Farm resilience in focus: The EU has approved over €56m from the Common Agricultural Policy reserve to help farmers hit by extreme weather, with Portugal (€30m), Romania (€14.8m), Cyprus (€4.6m), Croatia (€4.4m) and Slovenia (€2.8m) among the beneficiaries, targeting fruit, nuts, vines, olives and arable crops plus mixed livestock producers. New protected nature in Slovenia: A new Snežnik Regional Park has been established in south Slovenia, covering nearly 22,000 hectares around the Snežnik massif to protect UNESCO-listed fir-beech forests, karst caves and wildlife like brown bears, wolves and lynx, while supporting sustainable tourism and grazing. Climate impacts across the region: Severe thunderstorms that began in Slovenia in mid-June brought damaging winds, heavy rain and large hail across the Balkans, with reports of major damage in places like Komenda, and similar extreme rain warnings elsewhere in Europe and Asia. Carbon transition funding push: Eastern and Central European governments, including Slovenia, have urged the EU to strengthen the “modernisation fund” to secure more predictable support for poorer members as the EU revises its Emissions Trading System. Green tech and weather monitoring: A1, Nokia and Skyfora are using mobile network sites as intelligent sensors to capture highly precise local weather data, including water vapour signals, with at least one A1 Slovenia site involved.