Slovenia's Ambassador to the EU Iztok Jarc said on Tuesday that he expects the development level of countries, their unemployment rate, drop in exports and the openness of their economy to be among the key criteria in the distribution of funds from the European Commission-proposed new recovery and resilience tool.

Culture workers covered the front of the building housing the Ministry of Culture with hundreds of pieces of paper with appeals for action to help the sector hammered hard by the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday as part of a protest targeting what the organisers described as the ministry's silence and inaction.

The government is expected to decide on Thursday whether all primary and secondary school children return to school before the end of the academic year or not, according to a statement by the head of the Association of School Headmasters, Gregor Pečan, who attended today's meeting on the matter at the Education Ministry.

Coalition parties proposed on Tuesday changes to a contentious legislative amendment that limits the involvement of environmental NGOs in administrative and court proceedings. The amendment is one of two pieces of legislation that have triggered protests by environmentalists, including today's sit-down protest in front of the Environment Ministry.

Slovenia's coronavirus case count remains at 1,469 after no new infections were confirmed on Monday after 754 tests were conducted. One new Covid-19 fatality has been reported, rising the death toll to 108, the latest official data show. Only nine Covid-19 patients remain in hospital.

The Slovenian government has added new exemptions to the quarantine requirement for EU and Schengen zone nationals that in effect allow nationals from across the EU to enter the country as tourists, as long as they have a confirmation of booking. The same applies to owners of property in Slovenia.