Slovenians will head to the polls on 24 November to cast their vote in a consultative referendum on the construction of a new unit at the Krško nuclear power station, a decision endorsed in a bi-partisan vote at the National Assembly on 10 October.
All parties bar the junior coalition Left, a singl

Anže Logar, the former foreign minister, has ended months of speculation by declaring his intention to start a new, big tent party by the end of the year, having quit the opposition Democratic Party (SDS) after more than 25 years as a member.
Addressing reporters on 10 October, a day after resignin

The Constitutional Court has dismissed a request by the two opposition parties to review Slovenia's recognition of Palestine, which the parliament finalised on 4 June. The court declared it does not have the jurisdiction to review such a decision.
MPs of the conservative Democrats (SDS) and New Slo

The National Assembly appointed two new ministers in the Robert Golob government on 7 October. Veteran liberal politician Borut Sajovic was endorsed as Slovenia's new defence minister, and long-serving education official Vinko Logaj became minister of education.
Sajovic, 64, has served as the leade

A memorial commemorating those killed in the post-World War II reprisals by the Communist authorities on the Pohorje Massif above the city of Maribor has been unveiled in an effort spearheaded by a local and financed by private donations.
The stone monument is located next to a popular hiking trail

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza as he addressed the 79th session of the UN General Assembly as part of the general debate in New York on 27 September.
"I want to say this out loud and clear to the Israeli government. S

The Cerklje ob Krki airbase in the eastern municipality of Brežice is the biggest military airport in Slovenia and is gaining ground as a NATO airbase. The Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) have 40 aircraft, most of them at Cerklje.
The airbase was built in the late 1930s by the Royal Yugoslav Air Force

Beleaguered Digital Transformation Minister Emilija Stojmenova Duh has stepped down, a day after media reported that her government car was caught using blue emergency lights in Austria unlawfully.
Announcing her decision to the press on 26 September, Stojmenova Duh denied the allegation in the rep

Prime Minster Robert Golob urged the restoration of trust in the UN, particularly in the Security Council, as he oversaw a special open session of the council held under Slovenia's presidency on 25 September. He condemned the unacceptable fact that last year saw a record number of civilians, humani