The National Assembly has passed the general government budgeting framework decree for the next three-year period that predicts a gradual reduction in deficit to align it to EU rules.

Steel group SIJ generated EUR 1.3 billion in sales revenue in 2022, a 35% increase on the year before and a record figure to date. EBITDA was up by 80% to an all-time high EUR 180 million and net profit more then trebled to EUR 95.4 million, according to the annual report released by the company.

Mojca Marija Šimenc, the first woman appointed secretary general of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference believes women have "enough opportunities to fulfil our mission" in Church. Talking to the STA after taking on her new role on Monday, Šimenc said she was optimistic about the future of the Church.

Slovenian photographer Jošt Franko is this year's winner of The Aftermath Project, a prestigious US grant supporting post-conflict storytelling in photography. What won him the US$ 25,000 prize is his project documenting a community and landscape deeply marred and marginalised by the war in the former Yugoslavia.

Nada Drobne Popović, the chairwoman of the energy company Petrol, announced in an interview for the STA that, after the State Attorney's Office rejected a proposal for an amicable settlement of the dispute over fuel price regulation in the spring of 2022, Petrol will probably file a lawsuit against the state to get compensated for the damage.

Franci But, Slovenia's special envoy for the country's candidacy for a non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council, is optimistic ahead of the vote in early June, but does not want to say how many countries indicated support. "We are running to win the vote. We're optimistic and we believe in our candidacy."