Primorske novice, the Koper-based regional newspaper, expresses disappointment in Monday's commentary about the substance of the campaign for the rail expansion referendum. Most notably, it says Hungary's role ought to have been scrutinised in greater detail.

While Prime Minister Miro Cerar is the winner of the Koper-Divača rail upgrade referendum, the main questions about the project remain unanswered as the referendum did not make them go away, the business newspaper Finance says in Monday's commentary.

The low turnout in Sunday's referendum on the expansion of the railway line between the port of Koper and the inland Divača hub, which is an important project for the country's future development, is another defeat for (direct) democracy in Slovenia, the newspaper Večer says in Monday's commentary.

Opponents of the government's plans for the construction of the rail expansion to the port of Koper have failed in their quest to annul the special law in a referendum, but they have nevertheless vowed to fight on with other means to prevent what they claim is a wasteful project.

Preliminary results indicate opponents of the law governing the Divača-Koper rail upgrade have failed to bring the legislation down, as a majority who voted in Sunday's referendum appear to have upheld the law and turnout was too low to pass muster.

Polling stations closed at 7 PM on Sunday, ending the 12-hour voting period in the rail investment referendum. Results are expected to start trickling in around 8 PM, with near final results likely around 9 PM.

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