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  • Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli and the students of the Maribor High School of Economics celebration (Photo State Department)

    "Life is Life"

    Ambassador Joseph and Mrs. Sharon Mussomeli attended the celebration of the publication of "Life is Life" -- a student volume of English prose and poetry -- at the Maribor High School of Economics (Srednja ekonomska šola) on May 23.

  • The Ambassador and Mrs. Mussomeli hosted NASA Astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain Sunita Williams (Photo State Department)

    Embassy Meet-and-Greet with NASA Astronaut

    On May 20, the Ambassador and Mrs. Mussomeli hosted NASA Astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain Sunita Williams for coffee, followed by a visit with families.

    ALSO:  Photos
  • Marine Security Guard, Sgt. Neely at the School for Economics in Celje. (Photo State Department)

    The Marine visits the school

    Marine Security Guard, Sgt. Neely visited the School for Economics in Celje (“Ekonomska šola Celje”) where more than 100 students were waiting for him with a nice welcome program for him.

    ALSO:  Photos
  • U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Joseph A. Mussomeli and Slovenian Minister of Defense Roman Jakič signing joint statement on Slovenia's participation in the GPOI (Photo State Department)

    Slovenia Joins Global Peace Operations Initiative

    U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia Joseph A. Mussomeli and Slovenian Minister of Defense Roman Jakič signed a joint statement on Slovenia's participation in the Global Peace Operations Initiative on May 14, 2013.

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    Slovenia and the U.S.: Approaches to Successful Minority Integration

    Join U.S. Federal Judge Susan Ritchie Bolton and former Justice Minister of Slovenia Mr. Aleš Zalar, an International Visitor Leadership Program Gold Star participant, to discuss strategies and approaches to successful minority integration and access to justice.

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  • Mr. Eugene Young, Deputy Chief of Mission, with Nives Počkar, the Principal of "Šolski center Ljubljana" and a student (Photo State Department)
    Diversity and Unity

    Mr. Eugene Young, Deputy Chief of Mission, visited a high school center in Ljubljana ("Šolski center Ljubljana").  

  • PM Alenka Bratusek welcomed the participants  (Photo State Department)
    “One to Zero. Day for the entrepreneurial-hearted and the brave”

    The “One to Zero. Day for the entrepreneurial-hearted and the brave” project, co-funded by the U.S. Embassy, was a mentoring networking educational pilot program where CEED Slovenia brought together over 60 pupils, 30 professors, and overdozen of entrepreneurs that acted as mentors in workshops that were implemented in three secondary schools within the country.  

  • Marine Security Guard, Sgt. Green playing guitar and singing (Photo State Department)
    "The Few, the Proud” in Slovenian School

    One of the embassy’s Marine Security Guards, Sgt. Green visited a High School in Slovenska Bistrica (“Srednja šola Slovenska Bistrica”) to talk with about 90 students. 

  • Defense Attaché Lieutenant Colonel Todd A. Scattini at the Nursing High School in Murska Sobota. (Photo State Department)
    Defense Attaché in Murska Sobota

    Our first school visit in May took us to the Nursing High School in Murska Sobota. The U.S. Embassy Defense Attaché Lieutenant Colonel Todd A. Scattini visited the students of “Srednja zdravstvena šola Murska Sobota”. 

  • CLO Coordinator Maggie Carlin with the students (Photo State Department)
    CLO Coordinator Maggie Carlin Visits a School

    U.S. Embassy Community Liaison Office Coordinator Maggie Carlin recently visited the "Biotehniški izobraževalni center" in Ljubljana. 

  • Pol-Econ Chief H. Martin McDowell at the Biotech, Tourism, and Agriculture High School in Novo mesto 
(Photo State Department)
    Pol-Econ Chief H. Martin McDowell in Novo mesto High School

    Chief of the Embassy's Political, Economic and Commercial Section H. Martin McDowell recently visited the Biotech, Tourism, and Agriculture High School in Novo mesto ("Grm Novo mesto - Center biotehnike in turizma"). 

  • Photo exhibition “Take care – inspiring people to care about our planet” (Photo State Department)
    Inspiring people at Bled to care about our planet

    Part of the photo exhibition “Take care – inspiring people to care about our planet,” prepared by U.S. Embassy Ljubljana together with National Geographic Slovenia and Triglav National Park, has been on display in Information Center of Triglav National Park in Bled until June 9.  

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