Even though euthanasia has been removed as an option and doctors would have the right to conscientious objection, doctors remain opposed to legislation on assisted dying spearheaded by the coalition.

The Coordinating Body of Medical Organisations decided on Tuesday that it will challenge the changes to the Health Services Act with a constitutional review. The bill imposes a total ban on work for private providers by public healthcare workers, something doctors vehemently oppose.

The Chemistry Institute, one of Slovenia's largest research organisations, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Vesna VC DeepTech Fund with a view to accelerating the commercial deployment of scientific findings.

Slovenia's chief climate negotiator Tina Kobilšek regrets the decision by new US President Donald Trump that his country withdraw from the Paris Agreement, telling the STA on Tuesday that the move ignores scientific facts and was a risk to everybody.

The effects of a cyberattack that brought down the entire IT infrastructure of the University of Maribor in late October have been resolved. It cost EUR 140,000 to undo the damage, but now "everything is back to normal, nothing has been lost," Rector Zdravko Kačič told the STA on Tuesday. A criminal investigation is ongoing.

The University of Ljubljana has signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Rwanda, the largest educational institution in this African country. The two universities plan to cooperate in teaching and research.

Slovenia is keeping a close eye on a proposed lithium mining project in Austria, 40 kilometres north of the border, but it is not a party to an environmental impact assessment, the Environment Ministry said on Tuesday after a green group demanded that the government get involved.