Progress in talks on ombudsman candidate as coalition backs Bervar Sternad

Ljubljana, 25 February - President Nataša Pirc Musar wrapped up a third round of talks with deputy group leaders on several appointments, including a candidate for human rights ombudsman. Katarina Bervar Sternad now enjoys the coalition's support in a development welcomed by Pirc Musar as progress, but there is still a way to go to achieve the needed two-thirds majority.