Jerneja Penca, head of the Mediterranean Institute for Environmental Studies at the Koper Science and Research Centre, explores in an opinion piece for the Slovenia Times how society is only slowly coming to terms with tangible consequences of climate change such as sea level rise. She argues in fa
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Mateja Lampe Rupnik, CEO of Red Pitaya, a Slovenian tech company that has made a name for itself internationally by designing open-source, high-performance measurement and control systems used by institutions like CERN, NASA, and MIT, discusses the need for more university-industry partnerships in
Ljubica Marjanovič Umek, an internationally acclaimed researcher in developmental psychology who was recently awarded Slovenia's top accolade for scientific achievements, the Zois Prize, explores in an op-ed for The Slovenia Times how gender stereotypes have not only persisted but become more entre
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob told the 22 September plenary session of the Summit of the Future, a major United Nations gathering, that achieving peace is vital if humanity is to tackle the climate crisis effectively. Unless that can be achieved, everything will be in vain.
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Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon addressed the UN Security Council on 19 September condemning settler violence in the West Bank and calling for a peace conference to advance the two-state solution, arguing that the world is at a precipice as the potential to engulf the Middle East in a wider
The world is people, not statistics, Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon writes in her opinion piece for Bled Strategic Times ahead of the Bled Strategic Forum in reference to the toll armed conflicts are taking around the world. The rules of international law should never be an optional choice,
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob sees the upcoming UN Summit of the Future as an extraordinary opportunity to renew and improve the trust between nations, bolster commitments towards peace and stability, and renew and reinvigorate multilateralism, he writes in an opinion piece for Bled Strateg
Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar notes the lack of progress on the sustainable development goals, egregious violations of international agreements and other challenges in her opinion piece for Bled Strategic Times ahead of the Bled Strategic Forum as she argues that the international community
Every year the Days of Poetry and Wine, one of Slovenia's largest literary festivals, invites an author to write an open letter to Europe in order to put the spotlight on issues they consider the most pressing. Polish poet Jacek Dehnel is the author of this year's letter, which we are publishing in
Slovenia has a unique opportunity to capitalise on the role of AI and digitalization in healthcare and become a leader in data-driven healthcare, Eva McLellan, director general of Roche Slovenia, writes in an opinion piece for the Slovenia Times. In a bid to realise that goal Roche has taken an ini
Gregor Anderluh, director of the National Institute of Chemistry, discusses the need to provide effective support mechanisms to foster and commercialise innovation in his opinion piece for the Slovenia Times. He finds the issue is important in light of the upcoming EU elections as Europe will have
The Jožef Stefan Institute, the country's leading scientific research institution, opens its doors wide to the public for a week every year to present scientific achievements in accessible ways. This is especially important at a time when it is often difficult to separate quasi-science from scienc
