Karpacz - Prime Minister Janez Janša will attend the 30th Economic Forum in Karpacz, Poland this evening. Janša will participate in a panel on post-Covid recovery and receive an award for person of the year in Central and Eastern Europe, his office said.

He will participate in the panel along with Polish and Ukrainian prime ministers, Mateusz Morawiecki and Denys Shmyhal, with both of whom he will also hold separate talks.

Janša is one of the main guests as the recipient of the award for person of the year 2020 in Central and Eastern Europe.

Laureates in recent years include Morawiecki and his predecessor Beata Szydlo, then Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, according to the forum's website.