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13.06.2013

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Alenka Bratušek, is on her two-day visit to the Italian Republic and the Vatican. As part of her visit, she met today with her host, the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, Enrico Letta. The leaders of the two countries also received representatives of the Slovenian and Italian minorities in the respective country – the first such meeting ever held.

13.06.2013

Vatican City - Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek met Pope Francis at the Holy See on Thursday as she concluded her two-day visit to Rome and the Vatican. Apart from the Pope, Bratušek met State Secretary, Cardinal Tacisio Bertone. The talks focussed on several topics, including the economic and financial crisis.

10.06.2013

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Alenka Bratušek payed a visit to the Republic of Austria on 10 June 2013. This is the first visit of the new Prime Minister to a neighbouring country. Within the framework of the visit, Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek has met with Austrian Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann, National Council President Barbara Prammer and National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny. The talks also featureed the key issues in bilateral cooperation, topical European issues and developments in other areas of international policy.

07.06.2013

“The agreement reached several days ago between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Supreme Court means a commitment to the citizens of Slovenia that Slovenia will continue to walk the path of a just country governed by the rule of law," Prime Minister Bratušek said following the press conference after today’s government session, as the Government has approved the draft first package of judicial reform intended to improve the Slovenian judiciary.

30.05.2013

Ljubljana – “We constantly stressed that we do not need help, but time,” the Slovenian PM Alenka Bratušek said in a statement to the media following the publication of the EC’s recommendations to member states. She welcomed the fact that the European Commission has granted Slovenia two years to reduce excessive deficit. 

27.05.2013

“Today’s decisions of the National Assembly are a victory for everyone and prove that the only way to take the country out of the crisis is to overcome political blockades that have paralysed Slovenia for many years,” said the PM Alenka Bratušek when commenting on the decision of the MPs to support including the fiscal rule in the Constitution and amendments to the referendum legislation by a large majority. 

23.05.2013

At today's regular session, the Government approved guidelines for preparing the revised budget for 2013. In order to draft the revised budget, the Government has approved the spending breakdown of the general government budget for 2013 according to proposed beneficiaries and sources of income (integral budget, assigned budget, assigned EU funds and Slovenian participation) and determined the target deficit of 1.5 billion euros.

22.05.2013

At the arrival to the meeting of the European Council the Prime Minister Bratušek expressed her belief that she will be able to convince her discussion partners that the Government's actions are to the benefit of Slovenia. In connection with the agenda of today's meeting she also stressed that both Slovenia and Europe as a whole should combat any form of tax evasion. 

16.05.2013

At today’s regular session, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia discussed additional measures targeting wages and other labour costs in the public sector in order to achieve greater fiscal balance from 1 June 2013 to 31 December 2014. The agreement was reached via intensive negotiations with public sector unions, and approved and initialled by representatives on Tuesday, 14 May 2013. It will enable the implementation of measures targeting the public sector, which are also included in the Stability Programme, which the Government forwarded to the European Commission last week. 

09.05.2013

At today's session, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the National Reform Programme for 2013-2014 and the Stability Programme 2013. The Government approved the draft text of the decision of the National Assembly approving the disposal of investments of the Republic of Slovenia, the pension fund KAD, the compensation company SOD, Modra zavarovalnica insurance company, DSU management and consultancy company and the PDP financial holding company.