French car making group Trigano has acquired Slovenia's Adria Mobil, one of Europe's leading caravan makers, by taking over the company which controls Adria Mobil through the indebted ACH conglomerate. The deal is reportedly worth some EUR 200m.

Senior Slovenian officials appeared united on Friday in expressing support for PM Miro Cerar's decision to call off a planned visit to Zagreb over a controversial speech at the UN General Assembly that temporarily dashed hopes for a resolution of the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute.

Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec has strongly supported Prime Minister Miro Cerar in his decision to cancel his planned trip to Zagreb, asserting on Friday that Croatian prime minister's speech in the UN General Assembly proved dialogue with Croatia was impossible.

Slovenian Parliamentary Speaker Milan Brglez has strongly criticised the speech Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković delivered at the UN General Assembly session, describing it as "inconceivable" and an abuse of the organisation.

Political analysts believe incumbent President Borut Pahor will play the main role in the presidential campaign. His success and failures will be the main topics of the campaign leading up to the 22 October vote and he will likely face accusations by rivals that he has failed to voice opinions on key issues, two analysts have told the STA.

The election campaign for the 22 October presidential vote formally kicked off today. So far, four hopefuls have filed their bids with the National Electoral Commission. The candidates plan to focus on a personal approach to voters, as well as on social media. None of the campaigns seems to come close to the EUR 430,000 budget cap.

Slovenian voters will head to the polls on Sunday to determine the fate of a government law governing the financing of the 27-kilometre rail expansion between the hub Divača and the port of Koper. The public appears to be fairly evenly split, with the latest polls suggesting turnout will be the decisive factor.