EU Enlargement Watch: EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos says the bloc is ready to accelerate accession talks for Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Moldova and Ukraine, arguing Russia’s invasion changed the urgency and that member states still need unanimous sign-off. Regional Diplomacy (SEECP): Bulgaria hosted the SEECP 30th-anniversary summit in Sofia, with Slovenia’s President Nataša Pirc Musar among leaders discussing security, connectivity and EU integration; Bulgaria’s President Iliana Iotova stressed merit and good-neighbourliness, while Romania is set to take the SEECP chairmanship from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027. Slovenia in EU Peace Rankings: Slovenia is listed among the world’s most peaceful countries in the 2026 Global Peace Index, which also shows global peacefulness at its lowest since 2007. Media & Regulation (EU): The European Commission opened an investigation into the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger’s Middle Eastern financing under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, with a July 14 deadline. Culture & Tech Debate (Ljubljana): A new AI-and-data exhibition, “DATAS: The Data and the Sovereign,” opens at Galerie Rudolfinum, asking who controls personal data and what that means for political freedom. Sports (Slovenian officiating): FIFA appointed Slovenian referee Slavko Vinčić for the Morocco–Brazil World Cup match.