Slovenia is hopeful the privatisation of Cimos can proceed after Croatian Finance Minister Zdravko Marić told Slovenia's Mateja Vraničar Erman on Tuesday that Croatia no longer had any reservations about the deal. The matter "can still be resolved favourably," Vraničar Erman said.

The new President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, is to visit Slovenia on 3 March, his spokesperson Delia Vlase confirmed on Tuesday. She said the primary purpose of the visit was the opening of the new information centre of the European Parliament and Commission in Ljubljana.

Banks in Slovenia almost tripled net profit to EUR 344.3m in 2016. Profit before tax was up by almost 140% to EUR 379.4m. Banks' revenue was lower than in 2015, while profit was up due to lower impairments and provisions.

On International Mother Language Day, the persistent question in Slovenia is whether the nation and its language are threatened. The head of the Writers' Association thinks not, while the University of Ljubljana plans a strategy in response to challenges of globalisation.

Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec and Carinthian Governor Peter Kaiser will meet in Ljubljana on Tuesday to discuss the draft constitution for the Austrian province, which has been met with criticism by the Slovenian minority in Austria for only mentioning German as the official language.