Ksenija Klampfer, the labour minister in the 2018-2020 minority centre-left government of Marjan Šarec, has been appointed new minister of digital transformation. She succeeds Emilija Stojmenova Duh, who resigned in late September in the wake of an ethics breach.
After being sworn in on 17 December
A prosecutor in a high-profile trial of members of one of the most ruthless crime syndicates in the Balkans has caused a political storm in Slovenia by accusing the police unit responsible for protecting senior officials and those deemed at risk of gross misconduct.
The Security and Protection Cent
Supporters of opposition leader Janez Janša gathered for a second time in front of the Celje court where he is standing trial to protest against what they call an "injustice system"
The rally on 12 December follows the first such on 26 November, which Janša described as the "beginning of a rebellio
Slovenia will deploy up to 20 troops to Bulgaria to join the Italian-led multinational battle group as part of NATO's forward-deployed defence and deterrence military force.
Members of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) already serve in Slovakia and Latvia as part of NATO Enhanced Forward Presence.
Slovenia has stepped up police checks at its borders with Croatia and Hungary and inland measures to combat terrorism and prevent illegal migration in response to the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. But unlike some other European countries, it has not decided to suspend the processing
President Nataša Pirc Musar urged the government to fully tackle the worst human rights violation in Slovenia's history as she honoured the erased, the thousands of people descending from other parts of the former Yugoslavia who were removed from Slovenia's register of permanent residents in 1992.
Prime Minister Robert Golob briefly met US President-elect Donald Trump as world leaders gathered in Paris for the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening ceremony at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron on 7 December.
The prime minister's office described the first meeting between Golob and T
Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar was received by Pope Francis in the Vatican on 5 December with the efforts to bring an end to conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and other parts of the world high on the agenda.
After her second meeting with the pope since May 2023, Pirc Musar noted the Holy See's sign
The president of the Slovenian National Assembly, Urška Klakočar Zupančič, called for a new candid attempt to resolve outstanding issues with Croatia as she visited Zagreb on 3 and 4 December.
The visit, during which Klakočar Zupančič met with the neighbouring country's top officials, reaffirmed th
