The cycling protests against the government's actions and policies continued for the fifth Friday running, with several thousands protesters reported again in Ljubljana. Signatures for the resignation of the government started to get collected, while one group also expressed support to the government.

Austria remains rather inflexible about reopening its border with Slovenia, although Slovenia's epidemiological situation is the same or even better than Austria's, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksander Geržina told the STA on Friday. The countries are in contact about this issue and Slovenia expects Austria to change its position soon.

The Slovenian and Croatian foreign ministers, Anže Logar and Gordan Grlić Radman, met Friday to discuss the opening of the countries' shared border which has been closed, with some exceptions, as the countries are battling the coronavirus pandemic. They could however not yet provide an answer to when the border would reopen for everybody.

No new coronavirus infections or Covid-19 deaths were recorded in Slovenia on Thursday after another 882 tests were conducted. A total of 21 Covid-19 patients were still in hospital, four of them in intensive care, government data show.

The energy group Petrol saw its sales revenue drop by 15% year on year to EUR 916 million in the first quarter, due to lower prices and a drop in the sale of petroleum products. Still, net profit of the group was up 20% to EUR 21.8 million, shows a report published on the website of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange.

Foreign Minister Anže Logar will meet his Croatian counterpart Gordan Grlić Radman at the Dragonja border crossing on Friday to discuss the reopening of the shared border. They will also talk about measures that would make it easier to start the summer tourist season.