Slovenia

689.000 passengers passed through Ljubljana Airport in the first seven months of the year, 35% more than in the same period last year, but still far below the figures recorded for the same period in 2019

€520 million for flood relief measures will be allocated as supplementary budget for this year in a draft adopted by the government

345 same-sex unions registered in the country's civil registry were converted into marriages by the 31 July deadline, after the Marriage Equality Act came into force on 31 January

Ljubljana's utility company Voka Snaga has detected modern-day water pollutants, benzotriazoles, in drinking water; the concentration of the hazardous substances is low for now, but further increases could call for more stringent measures

Coalition parties removed key healthcare reform bill from the agenda of upcoming parliamentary session due to heavy criticism from data protection commissioner and parliament's own legal service for a careless use of sensitive personal data

A new national spatial planning strategy, which explicitly paves the way not only for the expansion of the country's only nuclear power plant, but also for the construction of small modular reactors, has been approved in Parliament

The current system of partial regulation of fuel and heating oil prices has been extended for another year

A law offering the opportunity for a significant expansion of alternative fuel infrastructure and faster deployment of electric vehicles has been approved by the Parliament

The government revoked the decree that was the legal basis for the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism just hours before it was to be celebrated, triggering fierce criticism from the right and speaking of a 'new civil war'

A Slovenian-German-Dutch team of scientists from Biotechnology Department at the Jožef Stefan Institute has identified a modification of a protein in early-onset of frontotemporal dementia, an insight into the causes that could lead to treatment

The first of the four Air Tractor fire-fighting aircraft that the country ordered after last year's devastating fire is already in the country; the second aircraft is scheduled for June and the other two for next year

The government has extended retail price caps on electricity and natural gas for households, small commercial consumers and protected consumers, as well as retail price caps on electricity paid by SMEs, until the end of the year