A debate on the Middle East on Friday featuring Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon heard Fajon note that the situation in the region is escalating, and that some even say that a war of wider proportions is inevitable. She and other participants assessed that a ceasefire in Gaza is still far away and condemned the expansion of the conflict.

Senior Slovenian officials on Friday expressed solidarity with the people in Bosnia-Herzegovina affected by floods and expressed Slovenia's readiness to help after as the country is facing the disaster that has so far claimed around 20 lives, with dozens of people going missing.

Slovenia will dispatch emergency aid worth half a million euros to Lebanon, which faces a humanitarian and refugee crisis due to the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.

The main law governing police work gives police enough powers, but more would be needed to better investigate crime in digital ecosystems as part of the criminal procedure legislation, Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar said at at panel discussion his ministry organised on Friday on whether to change police powers.

Slovenian blue chips ended a mixed week on a positive note, pushing the SBI TOP benchmark 0.34% higher to 1,588.70 points. Sava Re was the only major stock to close in the red. Volumes were just shy of EUR 1.5 million.

A Slovenian hospital has introduced staff scheduling for nurses supported with artificial intelligence, which has resulted in less sick leave and more days of annual leave being taken. The Health Ministry is now considering making such an approach to staff allocation mandatory, State Secretary Denis Kordež said on Friday.

The Finance Committee took note on Friday of the draft medium-term fiscal-structural plan for 2025-2028, which Slovenia needs to send to Brussels this year. A Finance Ministry official told the MPs that the ceiling on core expenditure will enable a gradual reduction of the deficit and debt and an ambitious amount of investment.