Two weeks after the resignation of PM Marjan Šarec, the Modern Centre Party (SMC) indicated on Wednesday that a snap election-entailing alliance proposed by Šarec's party looked increasingly unlikely, while coalition talks with the Democrats (SDS) were going as expected.

The executive committee of New Slovenia (NSi) has decided to give its head Matej Tonin and his team full support in the Democrats (SDS)-led negotiations on a new government. Tonin now has the mandate to negotiate on the programme and staffing decisions of the potential new government.

President Borut Pahor said after Wednesday's farewell meeting with Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović in Ljubljana that her picking Slovenia for her last visit had not been a coincidence, since Slovenia and Croatia were neighbouring and friendly countries.

Doctors in Slovenia are obligated by law to attend medical seminars and training courses to get acquainted with the latest know-how and technologies but the state does not cover the costs of such training. This means they are dependent on industry donations, which doctors say is legalised corruption.

Defence Minister Karl Erjavec is to participate on Wednesday in a two-day meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels. The ministerial will discuss relations with Russia and strengthening stability in the Middle East, most notably in Iraq as well as in Afghanistan.