A government-sponsored bill designed to provide legal recourse for holders of subordinated bank liabilities who were wiped out in the 2013 bank bailout was endorsed on first reading at the National Assembly on Tuesday although MPs expect improvements in later stages of the legislative procedure.
Intelligence work is normally an activity shrouded in secrecy, but the Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency (SOVA) has made an unprecedented decision to enlist new agents in a very public fashion - by publishing a job ad in newspapers and online.
The police are registering a rapid increase in the number of illegal border crossing cases. While last year police handled some 1,300 such cases in the first four months, this year they already dealt with over 3,000 in the same period.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has downgraded its forecast for Slovenia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth for this year by 0.2 percentage points to 3.4%, while upgrading the 2020 forecast by 0.4 points to 3.1%.
Debates have been raging on for years about whether schoolwork is stressing children out. A study commissioned by the National Education Institute appears to show that Slovenian school children are exposed to stress, progressively so as they get older, but to a much lesser degree than widely assumed.
The role of bees and other pollinators for humanity, sustainable development and the elimination of hunger was highlighted as the Slovenian mission at the UN organised a ceremony marking World Bee Day at UN headquarters in New York on Monday.
Several EU-related topics were discussed, but migration issues yet again featured prominently as the lead candidates of the seven lists doing best in opinion polls faced off in Monday's election debate aired by the private broadcaster POP TV. They also agreed Slovenian MEPs should act in a more unified manner in the EU political arena.
Druga Godba, one of the most established Slovenian world music festivals, is bringing 16 concerts of various genres to Ljubljana and Maribor from Tuesday to Saturday.
Slovenian voters who for some reason will be unable to go to the polls on Sunday, can cast their ballot in the elections to the European Parliament from Tuesday to Thursday.