The parliamentary Home Policy Committee has rejected a motion by the Democratic Party (SDS) to crack down on juvenile crime by introducing criminal liability for kids under 14, as the coalition dismissed the bid as an unjustified stepping up of repression.

Looking at the tariff dispute between the United States and China, Delo argues in Monday's commentary that trust is the main currency in international relations. Trust in the US is being eroded, while China is yet to build it up.

The Balkan mentality and the Balkan mafia modus operandi are spreading in Slovenia, Demokracija writes in its commentary under Balkan Mafia Contamination of Slovenia Continues. This is epitomised by Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković and the harmful Robert Golob government, the paper writes.

The incumbent rector of the University of Ljubljana Gregor Majdič secured a second four-year term with 54.48% of the valid votes in the second round of the rectorial elections on Wednesday. His opponent, Irena Mlinarič Raščan from the Faculty of Pharmacy, received 45.52%.

Two opposition members of the parliamentary commission investigating suspicion of political meddling with the police have once again requested that the commission hear Prime Minister Robert Golob. Democratic Party (SDS) MP Andrej Poglajen told the press on Wednesday that the commission had not yet done its job.

Court of Audit president Jana Ahčin praised the performance of the court as she briefed the parliamentary Commission for Public Finance Oversight on developments in 2024 on Wednesday. She however also lamented several "grave interferences" with the court's independence.

During her two-day visit to Armenia Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon advocated the country's ongoing process of normalising relations with Azerbaijan. At a meeting with her counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan she discussed efforts to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation, the ministry said on Wednesday.