ZAGREB, September 11, 2018 - Slovenian President Borut Pahor said on Monday the European Commission's decision not to interfere in the Croatian-Slovenian border arbitration dispute sent a negative message to Western Balkan countries wishing to join the European Union.

ZAGREB, September 5, 2018 - Slovenia's outgoing prime minister and future foreign minister Miro Cerar, in the coalition government to be led by Marjan Šarec, on Tuesday told Slovenia's parliament that in his new position he will advocate the continuation of the country's foreign policy and as far as the border dispute with Croatia is concerned, that matter has been resolved with the arbitration ruling.

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ZAGREB, June 28, 2018 - Croatia is ready to discuss with Slovenia ways of resolving the border issue after Slovenia's new government is formed, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Thursday after meeting Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) leader Janez Janša and discussing the matter with him in Brussels earlier in the day.

ZAGREB, June 19, 2018 - Slovenia's Prime Minister Miro Cerar said on Monday that his government would adopt an official decision on filing a suit against Croatia for refusing to implement an arbitration ruling in the border dispute between the two countries and expressed his disappointment with the European Commission's decision not to be involved in that dispute.

ZAGREB, June 18, 2018 - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said on Monday that the European Commission’s decision to stay out of the Slovenia-Croatia arbitration conflict was expected.

ZAGREB, June 18, 2018 - European Commission spokesman Margiritis Schinas said on Monday that the Commission had decided to stay out of the Slovenia-Croatia arbitration conflict and not to give its opinion on Slovenia's claim that Croatia violated the European Union law, urging the two neighbouring countries to find together a solution to their border dispute in a friendly manner.

ZAGREB, June 11, 2018 - The European Commission would neither confirm nor deny on Monday that it would reply to a Slovenian letter about the Croatian-Slovenian border arbitration, the deadline for which expires on Saturday.

ZAGREB, May 3, 2018 - Slovenia's Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec said on Wednesday that he was satisfied with the oral hearing in Brussels at expert level regarding a complaint by Slovenia that Croatia was in breach of European Union law for not implementing an arbitration ruling on the border dispute between the two countries.

ZAGREB, May 2, 2018 - The outstanding border issue between Croatia and Slovenia should finally start to be dealt with expertly and with arguments, and not political statements, the state secretary at the Croatian Foreign Ministry Andreja Metelko Zgombić said in Brussels on Wednesday.