The supervisory board of Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) endorsed on Tuesday all documents required for the initial public offering of NLB bank, allowing privatisation of Slovenia's largest bank to proceed. The price range will be revealed by the end of the week, presumably on Friday, when the prospectus is published.

The largest deputy group in parliament, that of the opposition Democrats (SDS), supports neither of the two candidates who applied for the soon to be vacant seat on the Constitutional Court, and proposes a third candidate, showed the consultations with President Borut Pahor launched on Tuesday.

Janez Janša's defence counsel filed for recusal of the presiding judge and a juror as the case in which he stands accused of defaming two journalists of the Slovenian public broadcaster went on trial on Tuesday.

The Finance Ministry has produced a blueprint for the new real estate tax, suggesting that a 0.1% tax rate for residential properties and 0.6% for other buildings.