The National Assembly has passed a declaration whereby Slovenia recognizes the Holodomor, a famine with which the Soviet authorities starved millions of Ukrainians to death in 1932 and 1933, as genocide.

The National Assembly passed on Tuesday legislative changes under which mining rights will be extended automatically for 30 months. The reason is the backlog in administrative procedures for extension and adoption of relevant municipal spatial plans.

At the first presidential forum, which focussed on healthcare, experts, politicians and civil society representatives discussed the challenges and solution proposals to help tackle the flaws of the country's health system. They also warned about the challenges of financing healthcare in the future in light of population ageing.

Banks in Slovenia generated a pre-tax profit of EUR 152.3 million in the first quarter of this year, a 57% increase year-on-year. Net profit amounted to EUR 128 million, a 47% rise. According to Tuesday's report by the Bank of Slovenia, the volume of loans continues to decrease, particularly in loans to companies and other financial institutions.

Eight members of an extended Slovenian family have safely arrived in Slovenia from Sudan, where an ongoing armed conflict between two military forces has been taking place since mid-April, the Foreign Ministry told the STA on Tuesday.

Culture Ministry Asta Vrečko has appointed Martina Vovk as acting director of Moderna Galerija, the national museum of modern and contemporary art, after Aleš Vaupotič resigned following a couple of years of schisms and two-way accusations of lack of dialogue at the museum.

President Nataša Pirc Musar will host a presidential forum on Tuesday. The first in a series of planned debates on major issues will be dedicated to healthcare and will feature health experts, politicians and representatives of the civil society.