Slovenia Weekly: Post-Flood Aid
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Draft Act Determining Intervention Measures for Flood and Landslide Recovery of August 2023
24. 8. 2023
The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has set out the text of the draft Act Determining Intervention Measures for Flood and Landslide Recovery of August 2023 and is sending it to the National Assembly for consideration under the urgent procedure. The adoption of the draft Act will allow for the taking of urgent and effective measures to deal with the consequences of floods and landslides.
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Prime Minister Golob and humanitarian organisations discuss further measures to help those affected by the floods
21. 8. 2023
Today, Prime Minister Robert Golob invited representatives of major humanitarian organisations to a working meeting. They discussed further measures aimed at helping people affected by the floods, including mutual cooperation and the distribution of material and financial aid and activities in the field.
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Prime Minister receives representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
24. 8. 2023
Prime Minister Robert Golob received the Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Jagan Chapagain, and the IFRC Regional Director, Birgitte Bischoff Ebbesen.
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Prime Minister Golob meets with representatives of the Slovenian banking and insurance systems
22. 8. 2023
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Robert Golob, today held a meeting with representatives of the Slovenian banking and insurance systems.
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Extent and Significance of International Assistance in the Wake of the Worst Floods in Slovenia
21. 8. 2023
At the end of the first week of August, heavy rainfall across much of Slovenia resulted in catastrophic floods and devastation. Slovenian rescue teams were joined by helicopter teams from neighbouring Hungary and Croatia on August 7th and 8th to help fortify the Mura River embankments and prevent further destruction.
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Bled Strategic Forum
22. 8. 2023
Annual Bled Strategic Forum international conference will take place between 28 and 29 August 2023 in Bled, Slovenia, under the title ‘Solidarity for Global Security‘.
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61st AGRA International Fair of Agriculture and Food
23. 8. 2023
The 61st AGRA International Fair of Agriculture and Food will open on Saturday 26 August at the Pomurski sejem trade fair centre in Gornja Radgona and will close on 31 August. Over the six days, 1,700 exhibitors from 35 countries are participating. The fair will be opened in the presence of a number of high-ranking Slovenian and foreign political and economic representatives by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, who will also formally address the guests.