FRIDAY, 11 March
LJUBLJANA - The National Assembly endorsed amendments to the income tax act that bring higher take-home pay across the board, lower tax on capital gains, and a lower top tax rate.
ANTALYA, Turkey - Addressing the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, President Borut Pahor issued an appeal for an all-out effort to end the war in Ukraine and find a diplomatic solution to the conflict, as he repeated that he was against NATO imposing a no-fly zone in Ukraine.
PARIS, France - Prime Minister Janez Janša told Bloomberg TV that it was evident war crimes were taking place in Ukraine and that Russia was denying it. "We should not tolerate this, we need to do much more than we are doing now", he said.
LJUBLJANA - Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec called on the EU to impose an embargo on the imports of Russian oil and gas as soon as possible, arguing that the only way to secure peace in Ukraine was to stop funding Russia's aggression with oil and gas purchases.
LJUBLJANA - High-ranking Slovenian politicians condemned a statement by a Hungarian Secretary of State for National Policy Árpád János Potápi, who labelled Mura as the border between Slovenia and Hungary, although the river actually runs 20-30 kilometres from the border. The Foreign Ministry immediately summoned Ambassador Andor F. David and demanded an explanation. The Hungarian embassy said the statement was a "slip of the tongue".
LJUBLJANA - The Constitutional Court stayed a controversial act on Swiss franc loans, legislation challenged by nine banks which say it is be detrimental to banks and the economy as a whole.
SATURDAY, 12 March
LJUBLJANA - The ruling Democrats (SDS) marked their 33rd anniversary with the party's head and Prime Minister Janez Janša saying that under the leadership of the SDS, Slovenia would in a few years' time be among the most developed countries in the world.
CELJE - Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek said he was confident that the alliance Connecting Slovenia, which also includes his party Concretely, would decide what the next government will be like. They will run with 88 candidates in the election.
NOVA GORICA - Alenka Bratušek addressed an event to present her SAB party's candidates for the 24 April general election, invoking her brief stint as prime minister nine years ago during the time Slovenia was on the verge of default as she told voters they could trust her party and its allies to prevent a second financial catastrophe that Slovenia was racing towards.
LJUBLJANA - The recently-established non-parliamentary party Our Future elected Ivan Gale, a former senior employee of the Commodity Reserves Agency and a prominent whistleblower, as its president. Violeta Bulc, a former European commissioner, became the party's vice president.
LJUBLJANA - PM Janez Janša's SDS have nearly caught up with the Freedom Movement, the party of Robert Golob, as the voters' top choice in the latest poll conducted by Ninamedia for four newspapers. The poll shows the Freedom Movement losing 0.2 percentage points to 21% and the SDS gaining 1.1 point to 20.2%.
CELJE - One person was killed and ten were injured in an accident involving a van carrying illegal migrants on the Štajerska leg of the A1 motorway just after midnight. The police said the driver who caused the accident fled the scene on foot.
SUNDAY, 13 March
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Minister for Slovenians Abroad Helena Jaklitsch finished her three-day her visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina by meeting Sarajevo Deputy Mayor Anja Margetić to discuss the needs of the Slovenian community in Sarajavo. She met representatives of Slovenian communities from Sarajevo and other towns during her stay.
VIKERSUND, Norway - Slovenian ski jumpers Domen Prevc, Peter Prevc, Timi Zajc and Anže Lanišek scored a convincing win in the men's team event at the Ski Flying World Championships after Zajc won silver in an individual event the day before.
OBERHOF, Germany - Slovenia's ski jumpers Urša Bogataj, Nika Križnar and Ema Klinec placed first, second and third, respectively, at the last women's ski jumping World Cup event of the season. Bogataj won the penultimate event ahead of Nika Križnar for the second double World Cup victory for Slovenian women ski jumpers this season.
ANCONA, Italy - Slovenia's cyclist Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won the Tirreno-Adriatico race, which goes from the western shores of Italy to the eastern coast, for the second time in a row. So far, he has won all the three races of this season he competed in.
NICE, France - Slovenian rider Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) won the Paris-Nice race after he held on to his advantage by finishing third in the final stage. This is his second win so far this season.
KRANJSKA GORA - Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen won another of the two World Cup giant slalom races for the 61st Vitranc Cup. Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner was second and Switzerland's Marco Odermatt third. The only Slovenian competitor in the race, Žan Kranjec, again finished tenth.
MONDAY, 14 March
LJUBLJANA - Prime Minister Janez Janša accused Russia of conducting ethnic cleansing in Ukraine as he drew parallels between the current situation in Ukraine and the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina during questions time in parliament.
LJUBLJANA - President Borut Pahor said in an interview with current affairs show Studio City that the goal of the West was not to change the regime in Russia but to secure a ceasefire, diplomatic negotiations and peace. He stressed Russia must take the first step towards solving the conflict.
