The weekly Mladina argues in its latest editorial that the best interests of the companies affected by management buyouts in Slovenia had been neglected to add to the sense of satisfaction Slovenians got from seeing the buyout tycoons go to prison.

It is not easy to build and maintain the image of a socially responsible company in the ashes of an industrial fire in a hazardous waste processing plant, the daily Delo points out in a commentary on Friday, criticising the failure of all sides to provide the right answers to the local population after last week's fire at Kemis.

Prime Minister Miro Cerar will meet NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Friday to discuss topics that dominated yesterday's NATO summit - defence spending, the fight against terrorism - and the importance of stability in the Western Balkans.

Celje Pivovarna Laško clinched their 21st handball championship title, having defeated Krka 38:26 (18:14) in the penultimate round of the national league on Thursday.

The government has adopted the National Programme of Measures for the Roma for the 2017-2021 period, whose key priorities include raising the education level of the Roma population, reducing unemployment, and improving healthcare and living conditions.

Vinko Möderndorfer has won his second Desetnica prize for youth fiction, an accolade awarded by the Slovenian Writers' Association. This time he convinced the jury with his youth novel Kit na plaži (Whale on the Beach) about acceptance and inclusion.

Representatives of the Kemis waste processing plant in Vrhnika, which has caused major environmental concerns after a major fire last week, revealed on Thursday that 871 tonnes of waste had been burned in the 15 May fire, 456 tonnes of which was hazardous waste.