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today, on the margins of the informal meeting of the European Council, gave an interview for Bloomberg TV, in which he spoke primarily about the war in Ukraine.

After yesterday’s meeting of European leaders in Versailles to discuss the situation in Ukraine, Prime Minister Janez Janša said that the informal summit lasted so long because many important decisions needed to be taken. "The Versailles Declaration and the declaration on the Russian invasion of Ukraine are something that must be debated, while at the same time, appropriate political guidance for the European institutions and the Member States should be found," stressed the Prime Minister, adding that it was the leaders’ debate about Ukraine’s membership of the EU that took the most time.

Prime Minister Janez Janša is today attending an informal European Council meeting in Versailles, France. At the meeting, EU leaders will discuss Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and its consequences and how to strengthen European sovereignty, reduce dependencies, and design a new growth and investment model.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today attended the ceremony to mark the unveiling of the bust of Dr Jože Pučnik, which took place in front of the Brdo Congress Centre at Brdo pri Kranju. He was the keynote speaker at the ceremony. The participants at the ceremony were also addressed by the Minister of Culture, Vasko Simoniti. Prime Minister Janša, together with Dr Jože Pučnik’s son, Gorazd Pučnik, unveiled the bust.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today tweeted that he today had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison.

In a documentary entitled "Dr Jože Pučnik – The 90th anniversary of his birth", Prime Minister Janez Janša, together with other partners in the process of Slovenian independence, spoke about a giant of the Slovenian political sphere – Dr Jože Pučnik. The documentary commemorating the 90th anniversary of the birth of Dr Jože Pučnik was broadcast on the first channel of Televizija Slovenija on 8 March 2022.

Through the audio-video conference, Prime Minister Janez Janša participated in the preparations for the informal meeting of the European Council in Versailles in the coming days.

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Prime Minister’s wife, Urška Bačovnik Janša, joined the first lady of Poland’s Agata Kornhauser-Duda campaign.

Today, Prime Minister Janez Janša was on a working visit in the northern part of the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region. The Government paid a visit to 11 municipalities, namely Kamnik, Komenda, Vodice, Medvode, Mengeš, Trzin, Domžale, Dol pri Ljubljani, Moravče, Lukovica and Ljubljana.

On 8 March, Prime Minister Janez Janša wished all female Slovenians and female citizens of Slovenia a happy International Women’s Day.

The wife of the Slovenian Prime Minister, Urška Bačovnik Janša, addressed the participants of the conference “Iranian Women on the March to Equality and Freedom – the fight and progress of Iranian Women” which was organised by the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). The keynote speaker at the conference was Maryam Rajavi.

Prime Minister Janez Janša, Minister of Economic Development and Technology Zdravko Počivalšek and Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec met in the evening with the managers of Petrol, MOL and OMV to discuss supplies and the delivery of petroleum products in the coming weeks, and measures for the prevention of supply disruptions in the event that the supply from Russia is interrupted.

In an interview with Sky News, Prime Minister Janez Janša today talked about the current situation in Ukraine and the impact of the war on Slovenia.

Together with Janez Poklukar, the Minister of Health, Prime Minister Janez Janša today visited Maribor University Medical Centre where he met the hospital management and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Maribor.

Today, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended the literary evening concluding the Year of Josip Jurčič in Muljava as a keynote speaker. The literary evening was organised by the Ivančna Gorica Library and Municipality under the "Meet me in the library" European project. The last and most important book on Jurčič that was written as a part of the Year of Josip Jurčič, a literary history monograph by Urška Perenič entitled "Josip Jurčič: The Storyteller of his and our time", was presented at the event. In addition, young moderators and their mentor, Bernarda Žarn, musicians, Matevž Kavšek and Dominik Kastelic, and the organisers of the Year of Josip Jurčič also participated at the event.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today attended the 25th regular session of the Commission of Inquiry into the alleged money laundering in NKBM d.d., the alleged illegal financing of the SDS political party and the alleged illegal financing of the SDS election campaign for the early parliamentary elections.

