The newspaper Večer lambastes Prime Minister Robert Golob for suggesting the police unit in charge of providing security to officials is leaking information to criminals in Saturday's commentary Accusations without Evidence.

The Slovenian Journalist Association (DNS) has honoured veteran TV reporter Lidija Hren with its lifetime achievement award for her contribution to journalism in Slovenia through decades of outstanding reporting and her pioneering work in investigative journalism.

Slovenian cycling star Tadej Pogačar is the winner of the 2024 Vélo d'Or, the award for the best road bicycle racer of the year conferred by the French cycling magazine Vélo Magazine. This is the second Vélo d'Or for the three-time Tour de France winner after he received the first one in 2021.

The mayor of a small municipality in northeastern Slovenia is to step down as of the New Year after finding himself under police investigation for trying to arrange to have sex with a minor.

President Nataša Pirc Musar spoke at an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman in Ljubljana on Friday to note that while the institution is in a good shape, many of its recommendations are not being implemented. This means that the stakeholders often do not take their constitutional duty seriously enough.

Slovenian Ambassador Samuel Žbogar hailed Iraq's positive role in the Middle East in address to the UN Security Council on Friday. He urged the Iraqi government to continue reforms and devote due attention to the impact of climate change, particularly as regards water scarcity.

The coalition parties are against an article regulating pharmacists' conscientious objection under amendments the government recently adopted. One of them says the article, which was added to the proposal without their knowledge, would diminish patient's rights. This comes after a refusal to issue birth control upset part of the public.