On 11 June, CERN welcomed Marjan Šarec, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia. The Prime Minister was welcomed by the Director-General of CERN at Point 1 of the LHC, together with Eckhard Elsen, Director of Research and Informatics, Charlotte Warakaulle, Director of International Relations, Emmanuel Tsesmelis, Head of Relations with Associate and Non-Member States, and Christoph Schäfer, Senior Advisor on Relations with Slovenia.

Following an introduction to CERN’s activities by the Director-General, the Prime Minister took a tour of the LHC tunnel and the ATLAS experimental cavern. He also met representatives of the Slovenian community at CERN.