The official at the centre of a scandal that led to Croatia renouncing the border arbitration procedure demands the withdrawal of a report by the parliamentary Commission for Oversight of Intelligence and Security Services that pins the blame on her and has given Croatia renewed vigour in opposing the arbitration procedure.

Slovenian Foreign Minister Miro Cerar and his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio called for EU-level solutions to tackle migrations as they held talks in Rome on Friday.

Slovenia's European Commissioner Janez Lenarčič has appointed Matjaž Malgaj as head of his team, while Maja Kocijančič is the only Slovenian in a cabinet of another commissioner.

Increasing productivity will be key to Slovenia's economic and social development, and to achieve the goal, innovation and R&D will have to be enhanced, shows a productivity report compiled by IMAD, the government's macroeconomic think tank.

Luka Dončić has been named Sports Illustrated's 2019 Breakout of the Year in what is only the latest in a series of titles won by the 20-year-old Slovenian NBA superstar.

The government has adopted positions for the final stage of negotiations on the EU's next long-term budget. Those remain confidential, but unofficial information indicates that Slovenia will try to reduce cutbacks to cohesion funds that are being proposed by the Finnish presidency.