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This summary is provided by the STA:
Additional troops deployed for protection of Schengen border
LJUBLJANA/TOPOLŠICA - Defence Minister Karl Erjavec has announced that the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) have deployed additional soldiers to the border with Croatia to help the police manage the increasing number of illegal crossings of the border. Speaking to the press on the sidelines of a Victory Day ceremony in Topolšica on Saturday, Erjavec said that the help had been requested by the police, adding that the SAF had more units ready to be deployed at any moment. According to the SAF, an additional 35 soldiers were deployed on Saturday to the southern border, and the current number of soldiers in the daily shift is 66. The additional 35 soldiers have been deployed to the area covered by the Ilirska Bistrica police station.
Ahead of EU elections, SLS holds traditional get-together
KRŠKO - Around 3,000 members and supporters of the non-parliamentary People's Party (SLS) had a traditional get-together, which focused on the upcoming EU elections. SLS president Marjan Podobnik called on the audience to take responsibility and vote because "it is us who decide, not someone else." Podobnik called on voters to vote for the joint list of the SLS and the opposition Democrats (SDS) if they wanted to "support Slovenian farmers, craftspersons and entrepreneurs." Among others, the event was attended by all eight MEP candidates from the list and SDS president Janez Janša, who said that the cooperation in the elections was not dictated "only by the heart, but also the mind, because the threshold is high".
