The government adopted on Monday changes to the Social Care Act which align social care sector with the recently finalised public sector wage reform, while also introducing a legal basis for emergency accommodation at nursing homes for people with disabilities or in distress who are unable to take care of themselves, including the erased.

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.

Meeting EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos during her first official visit in Ljubljana on Monday, PM Robert Golob labelled her appointment to such a prominent post a significant acknowledgement of Slovenia's standing. Kos stressed the importance and benefits of EU enlargement, describing her portfolio as one of the key ones in the Commission.

The upper chamber of parliament has vetoed a recently passed bill granting top artists a special pension allowance, arguing that it is vague and discriminatory to other professions.

The Ljubljana District Court sees the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which says that prohibiting contact between three children and their mother in a Slovenian custody and contact rights case in 2018 was unjustified as a contribution to better protection of children's rights.

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.