STA, 2 October 2018 - The government has drawn up amendments to the social assistance benefits act to keep the basic welfare allowance at EUR 393 after 1 January 2019. Without the amendments, the allowance would be lower as of next year. 

STA, 2 October 2018 - Samo Fakin, the new health minister, held his first meeting with hospital directors on Tuesday as he sets out to tackle the toughest issue under the purview of his portfolio, long hospital waiting times. He said he expected results within six months and indicated additional funding would be only a part of the solution. 

STA, 2 October 2018 - Franc Kangler, the former Maribor mayor who was forced out of office amid mass protests in 2012, will bid in the 18 November local elections in a renewed attempt to defeat his successor in office. 

STA, 28 September 2018 - In the first piece of legislation put forward since the Marjan Šarec government was sworn in two weeks ago, the Ministry of Culture is proposing to secure an extra EUR 123m for culture between 2020 and 2026. 

The covers and editorials from weeklies of the Left and Right for the work-week ending Friday, September 28, 2018. 

STA, 27 September 2018 - Slovenia's ties with the US will grow stronger in the future but not at the expense of the EU or Russia, Foreign Minister Miro Cerar told Slovenian correspondents in New York on Thursday. 

STA, 26 September 2018 - Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković will have to stand trial over alleged EU funds fraud in the Stožice sports complex project after the indictment against him and eight co-defendants has become final. 

STA, 26 September 2018 - The United States remains an important ally and partner for Slovenia, but the two countries also have their differences and Slovenia remains an advocate of multilateralism, President Borut Pahor said on Tuesday after he addressed the UN General Assembly. 

STA, 26 September - Addressing the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, President Borut Pahor expressed Slovenia's strong support for multilateralism, the rule of law and human rights. 

STA, 25 September 2018 - Security expert Rajko Kozmelj is likely to become the next director of SOVA, the national intelligence and security agency, several media reported on Tuesday.