LJUBLJANA - Slovenia and the US affirmed historical friendship and shared values as they completed the second strategic dialogue led by Political Director at the Foreign Ministry Jernej Müller and Deputy Assistant Secretary Robin Dunnigan from the US Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian army plans significant equipment purchases this year, including a new transport aircraft, new helicopters, 8x8 armoured vehicles, cargo vehicles, communication and information systems and ground sensors, the Defence Ministry's logistics director Uroš Korošec said.
LJUBLJANA - The government decided Slovenia will send material assistance worth nearly EUR 380,000 to Slovakia in the face of an increasing flow of refugees from Ukraine.
LJUBLJANA - The government revoked a decree that severely restricted in-person operations by administrative units requiring that customers schedule appointments for services such as issuance of documents.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Slovenia ranked seventh among all EU member states in the European Commission's Transitions Performance Index, a scoreboard that monitors and ranks countries based on implementation of sustainability policies between 2011 and 2020.
LJUBLJANA - In Russia's war against Ukraine, Slovenians overwhelmingly support Ukraine and a plurality think Russia is to blame for the war, though many feel all sides are to blame, showed a poll carried by Dnevnik and Večer.
TUESDAY, 15 March
KYIV, Ukraine - The prime ministers of Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic paid a surprise visit to Kyiv by train as the first foreign leaders to visit the country since the start of the Russian invasion. President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked them for the "strong sign of support", while Janša thanked the Ukrainian officials for the hospitality and deep insight into the situation.
VIENNA, Austria - Slovenian President Borut Pahor and Austria's Alexander Van der Bellen made an appeal for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, as they issued a joint statement following a meeting, condemning the Russian war aggression against Ukraine.
LJUBLJANA - Health Minister Janez Poklukar said after an online meeting of the EU health ministers Slovenia was prepared to receive Ukrainians in need of urgent treatment and supported the Polish proposal for the transfer of patients.
LJUBLJANA - The prices of the two best-selling petrols, regular and diesel, were capped at 1,503 and EUR 1,541 per litre, respectively, in line with a government decision to arrest the surge in petrol prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. For heating oil only a temporary regulation of margins had been introduced, so the price went up by more than 24% to EUR 1.264.
LJUBLJANA - Trade unions representing employees in education and higher education, who went on strike last week demanding higher wages, decided not to attend a meeting with Education Minister Simona Kustec today after the Education Ministry insisted that the meeting be broadcast live via Facebook.
WEDNESDAY, 16 March
LONDON, UK - Prime Minister Janez Janša reiterated that the EU must offer Ukraine a fast track to EU membership, telling BBC World Service radio that this was a strategic decision.
ALGIERS, Algeria - Foreign Minister Anže Logar met with senior Algerian officials as Slovenia strives to secure alternative energy sources from Algeria in an attempt to reduce its reliance on Russian natural gas. He held talks with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab, and chairman of the state-owned energy company Sonatech Tufik Hakkar.
VIENNA, Austria - President Borut Pahor emphasized the importance of the EU integrating the Western Balkans, in particular Bosnia-Herzegovina, as soon as possible to preserve peace and stability in Europe as he warned in a lecture in Vienna that the war in Ukraine revived "an outdated geopolitical mentality".
LJUBLJANA - The National Assembly endorsed the new environment protection act, which has been labelled an "environmental constitution". It predominantly deals with management of packaging waste, while also introducing measures to prevent or reduce the generation of all kinds of waste.
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian chapter of Amnesty International launched an international campaign in a bid to get the Slovenian authorities to withdraw their claims for Jaša Jenull, one of the figureheads of Friday's bicycle protests, to pay for the costs of policing of anti-government rallies.
LJUBLJANA - Children of the Mist, an exploration of a child marriage tradition persisting among an ethnic minority in Vietnam, won the Amnesty International Slovenia Award as the Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival wrapped up.
THURSDAY, 17 March
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Slovenia will deploy up to 200 troops to Slovakia as part NATO's enhanced Forward Presence, Defence Minister Matej Tonin announced as he met his counterpart Jaroslav Nad. The deployment is part of NATO's commitment to strengthen the alliance's eastern flank.
AJDOVŠČINA - US industrial conglomerate Textron, the owner of the Beechcraft, Hawker, and Cessna brands, signed a deal on the acquisition of the Slovenian maker of ultralight aircraft Pipistrel for a reported EUR 218 million.
NOVO MESTO - Drug company Krka, which has significant exposure to the Russian and Ukrainian markets, said it could not yet assess the impact of the current situation in the two countries on its operations in 2022. Sales revenue in the first quarter of 2022 has been estimated at EUR 25.9 million, up from EUR 22 million in the same period last year.
LJUBLJANA - The government confirmed a new version of the electronic communications act after the previous version was voted down in parliament in early February. The new version still contains provisions barring high-risk vendors from the market, but they are slightly changed.
LJUBLJANA - The government adopted a regulation establishing an office to maintain a central register of prices of medical devices and equipment in a bid to reduce procurement prices and reduce the cost on public finances.
LJUBLJANA - Andrej Grah Whatmough received a four-year term as director general of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija after seeking a confidence vote a year after he was first named to the post. He was the only candidate to submit a complete application.
