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Slovenia: progress made, but money-laundering investigations and prosecutions require reinforcing
Advances in supervision of financial institutions, but improvements needed in non-financial sectors
Slovenia puts the best interests of the child at the core of civil proceedings
Final conference showcases results of the joint European Union - Council of Europe project On 10 June 2026, over 200 participants gathered in Ljubljana and online for the Final conference of...
Council of Europe Congress expresses serious concern over proposed amendments to the Local Election Act in Slovenia ahead of local elections
Strasbourg, 12.06.2026 – The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Gunn Marit Helgesen, expressed serious concern regarding proposed amendments...
Three candidates shortlisted for the 2026 Vigdís Prize for Women’s Empowerment
The selection panel of the Vigdís Prize for Women's Empowerment has today announced the shortlist for the third edition of the prize, naming three women's groups from Kenya, Slovenia and Nepal.
Slovenia: Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO closes monitoring round
Preventing corruption within senior central-government positions and law enforcement was the focus
Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission issues monitoring reports on Romania, Slovenia and Spain
Numerous recommendations from European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
Council of Europe Congress recommends tackling overregulation, strengthening financial autonomy of municipalities in Slovenia
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe today noted the overall positive state of local self-government in Slovenia and adopted a series of recommendations to help the authorities further improve it. The recommendations are based on a monitoring report on the...
A just peace for Ukraine, freedom of assembly and expression, new Charter on youth participation, housing crisis and drugs in European cities: 49th Congress session
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will hold its 49th session from 28 to 30 October 2025 in Strasbourg, France. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, opened for signature on 15 October 1985, the session will be...
One third of spending on European original films and series is made by global streamers
The European Audiovisual Observatory has just published a new report on investment in original European films and series made by the main media players in Europe. This new study reveals that total spending on European original works (excluding news and sports rights) amounted to EUR 25.1 billion...
New Child-Friendly Justice Assessment Tool and self-assessments presented in Brussels
On 24 June 2025, the Children’s Rights Division of the Council of Europe together with representatives from Belgium, Poland and Slovenia presented new Child-Friendly Justice Assessment Tool...
Tromsø Convention: Slovenia largely aligned with Council of Europe treaty recognising right of access to official documents
The Council of Europe’s Access Info Group (AIG)*, in its first baseline evaluation report on Slovenia assessing the compliance of the Slovenian Public Information Access Act with the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents (Tromsø Convention), found that the Act largely...
Slovenia: Minority languages in media and education should be strengthened, says expert committee
The Committee of Experts of the European Charter of Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe, in its new report on Slovenia, acknowledges the efforts undertaken by the authorities of Slovenia to protect the languages spoken in their country, and provides a number of recommendations...
Overcrowding and understaffing negatively impact life in prisons in Slovenia, says anti-torture committee
Overcrowding in prisons, as well as understaffing and difficulties in attracting new staff, remain major challenges faced by the Slovenian penitentiary system, despite the authorities’ efforts to address them, says the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading...
PACE elects Vasilka Sancin judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Slovenia
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected Vasilka Sancin as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Slovenia. Ms Vasilka Sancin, having obtained a majority of votes cast, is elected judge of the European Court of Human Rights for a term of office...
PACE reviews the work of its subsidiary bodies since the last session
The lists of candidates for the posts of judges at the European Court of Human Rights submitted by Andorra, Armenia, and Slovenia; the observation of the recent elections in the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, and Georgia, and the observation of the upcoming elections to the Assembly of Kosovo...
The Council of Europe Congress examines the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Slovenia - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
A delegation from the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, composed of rapporteurs Ulla Santti (Finland, SOC/G/PD) and Konstantinos Koukas (Greece, EPP/CCE), will conduct a monitoring...
Implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers is holding its quarterly meeting to oversee the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 17 to 19 September. Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium,...
Slovenia’s Marko Bošnjak elected President of the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has elected Marko Bošnjak – the judge in respect of Slovenia – as its new President, to succeed Ireland’s Síofra O’Leary. The Court has also elected a new Vice-President, Norway’s Arnfinn Bårdsen, and a new Section President, Ivana Jelić of Montenegro. All three...
European Committee of Social Rights publishes 2023 Findings and Conclusions on Children, Family and Migrants
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) has published its Conclusions 2023 in respect of the articles of the European Social Charter relating to Children, Family and Migrants. In the framework of the reporting procedure, the ECSR adopted 799 conclusions: 415 conclusions of conformity with...
Addressing delays in family law proceedings involving children: a key goal of a new EU-Council of Europe project in Slovenia
A new joint project of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Ensuring the best interests of the child in civil court proceedings in Slovenia” has been launched in Bled. The project, co-funded by the EU and the Council of Europe and enacted by the Council of Europe's Children’s Rights...
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