STA, 14 May 2018 - More than 100 migrants crossed the south border into Slovenia at the weekend, most of them in the region of Bela Krajina and Posavje. Most have asked for asylum. 

STA, 9 May 2018 - In the face of a significant increase in the number of illegal migrants crossing the Slovenian-Croatian border recently, the police are considering introducing additional measures to cope with the situation. For now, they say the situation is under control. 

STA, 30 April 2018 - Police apprehended a group of seven migrants in the south of the country after they entered Slovenia illegally from Croatia across the Kolpa river. Suspecting that there had been another person in the group who failed to swim over, police called in firefighters to inspect the river and they found a body. 

Another Body Found in the River Kolpa

STA, 30 April 2018 - The oral hearing to be hosted by the European Commission on Wednesday in the procedure triggered by Slovenia against Croatia over its refusal to implement the border arbitration decision is a procedural step that is not expected to lead to a change of positions. Nor is the Commission expected to undertake any initiative. 

STA, 24 April 2018 – The chair of the parliamentary Commission for the Oversight of Intelligence and Security Services has warned that Slovenia could face a surge of migrants from Italy, implying that the most radical migrants were being shifted closer to the Slovenian border. 

STA, 23 April 2018 - The bureaucratic tug-of-war in the Piran Bay, the traditional central theatre of the border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia, has been stepped up by the Croatian side, which has started issuing fines to Slovenian fishermen through its fisheries inspection, TV Slovenija has reported. 

Most crossings take place in Bela Krajina, with most arrivals now from Algeria, Pakistan and Morocco. 

Letter states that the dispute has had “a very negative impact on neighbourly relations, and diplomatic, economic, administrative, police, judicial and cultural cooperation”. 

But also insists on border checks staying between Slovenia and Austria. 

The border dispute goes to the next level, but only one EU member has ever successfully sued another.