The supervisory board of energy trader Petrol, which has been subject to mounting criticism in recent weeks for failing to explain October's unexpected management board overhaul, said on Friday the former management had never put forward credible documentation to support plans that substantially departed from the company's strategy.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier thanked Slovenia for being a committed member of the EU along with Germany, after meeting President Borut Pahor over a working breakfast in Berlin on Friday amid celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Slovenia's foreign trade continued to grow apace in September with official statistics showing merchandise exports increasing by 15.2% year-on-year to EUR 2.96bn and imports rising by 13.6% to EUR 2.93bn.

Considering themselves a nation of wine lovers, Slovenians will celebrate St Martin's Day throughout this weekend. Every year, thousands turn out at public celebrations, while many wine makers throw their own parties and nearly all cooks in the country serve a traditional dinner of goose, red cabbage and mlinci, a flatbread speciality.