The newly formed National Assembly started its inaugural session Friday by confirming the members of the Privileges and Credentials Commission, which is in session to lay the grounds for the official confirmation of the new members of parliament in the afternoon.

The Democratic Party (SDS), which alleged several irregularities in the 22 March election, will not contest any individual MP mandates, SDS leader Janez Janša said on the sidelines of the National Assembly's maiden session on Friday. The party will turn to the Constitutional Court.

Slovenia's industrial output decreased by 0.1% in February compared to January, and was also down 2.5% year-on-year, shows the Statistics Office data released on Friday.

Shareholders of energy company Petrol may look forward to higher dividends this year. The management proposes EUR 2.5 gross per share after EUR 2.1 gross were paid out per share last year. Supervisors backed the proposal at its Thursday session.

Two young Slovenians have been sentenced to prison sentences for trying to smuggle more than 30 kilogrammes of cocaine into Norway last summer, Večer and Slovenske Novice reported on Friday. They got nine years and nine years and a half. Under the Norwegian law, the pair may request to serve the sentence in Slovenia.

Slovenia's leading bank NLB announced a renewed takeover bid for Austria-based Addiko Bank at EUR 29 per share on Thursday, outbidding a rival attempt from Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).

Slovenia's newly elected National Assembly will convene for its inaugural session on Friday, serving as a crucial first test of the political balance of power following last month's deadlocked election. With coalition building still in flux, attention is centred on the vote for the National Assembly president.

FM Tanja Fajon attended a meeting of MED9 foreign ministers on security and cooperation in the Mediterranean in Croatia on Thursday, after which she called for an end to violence in the Middle East. At the meeting, she advocated for stronger cooperation of Mediterranean countries as a key to the long-term stability of the region.

Prime Minister Robert Golob strongly condemned the continued attacks by Israel on Lebanon in a statement on Thursday, and endorsed the call by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for the suspension of EU-Israel association agreement.

Slovenia is drafting a social climate plan for the period 2026-2032, which will include measures to help households experiencing energy and transport poverty, Environment, Climate and Energy Minister Bojan Kumer said after the government session on Thursday. Its adoption will allow Slovenia to draw funds from the EU Social Climate Fund.

The Slovenian Beekeeping Association has begun distributing free kits designed to protect apiaries from brown bear attacks. It has also once again urged the government to reimburse beekeepers part of the fuel excise duty because most of them are not eligible for agricultural diesel.

The government has included four new projects of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF), valued at a total of EUR 148 million, in its development programme plan. Most of the funds will go for a military drone systems project.

Months after the motorway company DARS launched extensive work on the A1 motorway between Domžale and Ljubljana, the EUR 100 million project will be moving into its main phase this weekend: expansion from four to six lanes. By winter, work is to be completed on the Ljubljana-bound carriageway, with the other direction scheduled for next year.

President Nataša Pirc Musar condemned on Thursday threats made in the context of the war in the Middle East, including US President Donald Trump's statement about destroying Iranian civilisation. She labelled them as serious threats to international peace and security that must be taken seriously and resisted.

The Baptism on the Savica has been adapted into a comic book in an effort to engage young readers with this epic-lyrical poem about the Christianisation of pagan Slovenians in the early mediaeval period, a key work of Slovenian literature.

Branimir Štrukelj, one of the most visible unionists in Slovenia, has been re-elected for what will be his sixth term at the helm of the Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (KSJS), the largest trade union organisation in the public sector. The KSJS also adopted a resolution opposing tax and pay cuts, and privatisation of public services.

The government has put in place measures to secure gas supplies ahead of winter and tighten oversight of electricity and gas price increases, citing ongoing volatility in energy markets linked to geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions.

A trial has started over violations allegedly committed by former Police Commissioner Anton Olaj. Serving during the previous government, he stands accused of violating the right to participate in management and trade union rights, as well as three counts of abuse of office. Olaj has pleaded not guilty, media report.

Slovenian aviation services firm Solinair has launched a new aircraft maintenance hangar at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport as it aims to expand capacity and support further growth.

The newly elected National Assembly will convene for the first time on Friday. While largely procedural, the session will provide clues as to the balance of political power after last month's tightly contested election resulted in an impasse for the left and the right bloc.