President Nataša Pirc Musar stressed the importance of full EU integration of candidate countries from the Western Balkans as she spoke to the press after attending the 10th Berlin Process summit in the German capital on Monday. She also pointed to the important role of cooperation of EU member states.

This year's recipients of the Zois Prizes for lifetime achievement in science are chemistry engineer Željko Knez and developmental psychologist Ljubica Marjanovič Umek. Igor Akrapovič, the owner of the eponymous exhaust maker, has been meanwhile honoured with the Puh Prize for lifetime achievement in innovation.

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon has strongly condemned a recent Israeli attack on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), describing it as a "grave violation of international law, an appalling atrocity".