All members of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) who are serving in the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon are safe and well, Defence Minister Matej Tonin tweeted late on Tuesday after a massive explosion in the capital Beirut claimed at least 100 lives. He as well as the Foreign Ministry have offered their condolences to the victims' families.

Slovenia's daily count of new coronavirus cases hit 18 for Tuesday as the combined death toll from Covid-19 rose by one to 124, according to fresh statistics from the government.

The effects of a weakened economy caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have started to show with increasing intensity in Slovenia's banking sector, as the most recent data show that the combined half-year profit of banks dropped by two-thirds compared to the same period last year.