01/11/2014

02/07/2014: Press conference on the Green Growth Package

12/06/2014: Environment Council press conference

03/06/2014: Green Week 2014 closing speech

03/06/2014: Green Week 2014 opening speech

10/05/2014: Clean-up action in Brussels and my video statement on Let's #CleanUpEurope initiative!

07/04/2014: Participation at the EMAS awards ceremony

07/04/2014: Visiting Hannover Messe 2014 Fair

07/04/2014: Participation at the opening of the 16th Forum on Eco-Innovation

04/04/2014: New Environmentalism and the Circular Economy: Janez Potocnik at TEDxFlanders

18/12/2013: The European Green Capital Award Handover Ceremony 2013, Brussels

27/11/2013: Video message for the "Environment and human rights III: Responsibility of the state for the remediation of polluted environment" conference, organized by the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia and National Council of the Republic of Slovenia (in Slovene)

15/11/2013: Opening of the exhibition "Nice to Sea?" by the Surfrider Foundation Europe in partnership with Y&R Paris, Brussels

07/11/2013: Video message for 1st National Conference "Promoting green jobs", organised by Umanotera (Slovene Fundation for Sustainable Development), Ljubljana (in Slovene)

21/10/2013: Video message at the roundtable "Slovenia on the way to Zero Waste" after the "Trashed" movie screening in Kino Šiška Cinema, Ljubljana (in Slovene)

30/09/2013: At the signature of a Volunary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the EU and Indonesia on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade in Timber Products (FLEGT) to the European Union, Brussels

17/09/2013: Janez Potočnik receives UN Champions of the Earth award

07/06/2013: Green Week: "Air quality compliance can be cost-effective", says Commissioner Janez Potočnik

04/06/2013: Green Week: "EU air policy can go hand in hand with growth and jobs", says Commissioner Janez Potočnik

26/02/2013: Janez Potočnik's IWIYW challenge - Earth Hour

26/11/2012: Videomessage for 7th Slovenian Innovation Forum, Ljubljana (videomessage in Slovene)

19/11/2012: "Green growth for Ireland and Europe", Dublin

22/10/2012: Visit to Genk – Participation at the high level opening ceremony of the 20th anniversary of NATURA 2000 conference organised by Europarc and Eurosite

24/09/2012: Launch of the report on Air Quality in Europe, published by European Environment Agency, European Parliament, Brussels

05/07/2012: Statement on the outcome of Rio+20: Debate in the European Parliament, Strasbourg

22/06/2012: Participating at the "Innovative financing for sustainable development" event (Rio+20 Conference)

21/06/2012: Participating in "Corporation 2020 - Pavan Sukhdev and Conservation International" event (Rio+20 Conference), Rio de Janeiro

20/06/2012: Participation in the events on Natural capital accounting and Global soil partnership at the Rio+20 Conference

19/06/2012: Rio+20: Joint press conference by Janez POTOČNIK and Ida AUKEN, Danish Minister for Environment

17/06/2012: Rio+20 Statement

16/06/2012: Rio+20 Statement

15/06/2012: Rio+20 Statement

15/06/2012: Going green: EU gears up for Rio+20 conference

13/06/2012: Extracts from the Midday statement by Janez POTOČNIK ahead of Rio+20

22/05/2012: Welcoming message on the opening of the Green Week 2012 (Brussels, 22 - 25 May 2012)

21/05/2012: Visit to Denmark and attendance at the LIFE20 Celebration Event in Lille Vildmose (Denmark)

Video-message on the occasion of celebration of the Europe day, 9 May: Together we are stronger (in Slovene)

Speech at the meeting with Ministers from AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States), LDCs (Least Developed Countries) and Latin American countries - Session V on Rio+20: Oceans and fisheries, and way forward (Brussels, 8 May 2012)

Message by Janez Potočnik on the occasion of the Eco conference in Ljubljana, 19 April 2012 (in Slovene)

Meeting with Henk Bleker, Dutch Deputy Minister for Agriculture (16/02/2012)

Conference "Go sustainable, be responsible! European society on the road to Rio+20", organised by European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels (07/02/2012)

Joint press briefing following the meeting with Corrado Clini, Italian Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea (25/1/2012)

Meeting with Corrado Clini, Italian Minister of Environment and Protection of Land and Sea (25/1/2012)

Participation in the European Green Capital Handover Ceremony from Hamburg (EGC 2011) to Vitoria-Gasteiz (EGC 2012), European Parliament, Brussels (15/12/2011)

Visit to Ostrava, Czech Republic (21/10/2011)

Visit to Prague, Czech Republic (20/10/2011)

At the launch event of the Resource Efficiency communication campaign, Warsaw (17/10/2011)

Press conference on the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, Brussels (20/09/2011)

The official opening of the "Train of Ideas - Visions for Future Cities" in Brussels, 7 September 2011

Visit to Copenhagen, 23 June 2011

A week with Commissioner Janez Potočnik on ViEUws, the point of EU - Resource Efficiency Roadmap (20/06/2011)

A week with Commissioner Janez Potočnik on ViEUws, the point of EU - Waste & Enforcement (20/06/2011)

A week with Commissioner Janez Potočnik on ViEUws, the point of EU - Pricing resources (20/06/2011)

A week with Commissioner Janez Potočnik on ViEUws, the point of EU - International agreement (20/06/2011)

Videomessage at the conference "Let's Clean the Balkans in One Day", Rimske toplice, Slovenia (15/04/2011)

Janez POTOČNIK and Maria DAMANAKI joint visit to Greece (08/04/2011)

Janez POTOČNIK visit to Greece (07/04/2011)

Visit to UMICORE precious metal recycling plant and INDAVER sorting plant, Hoboken & Willebroeck, Belgium (19/01/2011)

Videomessage at the conference on the occassion of celebration of 25th anniversary of the EIA Directive (18/10/2010)

Commissioner Janez Potočnik on challenges of a post-Copenhagen world (03/03/2010)

Commissioner Janez Potočnik at the European Parliament hearing, Brussel  (13/01/2010)