Capris Orange Yellow Muscat 2015, an orange wine from coastal Slovenia produced by Vinakoper, was named Best in Show at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards for the first time; only 50 wines are listed annually, out of over 18.000 international entries

Single women and women in same-sex relationships can now access to assisted reproduction procedures after Slovenia's parliament passed specific act after decades of debate; in autumn 2024, Constitutional Court had ruled unconstitutional the existing law

Uber, a ride-hailing company operating in over 70 countries, has launched operations Ljubljana in collaboration with local licensed drivers in order to comply with the Slovenia's strict rules on taxi services

Slovenian researcher and chip innovator Teja Potočnik, founder and CEO of UK-based startup Nanomation, is one of ten innovators selected from 450 candidates to receive the European Patent Office's (EPO) Young Inventors Prize this June

The Ingeborg Bachmann Dome, an installation dedicated to the Austrian writer and poet, has been inaugurated in Nova Gorica as part of the first cross-border European Capital of Culture program until the end of autumn