The supervisory board of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija has demanded that director general Igor Kadunc be dismissed. This was confirmed for the STA on Thursday by the president of the programming council, which has the final say in the matter.

Slovenian workers who commute to Austria have turned to the Slovenian Constitutional Court over what they see as discriminatory income tax legislation.

Culture Minister Dejan Prešiček met Russian counterpart Vladimir Medinsky on the sidelines of the 7th International Culture Forum in St. Petersburg on Thursday. The pair agreed the two countries were already cooperating very well in culture, while they also called for the ties to become even stronger.

Attending a meeting of agriculture ministers from the Western Balkans in Skopje on Thursday, Slovenia's Aleksandra Pivec underlined the country's readiness to continue assisting countries in the region in demanding EU accession negotiations.

Seven bidders have emerged in the sales process for the six hotels owned on the Slovenian coast by the debt-ridden Istrabenz holding, Siol reported on Thursday. The web portal highlights the surprising separate bids by state asset custodian SSH and Sava, both of which have been consolidating tourism assets in the state's hands.

Samo and Iza Login, the founders of tech firm Outfit7, top the list of the 100 richest Slovenians, compiled by the Manager magazine, for the fifth year in a row. Their assets are estimated at EUR 689m, while total assets of the top 100 have been estimate at EUR 5.7bn, a new record and 10% more than last year.

Prime Minister Marjan Šarec called on Slovenians to head to the polls for the local elections on Sunday. In a Facebook post, he underlined the importance of local government for the prosperity of the nation.