Delivering the closing arguments in a trial of a doctor charged with killing four of his patients and several other crimes, the prosecution demanded on Monday that Ivan Radan be sentenced to a combined 20 years in prison and stripped of his medical licence.

The price of diesel fuel sold at service stations outside motorways will hit a four-year high on Tuesday as new administrative prices kick in. In fact, diesel will come more expensive than regular petrol.

The employees of SOVA, the national intelligence and security agency, have suspended a strike over pay, working conditions and staffing issues, which started on 30 November 2017. Unionist Frančišek Verk told the STA on Monday that social dialogue had improved after the September appointment of Rajko Kozmelj as SOVA's new head.

Infrastructure Minister Alenka Bratušek will have several projects on the table during her term, but it is the Koper-Divača rail expansion as the largest project currently under way which will take up most of her time. She has told the STA that after several setbacks, the project needs a push.