President Borut Pahor and his visiting Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö stressed in Ljubljana on Thursday the need for the EU to continue to focus on what its people have in common and what unites them.

A poll commissioned by the public broadcaster TV Slovenija shows the joint list of the Democrats (SDS) and People's Party (SLS) as the likely winners of the EU election with a four-point lead on the ruling Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ).

Seeming to step up what trade unions have called a push by employers against fully enforcing the minimum wage increase backed by parliament last year, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) director general Sonja Šmuc described the increase on Thursday as a rushed step that would cause major damage, including to the most vulnerable groups.

A security inspector of the Civil Aviation Agency pretending to be a passenger managed to bring a dummy explosive device past the checkpoints at the Jože Pučnik Airport Ljubljana last week, public broadcaster TV Slovenija reported on Thursday.

Two suspected drug traffickers have been arrested after the police discovered more than 300 kilos of high-purity heroin in the port of Koper in April 2018, in what is one of the biggest seizures of drugs in Slovenia in 20 years.

Environment Minister Simon Zajc has announced he would like the government to adopt a special bill to facilitate fighting against climate change. He believes having a special law is important to secure a broad political consensus.

The pharma company Krka reported on Thursday a net profit of EUR 70.4 million at group level for the first quarter of 2019, a 42% increase year-on-year. Revenue increased by 12% to EUR 378.5 million.

President Borut Pahor will host his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö on Thursday and Friday. Niinistö will also meet Prime Minister Marjan Šarec and Speaker Dejan Židan and debate climate change with secondary school students in Kranj.