Prime Minister Robert Golob met with US President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday, with Biden again thanking him for Slovenia's cooperation in a large exchange of prisoners between Russia and the West this summer. The pair also discussed potential Westinghouse cooperation on Slovenia's planned nuclear reactor, among many other topics.
As part of the ongoing talks on EUR 1.3 billion worth public sector wage reform, the representatives of the government and trade unions initialled on Tuesday a collective bargaining agreement for the public sector before they plan to sign it by 15 November alongside a general wage agreement and sectoral collective agreements.
National Assembly President Urška Klakočar Zupančič presented on Tuesday a procedural roadmap to call off the consultative referendum on a second unit at the Krško nuclear power station after parliamentary parties agreed to cancel the 24 November popular vote. The move to finalise this in parliament is expected on Thursday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has joined domestic and foreign forecasters in downgrading Slovenia's GDP growth forecast. It projects that Slovenia's economy will expand by 1.5% this year, down half a point from its original forecast, before bouncing back to 2.6% growth, 0.1 points more than forecast in spring.
The world would be a perfect place if every UN country respected the UN Charter, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon told the 2nd Slovenian Humanitarian Forum, an event wrapping up the 12th Slovenian Development Days on Tuesday. Termed For a World without Hunger, it is held under President Nataša Pirc Musar's auspices and features two UN officials.
Gen Energija, the state-owned power utility, has submitted a motion for a national spatial plan for Krško 2, kicking off a multi-stage siting process that will take several years.
Slovenia warned that the war in Ukraine is intensifying as the UN Security Council debated on Monday the situation in the region amidst intelligence reports that North Korea has sent troops to Russia to fight alongside the Russians in Ukraine.
Prime Minister Robert Golob will meet US President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday to discuss energy security, as well as a number of other issues, including the Western Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine.