Slovenia’s new conservative government has abolished an entry ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers.

Slovenia’s president is urging the country’s political parties to start talks on forming a new government as soon as possible after the country's two main parties were practically tied in a weekend election.

Natasa Pirc Musar has been a human rights lawyer, a TV presenter and ran Slovenia’s top data protection agency and its Red Cross.

Liberal rights advocate Natasa Pirc Musar has won a runoff vote to become Slovenia’s next president and the small European Union country’s first female head of state.

Early results of Slovenia's presidential election show a a right-wing politician and a centrist independent candidate heading for a runoff vote.