{"id":476574,"date":"2026-06-04T21:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/476574\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:56:12","slug":"israel-to-open-first-embassy-in-slovenia-after-pro-israel-jansa-returns-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/476574\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel to open first embassy in Slovenia after pro-Israel Jan\u0161a returns to power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar<\/a> announced Thursday evening that Israel will open its first embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia\u2019s<\/a> capital, following the approval of a new Slovenian government led by pro-Israel politician Janez Jan\u0161a.<\/p>\n

The instruction was issued shortly after Slovenia\u2019s parliament approved the formation of the new government under Jan\u0161a, who was elected three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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New Slovenian government led by pro-Israel politician Janez Jan\u0161a<\/p>\n

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\u201cJanez Jan\u0161a is a clear friend of Israel, and his election creates a unique opportunity to advance bilateral relations between the countries, which have been at a low point in recent years because of the hostility of the previous government in Ljubljana,\u201d Sa\u2019ar said. \u201cThe Foreign Ministry under my leadership will act without delay to make the most of this opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sa\u2019ar instructed Foreign Ministry Director-General Eden Bar-Tal to immediately begin work on establishing the new embassy.<\/p>\n

The move came about a day after an Israir flight to the Slovenian capital was forced to land in Zagreb, Croatia, after Slovenian authorities refused to approve its landing. Israeli officials said the decision appeared to be politically motivated, while Slovenian media reported that the refusal was related to regulatory and security issues.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that \u201cIsrael made clear to the Slovenian authorities that this is a completely unacceptable step. A new government is expected to be formed soon in Slovenia in place of the outgoing hostile government, and Israel expects a significant improvement in relations between the countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jan\u0161a, known as a staunchly pro-Israel figure, leads Slovenia\u2019s nationalist right. He previously served as prime minister from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013 and from 2020 to 2022.<\/p>\n

Under his predecessor, Robert Golob, Slovenia became one of Israel\u2019s harshest critics in Europe, promoted measures against it, boycotted the Eurovision Song Contest because of Israel\u2019s participation and recognized a Palestinian state, moves Jan\u0161a strongly criticized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar announced Thursday evening that Israel will open its first embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia\u2019s capital,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-476574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}