Slovenia

An ideologically divisive election campaign has been proposed after the largest party collected signatures for a referendum that would grant special pension allowances to prize-awarded artists, providing an extra income to a specific cultural elite

The humanitarian foundation of Goran Dragić, one of the greatest Slovenian basketball players of all time, will build a basketball court in Nova Gorica, on the border with Italy, whose two halves of the court will symbolically connect the two countries

The Slovenian Forest Service will close pheasant and partridge breeding operations in Beltinci, in the northeast, by May 1, marking the closure of the last such breeding facility in the country

Prison staff across the country protested for an hour on Thursday to draw attention to what they say is an alarming situation due to severe overcrowding in prisons, staff shortages and low wages

Virtuoso, the leading global network specialising in luxury and experiential travel, has chosen Slovenia as one of nine must-see luxury travel experiences for 2025

The government initiated a programme of measures to reduce environmental degradation in several municipalities in the northern region of Koroška, where the situation worsened due to the 2023 floods

Slovenians voted genocide (genocid) as the word that most marked 2024, while the sign language gesture of the year is peace and preturizem (overtourism) became the new word of the year 2024

On 1 January, the country became a full member of the European Space Agency; the move is considered a milestone that will create opportunities for local business and science strengthening Slovenia's competitiveness in the global space industry

The country hosted the first European Honey Competition, attended by 114 competitors from eleven countries; first places in all but one category went to Slovenian beekeepers

After almost two years of renovation work, the Vodnik House, the cultural hub of Ljubljana's Šiška district, has been reopened to the public; new features include a co-working space dedicated to writing and illustration and another space for events

Triglav National Park, the oldest and largest nature park in Slovenia and one of the largest in Europe, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year

The scores of Slovenian grade-8 students have decreased compared to ten years ago, and in terms of computer literacy they have fallen below the international average, according to the International Computer and Information Literacy Study