A ceremony marking on Saturday the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the labour camp below Ljubelj Pass, a branch of the Mauthausen concentration camp, heard warnings of the dangers of the spread of hatred and history repeating itself.

Slovenia logged 126 coronavirus cases for Friday as another three Covid-19 patients died, show fresh official data. The rolling 7-day average case count dropped by 17 to 161 and the cumulative 14-day incidence per 100,000 residents has fallen to 135.

National Council President Alojz Kovšca argued in an interview with the STA that Slovenia would not be successful until politics was capable of compromise and the government cabinet featured individuals of leftist and rightist political proclivity. He also called for a stronger stance on sovereignty.