Slovenia have beaten the odds and qualified for the knockout stage at the Euro 2024 after a goalless draw with England in game three in Group C on Tuesday, a historic first for the team.

After assurances about prompt implementation given by the PM and justice minister after the 1 June Constitutional Court order to adjust judges' salaries to inflation recorded in the past decade, the government warned in an official response released on Monday that this will completely disrupt the balance between the three branches of government.

Slovenia is celebrating Statehood Day on Tuesday, commemorating 25 June in 1991, when parliament passed key laws that created the legal stepping stones for the country's independence from Yugoslavia.