At the end of February, the country will expand neonatal screening tests to detect more than 45 different diseases, up from the current 20; the new programme is expected to be launched on Rare Disease Day, which falls on 29 February

Luka Koper, the operator of Slovenia's only seaport, Koper, posted net sales revenue increase by 15% in 2025 to €380 million, with net profit reaching €81,5 million, +35%; The company also reported another record in the number of containers handled

Slovenia's last remaining operational coal mine, Velenje will be wound down over the next twenty years at the cost of over €1.1 billion; commercial mining is scheduled to stop in 2033, the target year for the country to phase out coal

Police handled 28.200 cases of irregular migration were handed in 2025, -40% on 2024, the lowest number in 4 years; illegal migration has been falling since Slovenia reintroduced controls at its Schengen borders and the measure extends until 21 June 2026

Rok Gašparič has become the first Slovenian to receive the Mary Anning Medal for outstanding contribution to paleontology by researches not professionally dedicated to the subject; he has been awarded for his contributions on decapod crustaceans fossils