Former Public Administration Minister Boris Koprivnikar has announced that he is leaving the Modern Centre Party (SMC). The move follows allegations in the media connecting him getting an executive job at BTC with the awarding of a slice of wireless spectrum to the operator of Ljubljana's main shopping district, which he has been strongly denying.

An estimated 5,000 victims of war and post-war summary executions were remembered at a commemoration at the Teharje Memorial Park near Celje on Sunday, with the keynote speaker France Cukjati saying at the event that Slovenia was still trapped in hatred, exclusion and divisions.