After the new system of electricity network charges caused a stir, especially among businesses, the government has urged the Energy Agency to start charging the grid fee under the old system again as of February or the agency's council should resign. "We can no longer pretend that the methodology is appropriate," PM Robert Golob said on Monday.

The government confirmed on Monday a blueprint for a property tax that is expected to net EUR 600 million per year by taxing homes in which the owners do not live as a means of increasing the supply of rental properties and driving down rent.

The SBI TOP index of blue chips on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange closed 0.35% higher at 1,662 points on Monday. The most coveted item was the NLB bank, which accounted for almost half of the daily turnover of EUR 1.91 million. The Ljubljana Stock Exchange will now be closed for three days for Christmas holidays, reopening on Friday.

Major suppliers of natural gas have cut prices for households or will cut them starting on 1 January due to favourable market trends. Prices will hover at around EUR 50 per megawatt hour excluding value added tax and other duties.

The number of residential property sales in Slovenia decreased in the third quarter of the year, with sales of pre-owned homes hitting their lowest level in 14 years, shows data published by the Statistics Office on Monday. However, property prices continued to rise.

The head of the Government Communication Office Petra Bezjak Cirman and Slovenian Press Agency director Mojca Prelesnik signed on Monday a contract on the public service the STA will provide in 2025. Funding will increase by 18.6% compared to this year to EUR 2.84 million.

The opposition New Slovenia (NSi) has filed for a constitutional review of the recently passed changes to the Income Tax Act, MP Jernej Vrtovec said on Monday. The party is the most dissatisfied with a lower cap for taxing sole proprietors under the flat-rate expenses system.