Attending an annual consultation of Slovenian diplomats at the Brdo estate, Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon and her Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares Bueno agreed that unity is key in a time of crisis, especially in light of the war in Ukraine and Spain's upcoming EU presidency.

Slovenia will send a police attaché to Rome in February to further improve information exchange with Italy, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday after a meeting between interim Interior Minister Sanja Ajanović Hovnik and her Italian counterpart Matteo Piantedosi. Police cooperation between the two countries is very good, the pair said.

The high-profile trial in the Balkan Warrior drug trafficking case has ended as the Ljubljana District Court sentenced almost a dozen defendants to prison sentences that they have already served in prison or detention, public broadcaster TV Slovenija reported on Thursday. Chief defendant Dragan Tošić spent six years and one month in prison.

Pharma group Krka reported on Thursday a 10% revenue increase in 2022 to EUR 1.7 billion, the highest figure to date. Sales increased in the majority of Krka's key markets and in all product and service segments. Net profit rose by 17% to EUR 361 million, show the unaudited results.

President Nataša Pirc Musar highlighted the role of excellent diplomacy and coordinated foreign policy as she addressed Slovenian diplomats on the last day of their annual meeting at Brdo pri Kranju on Thursday. She also spoke about the war in Ukraine, instability in the Balkans, Slovenia's UN Security Council bid, and human rights.