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With high and very high fire risk declared across the country, open fires in natural environment strictly prohibited - warning

The Slovenian Civil Protection and Rescue Administration declared very high fire risk in the natural environment under the Decree on Protection against Fire in the ...
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Police are searching for a dangerous criminal

Conclusion of the search for a dangerous and armed suspect in the wider Uršna sela area – information from the press conference

At a press conference held by the Novo Mesto Police Directorate on 12 July 2026, the police presented the conclusion of their two-day operation to investigate ...
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Two policewomen, the little girl and her mother

Every minute and every person counted – the search for a missing girl in a Posavje campsite comes to a happy ending

Yesterday afternoon, 2 July 2026, police officers in Novo Mesto received a desperate call for help from a Polish national staying at a campsite in the Posavje ...
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1.Jul.2026

#RoadSafetyPledge: Time to break bad driving habits

From a road safety perspective, the summer months are among the most dangerous of the year. Holidays, longer journeys, heavier traffic, hot weather, driver fatigue and a more relaxed attitude behind the wheel all contribute to an increased risk of road traffic accidents. To help reduce that risk, the Slovenian police are launching the #RoadSafetyPledge campaign at the beginning of July, encouraging all road users to make a personal road safety pledge and keep it throughout the month.
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30.Jun.2026

Head of the Air Police Unit Dejan Kink appointed Director of the Novo mesto Police Directorate

Dejan Kink, who was previously head of the Air Police Unit, will take over as head of the Novo mesto Police Directorate on 1 July 2026. He was handed over the affairs on 30 June, in the presence of the Deputy Director-General of Police, Donald Rus, by Bor Jeglič, who had been leading the Police Directorate by authorisation of the Director-General of Police.
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29.Jun.2026

Slovenian police officers once again join Croatia's Safe Tourist Destination project

Slovenians enjoying their summer holidays in Croatia may once again encounter Slovenian police officers who are currently deployed in Pula, Novalja and Vodice, and on the island of Krk. As in previous years, Slovenian officers are supporting their Croatian colleagues in helping to keep visitors safe while also assisting tourists from Slovenia. Their presence is particularly important given that Croatia recorded almost 1.7 million visits by Slovenian citizens in 2025.
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14.Jul.2025

National EMPACT contact point

28.Apr.2025

Enforcement of the rights of the individual with regard to data in the Schengen Information System

In accordance with the fundamental principles of personal data protection, citizens of the Schengen Member States as well as citizens of other countries have the right to information about their personal data in the Schengen Information System (SIS), the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data stored in the SIS and the right to request the erasure of personal data stored unlawfully in the SIS.

24.Aug.2012

Sirene National Bureau

24.Aug.2011

Tasks and competences of Sirene

Each Contracting Party must designate a central authority as a single point of contact for the exchange of additional information related to data in the SIS. This contact point, called the SIRENE Bureau, must operate continuously 24/7. Each Contracting Party issues its alerts only via this authority.

23.Aug.2011

Schengen Information System – SIS

The Schengen Information System (SIS) is an electronic database of alerts on persons and objects.

23.Aug.2011

Sirene - History

On 14 June 1985, the governments of Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed an agreement in Schengen (a city in Luxembourg) called the Schengen Agreement, aimed at gradual lifting of border controls along their common border.

1.Feb.2010

National Bureau of Investigation

The National Bureau of Investigation is a specialised criminal investigation unit at the national level for the detection and investigation of serious criminal offences, especially economic and financial crime and corruption and in certain cases organised crime, cybercrime and more difficult forms of conventional crime.

20.Oct.2009

Criminal Police Directorate

30.Sep.2009

National Central Bureau of Interpol Ljubljana

Slovenia became a full member of Interpol at the plenary session of the General Assembly of INTERPOL in Dakar, Senegal, on 04.11.1992.

30.Sep.2009

Europol National Unit

The Europol National Unit (International Operations Section), which is an integral part of the International Police Cooperation Division in the Criminal Police Directorate, is the national liaison point between Europol and the competent state authorities in Slovenia: internal police organizational units, the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia and the Office for Money Laundering Prevention