The food, security and energy crises and the Western Balkans' prospects for European accession were the topics addressed this week at the largest foreign policy event – the Bled Strategic Forum and at the bilateral meetings held by the Prime Minister this week.

Within the framework of the Bled Strategic Forum, the Prime Minister met with the President of the European Commission, with whom they exchanged views on current issues in the European Union, focusing on the current situation on the electricity market, which has been experiencing a sharp increase in prices in recent days. At the first bilateral meeting with the Croatian Prime Minister, cooperation and support for Croatia's joining the euro area and the Schengen area were confirmed. On the Prime Minister's second bilateral visit abroad, he and the French President sought common solutions to Europe's most pressing challenges in a very friendly atmosphere.

For almost 195,000 pupils and around 79,000 students, the new school year has begun, returning to normal after three school years affected by the epidemic, without any special epidemiological measures and with the desire that, from the start to the end of the school year, lessons will take place in school.