Slovenia's candidate for EU commissioner for enlargement Marta Kos received the green light from the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs following today's hearing, the Renew political group, to which Kos belongs, confirmed for the STA.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) sees great potential for further investments in Slovenia, EIB president Nadia Calvino said after meeting Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič in Ljubljana on Thursday. The range of Slovenian projects under consideration is vast and includes areas such as transport, energy infrastructure and support to business.

Four out of the five Slovenian MEPs who sit on the EU Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) were happy with the presentation and the answers provided to the committee by Slovenia's commissioner-designate Marta Kos before she was endorsed by the body on Thursday.

The group around Slovenia's bank NLB posted a net profit of EUR 427.5 million in the first nine months of the year, up 10% from the same period last year, mainly as a result of favourable economic conditions and high interest rates, NLB said in a statement on Thursday.

Slovenia's EU commissioner-designate Marta Kos faced the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday, fielding a number of diverse questions, many pertaining to Ukraine and Russia. She also faced accusations of having been a collaborator of the Yugoslav intelligence service, which she denied several times.

A bigger and reformed EU is a strategic imperative, Slovenia's commissioner-designate for enlargement Marta Kos said during her presentation at the hearing at the EU Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). She sees support for Ukraine as an absolute priority and believes regional cooperation is key in enlargement to the Western Balkans.