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Pavel Gantar stepped down on Monday as the president of the non-parliamentary Zares after the party only got 0.7% of the vote in Sunday's EU election. ...

Below is a roundup of major events on Monday, 26 May: ...

Eurobanking, an annual conference of bankers from Europe, will kick off in Ljubljana on Monday. The two-day event will feature 50 speakers and will focus on risks in banking and finance, as well as new measures and regulations in the field. ...

Challenges of Economic Development 2014, a two-day event focusing on a number of entrepreneurship-related issues, will start in Ljubljana on Monday under the auspices of President Borut Pahor. ...

The EU election outcome in Slovenia mirrors that at the EU level, Večer argues in Monday's commentary, highlighting the rise of radical parties and "dangerously low turnout", which it describes as a "bad reaction to the growing distance between Brussels and the people". ...

Delo singles out the Social Democrats (SD) as the biggest losers of Sunday's EU elections in Slovenia. The daily also notes a "disastrously" low turnout and a shift to right in Monday's front-page commentary. ...

One thing that the Eurovote in Slovenia has shown is that people are fed up with the rule of (caviar) left, (caviar) trade unions, (caviar) media workers, (caviar) leftist professors and tycoons, the business daily Finance asserts in Monday's editorial. ...

Voting for politicians who have either been convicted or face numerous criminal investigations appears to be becoming routine in Slovenia, the daily Dnevnik suggests in Monday's commentary. ...

After the victory by his Democratic Party (SDS) in Sunday's election to the European Parliament, Janez Janša has warned the outgoing government against nominating a politician from a list that did not make it to European Parliament for Slovenia's member of the European Commission. ...

Political analyst Matej Makarovič has warned against downplaying the success of the centre-right in the EU election in Slovenia, especially the landslide by the undisputed winners, the Democrats (SDS), by focusing too much on the fragmented left vote. ...

A political analyst sees the low turnout in Sunday's election to the European Parliament in Slovenia as a warning of what could happen if the general election is held in the summer. Igor Pribac labelled the defeat of SocDems leader Igor Lukšič and election of MEP Ivo Vajgl on the Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) list the biggest surprises of the vote. ...

The far-right parties have made big gains in the EU elections, but analysts quizzed by the STA disagree over what their impact will be. While a professor is warning of the danger of the EU's disintegration, a communication expert maintains the extremists' influence on EU policies will not be that strong. ...

Both Slovenian subsidiaries of Japanese technology giant Yaskawa Electric recorded a 10% rise in revenue in 2013. Yaskawa Slovenija and Yaskawa Ristro, which employ more than 100 people in a small town of 13,500, expect to continue the trend this year. ...

Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Monday, 26 May: ...

The first of this year's three elections is behind us, and the results can be an indicator of certain trends in Slovenia. The first is the consolidation of the centre-right, which is a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming general elections, the daily Primorske novice says in Monday's commentary. ...

The preliminary official results of the eurovote in Slovenia have confirmed the victory for the conservative forces in Slovenia. The Democratic Party (SDS) won 24.86% to take three seats in the European Parliament, while two seats went to the New Slovenia (NSi) and People's Party (SLS) list, which won 16.46%....

Conservative opposition parties swept the Eurovote on Sunday, picking up five of Slovenia's eight seats in the European Parliament in what is seen as strong vote of no-confidence not just in the coalition but in the established parties in general and sets the stage for an intense campaign for the upcoming general election....

Value added generated by Slovenian companies increased by 2% year-on-year in 2013 and was the highest in five years, the Agency for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES) has said. A total of 46,500 companies generated EUR 16.61bn in added value and the figure reached EUR 39,011 per employee, 2.6% more than in 2012....

It will be mostly sunny in Slovenia on Sunday, with the possibility of afternoon showers in central parts of the country. Morning lows will range from 8 to 15 degrees Celsius and daytime highs will stand between 22 and 27 degrees. ...

Around 3,200 polling stations opened around the country at 7 AM for what is the third election to the European Parliament in Slovenia, in which eight MEPs will be elected to represent the country in the 751-strong parliament in the next five years. ...