Ferenc Horvath, the MP representing the Hungarian minority in Slovenia, is unwilling to give up his seat in parliament or resign as the head of the minority's umbrella organisation after the anti-corruption commission has urged him to do so.

Reviving the new national library project that has been in the planning stages since 1989 and last saw a seven-year hiatus, Education and Science Minister Jernej Pikalo signed on Monday an annex to the contract for the building's design documents. Estimating the entire project at EUR 50 million, Pikalo expects the funding sources will be mixed.

Prime Minister Marjan Šarec defended measures taken by his government in response to a spike in illegal migration in questions time in parliament on Monday, arguing that the situation did not call for activating an article that gives the army additional powers.

Marine Carobbio Guscetti, the speaker of the lower chamber of the Swiss National Assembly, met her counterpart Dejan Židan during her official visit to Slovenia on Monday with the pair lauding good bilateral cooperation and efficient use of Swiss contribution to cohesion funds in Slovenia.

The joint list of the Democrats (SDS) and the non-parliamentary People's Party (SLS) has emerged as the favourite ahead of the EU elections in the latest Vox Populi poll. It is followed by the Social Democrats (SD) and the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ).