The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states ... Read More»
Publication of Final Rule on Nonimmigrant Visa Fee Increases
May 30, 2023 The Department of State is committed to facilitating legitimate travel to the United States for both immigrant and nonimmigrant travelers. The Department of State published a Final Rule regarding increases to certain nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees and the Border Crossing Card (BCC) for Mexican citizens age 15 and over. These ... Read More»
Hosting Women in STEM
We were delighted to host so many experts and professionals listening to Dr. Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Slovenian Minister for Digital Transformation, and her experience from the HiddenNoMore Program which encourages Women in STEM from all over the world. Promoting gender equity and equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all our diversity is ... Read More»
Joint Statement on the Strategic Dialogue between Slovenia and the United States
FEBRUARY 23, 2023 The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of Slovenia and the United States of America after the third U.S.-Slovenia Strategic Dialogue held in Washington D.C. Begin text: The Governments of Slovenia and the United States held the third U.S.-Slovenia Strategic Dialogue February 22 in Washington. The annual ... Read More»
Martin Luther King Jr. Day #MLKDay
On August 28, 1963, a crowd of more than 250 000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. and marched to the Capitol Building to support the passing of laws that guaranteed every American equal civil rights. Martin Luther King was at the front of the “March on Washington”. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that ... Read More»