The newspaper Dnevnik writes about "alarming" staffing shortages at the building inspection service which is triaging the cases and complaints they will look into.

Slovenia's Ambassador Samuel Žbogar on Friday called on the UN Security Council to demand for Hamas and Israel to finalise a ceasefire agreement and cease hostilities until they reach a deal. This, he said, would be an Olympic ceasefire.

Having been endorsed by the government as candidate for Slovenia's next EU commissioner, Tomaž Vesel identified budget, administration, enlargement and the EU's democratic make-up as portfolios he would personally prefer to be in charge of as commissioner.

The EU's report on the rule of law does not give a comprehensive picture of the state of the rule of law in the EU, because it does not say anything about the respect for human rights, the Legal Network for Protection of Democracy said on Friday.

PM Robert Golob visited the Slovenian House in Paris on Friday before the Slovenian hub during the 2024 Summer Olympics in opened on Saturday. He believes it will be a source of pride for all while being proudly presented to foreigners from all over the world, to athletes and non-athletes, and to all interested in it.

After trading in the negative territory for the past three days, the Ljubljana Stock Exchange saw its benchmark index SBI TOP regain some of the lost ground, closing 1.05% higher on Friday. Of the EUR 2.80 million in trading volumes, over 80% was in the shares of pharma company Krka and NLB bank.

Infrastructure Minister Alenka Bratušek hosted German Minister for Digital and Transport Volker Wissing for a working visit on Friday. The pair stressed the importance of big investment in railway infrastructure and discussed ways to boost Slovenia's flight connections.