STA, 3 June 2018 - Thirty years after his arrest sparked a process leading to Slovenia's independence, Janez Janša will try to become prime minister a third time, having led his right-wing Democratic Party (SDS) to victory in Sunday's election. 

STA, 3 June 2018 - The preliminary results of Sunday's general election confirmed a convincing win for the right-wing Democrats (SDS) and second place for newcomer LMŠ. As many as nine parties are set to enter parliament and the constellations indicate major coalition building problems. Turnout after 95% of the votes counted is at a historic low 49.88%. 

STA, 3 June 2018 - The Democrats (SDS) are projected to emerge as the clear winners of the general election with 24.4% of the vote. The Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) finished a distant second with 12.6% and is followed by a crowded field at around 10% featuring the Modern Centre Party (SMC), Left and Social Democrats (SD), show exit polls released on Sunday. 

STA, 3 June 2018 - President Borut Pahor expressed hope as he cast his vote in Šempeter pri Gorici on Sunday that Slovenia would get a new government quickly. He said he would invite the relative winner of the election for informal talks at the beginning of the week. 

The festival begins. 

STA, 2 June 2018 - The Slovenian national football team ended their losing streak under the new head coach as they defeated Montenegro 2:0 in a friendly in Podgorica on Saturday, in what was a match between two depleted teams, with Slovenia missing many of their A-list players. 

STA, 2 June 2018 - The newspaper Dnevnik says in Saturday's commentary that US President Donald Trump should be congratulated for being honest about wanting to weaken the EU because a strong and united Europe does not suit the US. 

STA, 2 June 2018 - Around 1,152,000 persons or 66% of the total population of Slovenia aged 15 years or older went on at least one private trip last year. They went on around 4,288,000 private trips all together, which is 6% more than in 2016, the Statistics Office has reported. 

This week’s post takes leave of old photos to look at old paintings of some of the fairytale castles of Slovenia. 

After the removal of Ljudmila Novak from the leadership of the NSi-Christian Democratic Party, the last strong female politician, Alenka Bratušek (SAB), now has a good chance to be ousted by a popular vote. If this happens, all of Slovenia’s leading politicians will be men , and nobody seems to mind.