While rapid antigen tests are now available to all residents in Slovenia free of charge, they will be available for free only to some groups from 23 August, the government decided at a correspondence session on Monday.

A ceremony at the Prilozje air strip near the town of Metlika in the south-east of the country marked the first Slovenia-Israel Friendship Day on Monday in memory of the joint struggle against Nazism and Fascism in World War II with President Borut Pahor and Israeli Ambassador Eyal Sela wishing for the event to become an annual tradition.

EU ministers in charge of research agreed that Europe needs a common research area as they met for an informal meeting at Brdo pri Kranju as part of Slovenia's EU presidency on Monday to discuss revitalising the European Research Area (ERA), and the role of international cooperation to promote research and innovation.

Nine new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Slovenia on Sunday, the fifth day in a row that cases dropped on a week-on-week basis. All the main indicators remained broadly unchanged, show the latest data by the National Institute of Public Health.

The Infrastructure Ministry has issued an energy permit for the construction of the second unit at the Krško nuclear power station, a step that allows permitting procedures to begin and comes a week after the national climate strategy enshrined nuclear as a long-term energy option. The project will be managed by the state-owned Gen Energija.

The Constitutional Court has rejected an opposition-sponsored motion challenging the inadmissibility of a referendum on a EUR 780 million investments in the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) as declared by parliament. The motion was thrown out due to non-compliance with formal conditions.

The Infrastructure Ministry has issued the energy permit for the construction of the second unit of the Krško nuclear power station, a step that allows permitting procedures to begin and comes a week after the national climate strategy enshrined nuclear as a long-term energy option. The project will be managed by the state-owned Gen Energija.

EU ministers in charge of research will meet for an informal meeting at Brdo pri Kranju as part of Slovenia's EU presidency on Monday to discuss revitalsing the European Research Area (ERA), and the role of international cooperation to promote research and innivation.