Slovenia

Turjak Castle, a fortress 20km south of Ljubljana, was a key bastion in the defence against the Turks in 15th-16th century; severely damaged during the World War II, it has now been comprehensively restored to serve as museum, events venue and hotel

Committed to advancing the field of deafblindness for two decades, and the first country to enshrine the language of those affected in its Constitution, Slovenia now sees the Ljubljana Memorandum 2026 attracting global attention and pioneering the field

A referendum on a controversial omnibus law that entails extensive tax cuts has been authorized by the Constitutional Court; with this decision, trade unions can start collecting 40.000 signatures required to call the vote

Architect Ajda Bračič has won prestigious Kresnik Prize for the b of the year for her debut work Kresničevje, a multilayered story where title refers to perennial plant Aruncus dioicus, or goat's beard, and the forest itself is a character in the novel

Bullshit - the Museum of Balkan Humour, opened in in Ljubljana along the Breg embankment; jokes, one shot of rakija and no serious topics is what visitors are promised to get at what it is believed to be the first of its kind in the world

Ski jumping champion Nika Prevc set a new world record at 242,5 metres after hours of waiting for extremely windy conditions, won the inaugural women's event on the Planica ski-flying hill and her third straight Crystal Globe as overall World Cup winner

Tadej Pogačar set a record-breaking fourth win at the XX edition of Strade Bianche, the one-day classic around Siena in Tuscany, Italy, named after historic white gravel roads, finishing the 203km one minute ahead of Paul Seixas, with Isaac Del Toro third

Human rights lawyer Katarina Bervar Sternad has been appointed president of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption; the first woman at the helm of the watchdog, she aims to strengthen the delivery of its mission

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