Europe Slovenia 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
Europe Slovenia 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
Europe Slovenia 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
Europe Slovenia Nazi and fascist symbols will be banned under the amendments passed by the National Assembly; the opposition failed to pass the proposal to extend the ban to communist symbols
Europe Slovenia 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
Europe Slovenia 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
Europe Slovenia Triglav National Park, the oldest and largest nature park in Slovenia and one of the largest in Europe, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year
Europe Slovenia 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
Europe Slovenia Over 51% of the respondents in a poll published by the newspaper Delo said they believe that the government of Robert Golob will end its term
Europe Slovenia Parliamentary parties cancelled consultative referendum on a second unit of Slovenia's only nuclear power plant scheduled for 24 November after a wiretap showed collusion between the two major parties to circumvent legal doubts on the referendum question
Europe Slovenia The city authorities in Ljubljana are planning to fell more than a fifth of all the trees on Castle Hill for safety reasons; helicopter will be used to safely remove over 200 trees
Europe Slovenia A 10 floor, sustainable certified office building was inaugurated in north-eastern Ljubljana; designed by Barcelona-based archistudio BAX, the €30 million project was awarded DGNB gold pre-certification by German Association for Sustainable Construction
Europe Slovenia The country received a positive assessment of its readiness to join the European Organisation for Nuclear Research as a full member from the CERN Council; entry is planned for early 2025