By Valentina Dimitrievska Seven candidates are standing in the first round of the Slovenian presidential elections on October 23, with opinion polls indicating that Anze Logar, backed by former populist premier Janez Jansa’s Slovenian Democratic Party, will have a strong lead going into the likely run-off on November 13. Incumbent President Borut Pahor is ineligible to run for a third mandate for the presidency, which has largely formal powers. Logar, a 46-year old economist, is supported by 31.7% of those surveyed in the latest poll. Logar was minister in the third government of Jansa from 20…