Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar will not compete in the Paris Olympics. Fresh from winning his third Tour de France title, he is too tired, the Slovenian Olympic Committee announced on Monday. He will be replaced by Domen Novak, his team mate in the UAE Team Emirates.

Tomaž Vesel, the former president of the Court of Audit, will be the only candidate for EU commissioner that Slovenia plans to put forward, Prime Minister Robert Golob announced on Monday.

Prime Minister Robert Golob has confirmed media reports that Revoz, Renault's assembly plant in Novo Mesto, has been picked as the production site for the French car maker's new electric Twingo model. "We've worked on this project for a long time," he said on Monday.

Prime Minister Robert Golob thanked US President Joe Biden for his continuous efforts to strengthen transatlantic relations. In the light of Biden's decision to withdraw from the presidential race, Golob said that the US had been Europe's most powerful ally under his leadership.

Slovenia will continue to work on strengthening its ties with the US regardless of who will be the next US president, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said as she arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. She said she respected the decision of President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.

Commenting on the consternation in the EU over Victor Orban's recent "peacemaking" visit to Russia, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon announced on Monday that Slovenian ministers intend to participate in informal meetings organised by the Hungarian EU presidency in Budapest. She herself plans to attend the meeting of foreign ministers in late August.