Slovenia has been thrown into frenzy as the national basketball team won the gold medal at the EuroBasket on Sunday, with the celebrations culminating in Ljubljana's Congress Square on Monday evening. An estimated 20,000 fans welcomed the athletes who took care of Slovenia's first gold medal in team sports.

The Slovenian national basketball team were welcomed on Monday evening by an estimated 20,000 fans in Ljubljana's Congress Square after winning the gold medal at the EuroBasket on Sunday. The party is likely to continue until late in the night as Slovenia is celebrating the nation's best result ever in team sports.

Borut Pahor has announced in an interview with the STA that he will file his independent candidacy for another presidential term on Wednesday, as he has already collected the required number of voter signatures. Ahead of the Sunday referendum on the Koper-Divača railway expansion, he endorsed the project and urged voters to come to the polls.

The main body of the coalition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) decided on Monday against endorsing President Borut Pahor in his bid to be re-elected. However, party head Karl Erjavec and deputy group leader Franc Jurša will endorse Pahor, presenting him with their voter signatures later today.

Educational resources must be open, inclusive and available to users in different languages, the participants of the second UNESCO World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress heard on Monday at the opening of the three-day congress, hosted by Slovenia.

Six days ahead of the referendum on the law determining the financing of the project to build a second rail track between Koper and Divača, two polls offer conflicting projections. It appears clear though that the turnout will be crucial.

The first regular session of the National Assembly after the summer break will start on Monday with a questions and answers session with government ministers. The MPs will be asking questions about austerity measures and pensions, alleged money laundering in the NLB bank, border arbitration and issues in healthcare.

The Slovenian men's national basketball team, which won a historic gold medal at the EuroBasket in Istanbul on Sunday evening, will be welcomed home at a party in Ljubljana's Congress Square today. The celebration will start at 6 PM, with the players and the coaching staff joining the party on the stage at around 8 PM.