Researchers have identified the risk of spills of hazardous substances and fires at the Poček training grounds near Postojna. The Defence Ministry says that military activities in the area have no harmful impact on the drinking water, but it does plan to expand monitoring efforts at the initiative of local authorities.

The National Assembly decided late on Wednesday to call a referendum on the use of cannabis for medical use and restricted personal use. The motion was passed with 42 votes in favour, provided by the coalition Freedom Movement and the Left. The third coalition partner, the Social Democrats, abstained, and the opposition obstructed the vote.

The Competition Protection Agency (AVK) has searched the premises of the companies that supplied 13,000 laptops to the state last year in a deal that led to the motion to oust Digital Transformation Minister Emilija Stojmenova Duh earlier this year. Four firms are suspected of colluding in setting the prices offered to the state.

It will be mostly sunny in Slovenia on Friday, with fog possible in some low lying areas. Frost will also be possible inland, as morning lows will stand between -3 and 2 degrees Celsius, dropping as low as -5 in Alpine valleys and the plateaus of the Notranjska region. Daytime highs will climb to between 10 and 16 degrees.

It will be rather cloudy in Slovenia on Thursday with localised showers in particular in the afternoon. Northerly winds will blow in some parts of the country and a weak bora in Primorska in the west.

The parliamentary inquiry into the controversial C0 sewerage project in Ljubljana interviewed former Environment Minister Irena Majcen on Wednesday. Majcen believes the EU agency Jaspers would not have approved cohesion funds for the project if it deemed it problematic.

The government approved on Wednesday the start of negotiations for Slovenia's full membership in the European Space Agency (ESA), arguing that the membership will bring many advantages to Slovenia, including opportunities for the country's space sector to participate in ESA programmes.