President Borut Pahor started a two-day visit to Greece on Tuesday, meeting his counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Pahor underlined that both countries were dedicated to the European idea and the respect for international law, and congratulated Tsipras on the name agreement with Macedonia.

A threat of a hazardous spill at the Steklarna Rogaška glassworks in the eastern town of Rogaška Slatina was averted today after around 350 of workers had been evacuated amid a spill alert.

The right-wing opposition has filed for a parliamentary inquiry into issues in healthcare, including the faulty child heart centre, while the coalition agreed to push for a probe on foreign financing of parties.

Outgoing Koper Mayor Boris Popovič, who was defeated by Aleš Bržan in Sunday's run-off by only seven votes, has lodged an appeal against the vote count, demanding a recount at all polling stations in the Koper municipality.

Slovenian 19-year-old basketball player Luka Dončić was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month on Monday after what was his first month playing in the NBA. He is only the second NBA player from Europe to have won the title: Pau Gasol won it in 2001.

President Borut Pahor will begin a two-day state visit to Greece in Athens on Tuesday. He is scheduled to meet counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos, PM and Foreign Minister Alexis Tsipras, Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis and opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis.