Covid certificates have been mandatory for all guests at events for some time, but they have rarely been checked at the gate. Now, the government has decided to make verification of compliance mandatory at all public events and gatherings.

Slovenia reported 69 new coronavirus infections for Wednesday, in what marks a week-on-week drop after two days that the daily count in infections was up. One Covid-19 patient died.

US President Joe Biden has nominated prominent Columbia lawyer Jamie L. Harpootlian to be ambassador to Slovenia. She is the wife of South Carolina Senator, Democrat Dick Harpootlian.