Around 300 delegates of the junior coalition Social Democrats (SD) gathered in Velenje on Saturday for a programme and statute congress to confirm guidelines for future work, which launch the process of turning green and left, based on three packages - social, green and development packages.

Postal workers in Slovenia will go on strike on Monday as the Trade Union of Postal Workers and the management of the national postal company Pošta Slovenije have failed to find common ground on the workers' demands, including higher wages, after the move was announced two weeks ago.