Slovenia has been elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2024-2025, getting 153 votes in the first round of voting by UN members on Tuesday to beat Belarus in the Eastern European group. Slovenian political leaders hailed the result as a major diplomatic success.

The Health Ministry has ordered an in-depth review at the University Psychiatric Clinic in Ljubljana and reported suspicion of crime against unknown perpetrators to the police. This was done before last week's media report about alleged violence against patients at the clinic, Minister Danijel Bešič Loredan told the press on Tuesday.

Five leading employer organisations say that some companies could move to neighbouring countries if the government does not present in June measures to offset the impact of the recently passed changes to cross-border services.