Today, Prime Minister Janez Janša was the keynote speaker at the pan-Slovenian rally in support of Ukraine, which was held at Kongresni Trg by the Ljubljana-Kyiv Cultural Association. In addition to the prime minister, Ukrainian Ambassador to Slovenia Mykhailo Brodovych, also President of the National Council Alojz Kovšca, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Matej Tonin, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek, and a representative of the Ljubljana-Kyiv Cultural Association, Evgeny Goreshnik, held speeches.za obrambo mag. Matej Tonin, podpredsednik vlade in minister za gospodarstvo Zdravko Počivalšek in predstavnik Kulturnega društva Ljubljana-Kyiv Jevgenij Gorešnik.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today attended the state celebration marking Civil Protection Day at Brdo pri Kranju, at which awards in the field of civil protection were presented.

Prime minister Janez Janša had an exclusive interview for Insider Paper on the russian agression on Ukraine. He addressed also the Russian nuclear threat against Ukraine.

Tonight, Prime Minister Janez Janša was a guest on the programme Odmevi plus on TV Slovenija 1, talking about the latest developments related to the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today responded on Twitter to the announcement that the sanctions against Russia for its military aggression against Ukraine are already having an impact on the banking system, that Russian-owned banks in Europe are facing reduced confidence, and that, as a result, a decision has been taken at the level of the European Central Bank and the Single Resolution Board to suspend operations of Sberbank Europe AG, which also has a subsidiary bank in Slovenia.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today spoke on the phone with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. They talked about the current situation in Ukraine, on the eastern flank of the Alliance and the Western Balkans. Their discussion included efforts to stop the aggression against Ukraine and de-escalation.

The West must stop Russia’s President Vladimir Putin now because if Kyiv falls, it will have consequences for Europe’s whole East, Slovenia’s Prime Minister Janez Janša told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.

Prime Minister Janez Janša gave an exclusive interview to Planet TV, Nova24tv and Siol.net about the current situation in connection with the Russian Federation's military aggression against Ukraine and about some current domestic political issues.

At its 4th regular session, the Slovenian National Security Council discussed the national security aspects of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The SNSC members and invited guests were briefed on the current situation in Ukraine and on the international response to the aggression.

Prime Minister Janez Janša attended a NATO virtual crisis meeting to discuss actions to be taken following Russia's attack on Ukraine.

Today, Prime Minister Janez Janša is attending an extraordinary European Council meeting in Brussels, called by the President of the European Council Charles Michel.

At today's press conference, Prime Minister Janez Janša spoke about the current events related to Russia's military aggression against Ukraine.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today tweeted that he had just finished a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal.

Today, Prime Minister Janez Janša met with the new US Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Jamie Lindler Harpootlian.

Prime Minister Janez Janša and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote a letter on the issue of Ukranian European Perspective to the President of European Council Charles Michel and all members of the European Council.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today held a working meeting with the heads of competent institutions to assess foreign policy, security and cyber risks for Slovenia in light of Russia's aggressive moves towards Ukraine.

Prime Minister Janez Janša and President Borut Pahor met today to discuss the current security situation related to the developments on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Today, Prime Minister Janez Janša met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Prime Minister Janez Janša attended the European Union–African Union summit in Brussels on Thursday, 17 February 2022, and on Friday, 18 February 2022. This was the sixth summit in a row. The first summit between the two Unions took place in 2000 in Cairo (Egypt) and the one before the current one in 2017 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

Today, European leaders continued with the European Union–African Union Summit, attended by Prime Minister Janez Janša.

Today, Prime Minister Janez Janša attended an informal European Council meeting in Brussels, where, together with European leaders, he discussed the current situation in Ukraine and relations with Russia, as well as the intensified security conditions due to Russian forces assembling near and in Ukraine.

Prime Minister Janez Janša yesterday attended a working dinner in Paris hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. The discussion at dinner centred around the situation in the Sahel, which included an informal exchange of views on further engagement of EU member states whose armed force are deployed in Mali and the Sahel.

Prime Minister Janez Janša today had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal.