Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon will stress the importance of Syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty and the need for a fair transfer of power and the protection of civilians as she attends later on Monday a meeting of the EU foreign ministers on the bloc's response to the change in power in this Middle Eastern country.

President Nataša Pirc Musar argued in favour of Slovenia having an independent posture in international relations in a sweeping annual speech to parliament on Monday in which she condemned both Russia's and Israel's conduct.

President Nataša Pirc Musar urged against attempts to undermine the rule of law and independent institutions as she responded to the latest events in Slovenia in her second annual address to parliament to date on Monday.

Judge Rok Čeferin, who is taking over as new president of the Constitutional Court on Monday, sees reducing backlogs as one of the biggest challenges. Those who block constitutional amendments aimed at alleviating the court's caseload harm society as a whole, he told the STA in an interview.

President Nataša Pirc Musar will address MPs today as the final plenary of this year gets under way. The day week will moreover bring a vote on a motion to dismiss National Assembly President Urška Klakočar Zupančič, the appointment of a new digital transformation minister and the vote on a motion to oust the finance minister.