The newspaper Večer examines the possible electoral system changes, saying that this has always been a tough nut to crack in Slovenia. This time will be no different, the paper says under the headline Electoral Preferences.

The Modern Centre Party (SMC) supports the idea that Slovenian liberal parties should make a joint appearance in the elections to the European Parliament, but only based on them entering talks as equal partners.

Local communities expect the government to further increase funding for municipalities following December pay rise agreements with the public sector. The Association of Municipalities and Towns (SOS) believes that the increase agreed in autumn had been cancelled out by the pay hikes applying to all municipality-founded institutions.

The parliamentary Finance Committee approved legislative changes and bills transposing three EU directives to Slovenian legislation on Tuesday.

Over a dozen boats, many half-sunken and abandoned, have for years marred the appearance of the picturesque St Jernej Channel, the main entry to the Sečovlje Salina Nature Park near Portorož. On Tuesday, machines were finally brought in to remove the wrecks, 15 years after the clean-up was first promised.

Popular comedian Boris Kobal's comedy about a family of professional criminals has turned out to be a translation of La Prova Generale by Italian playwright Aldo Nicolaj (1920-2004), and has been removed from SLG Celje's ongoing season.

The majority of blue chips on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange closed higher on Tuesday, pushing the index up 0.82% to 818.34 points on modest volumes (EUR 556,270). The busiest item was the issue of pharma company Krka, which added 1.05% on a turnover of EUR 297,630.