The Education Ministry has drafted a reform of public funding for private kindergartens, scraping one of two ways in which they can draw public funds. Kindergartens see this as an attempt to undermine them in the long-term, leading to their shut-down.

Two funding calls have been published to expand the country's public EV-charging network. Estimated at EUR 16 million, the latest grant scheme involves co-financing of publicly accessible charging parks along the Ten-T network, while the other, also dedicated to public charging infrastructure, is worth EUR 22 million.

The National Assembly passed a bill Friday implementing an EU regulation on bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable, setting standards for what can be considered a European Green Bond to prevent misuse of the green label.

Trading was mixed on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange on Friday. With big-cap stocks losing ground, the SBI TOP benchmark shed 0.16% to 2,021.72 points. Volumes were just shy of EUR 2 million.

A business forum on reconstruction of Ukraine was held in the Planica Nordic Centre on Friday. Slovenian companies said they are ready to participate in the reconstruction efforts.

The Roma Community Council has called on the government to dissolve a working group in charge of Roma-related issues and establish a new commission to deal with these matters. The prime minister's office does not believe this course of action would help resolve problems but they do expect the working group to step up its work if needed.

The University of Ljubljana and UKC Ljubljana have signed an agreement under which the country's largest hospital will become become an associate member of the university. This opens the door to the formal link-up between the two largest public institutions in Slovenia, which already cooperate in various fields.