Slovenian President Danilo Turk signed a decree dissolving the country's parliament and calling early parliamentary elections for December 4, the Slovenian news agency STA reported.

Turk, who signed the decree one minute after midnight, decided to dissolve the parliament after Prime Minister Borut Pahor's government faced the no-confidence motion on September 20, and since there was no proposal for the appointment of a new prime minister.

Turk waited 30 days to pass, which is the legal deadline to propose the appointment of a new prime minister. Since this was not done, he signed the decree to dissolve the parliament.

STA states that this will be the country's first snap election.