Prime Minister Miro Cerar reiterated Slovenia's position that unfounded controls on the EU's internal borders have to be abolished and underlined the importance of the Schengen zone, as he took part in the EU Summit in Brussels on Thursday.

The National Assembly endorsed at first reading on Thursday two defence bills that aim to upgrade the Armed Forces and regulate soldiers' jobs.

Measuring technology company Dewesoft was named Entrepreneurial Star 2017 by the publisher Delo on Thursday. The company's long list of clients includes NASA, the Kennedy Space Center, Lufthansa, Bosch and a number of car makers.

Investors in public buildings will have to allocate a small share of the total investment value into public artwork under amendments to the act on public interest in culture that the National Assembly passed on Thursday.

Half a year after the global March for Science, Slovenian scientists expressed on Thursday disappointment that nothing has happened for the situation in science and research to improve since 500 scientists took to the streets of Ljubljana in mid-April.

Around 30,000 runners are expected to flood the Slovenian capital next weekend as part of the 22nd Ljubljana Marathon. Organisers are announcing the best lineup of top runners so far and are hoping for a new record, also because of a slightly modified course.

Equality and diversity are key for the success of companies, panellists agreed at an event dedicated to equality in the workplace hosted by Equal Opportunities Ombudsman Miha Lobnik and the Dutch Embassy in Ljubljana on Thursday.