The Slovenian capital Ljubljana was the venue for the annual rabies meeting organised by EURL on June 21-22, 2023. This year’s edition was marked by great joy for the reunion and very constructive exchanges on various rabies topics as well as on future joint work. In addition to the representative of the European Commission, Thierry Chalus, and representatives of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) (formerly known as “OIE”), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the EURL team was pleased to welcome Florence Cliquet, WOAH/WHO Rabies expert and  Guillaume Crozet from the Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort. Presentations given during the workshop will be uploaded to the EURL website soon (accessible only to members of the network). Finally, the EURL team would like to sincerely thank all the participants as well as all the people who contributed in one way or another to the organisation of this wonderful event.