2025 in Slovenia
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Events in the year 2025 in Slovenia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
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January
[edit]- 20 January – Three miners are killed following a flash flood inside the Velenje coal mine in Velenje.[1]
February
[edit]- 8 February – The opening ceremony of Nova Gorica and the neighboring Italian Gorizia becoming the borderless European Capital of Culture.[2]
May
[edit]- May 11 – Voters reject the proposed law on supplementary pensions for extraordinary artistic merits on a referendum spearheaded by the Slovenian Democratic Party.[3]
- May 13 – A statue of American First Lady Melania Trump is stolen from her hometown of Sevnica.[4]
June
[edit]- June 21 – Slovenia becomes a full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).[5]
July
[edit]- July 17 – The government designates Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich "persona non grata" over their role in human rights violations against Palestinians.[6]
- July 27 – Tadej Pogačar wins the Tour de France for the fourth time after finishing first in the 2025 edition.[7]
- July 30 –
September
[edit]- September 11 – The government bans Milorad Dodik, the president of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina, from entering the country over his refusal to relinquish his office despite a court order.[10]
- September 25 – The Slovenian government formally bans Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu from entering the country, linking the ban to the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Netanyahu.[11]
October
[edit]November
[edit]- November 23 – Around 53% of voters in a referendum reject a proposed law to allow assisted dying in the country.[13]
December
[edit]- 4 December – The Netherlands, Ireland, Slovenia and Spain declare a boycott of Eurovision 2026 in response to the European Broadcasting Union's decision to allow Israel to participate in the contest.[14]
Holidays
[edit]- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 2 January – New Year's Holiday
- 8 February – Prešeren Day
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 27 April – Resistance Day
- 1 May – May Day
- 2 May – May Day Holiday
- 8 June – Whit Sunday
- 25 June – National Day
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 31 October – Reformation Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Independence and Unity Day
Deaths
[edit]- 1 January – Igor Poznič, footballer (NK Maribor, Mura, national team).[17]
- 15 March – Ančka Gošnik Godec, illustrator[18]
- 20 April – Neža Maurer, poet[19]
- 2 August – Zdenko Roter, sociologist[20]
- 8 September – Andrej Marinc, general secretary of the League of Communists of Slovenia (1982–1986), president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1972–1978)[21]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Friday declared national day of mourning for three Velenje miners". Radio Si. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ Bucik Ozebek, Nataša (2025-02-08). "Slavnostna otvoritev Evropske prestolnice kulture". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). STA. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Bill on artist pension top-ups voted down". Slovenian Press Agency. 2025-07-04. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Police investigate disappearance of Melania Trump's statue in her native Slovenia". The Associated Press. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ^ "Slovenia becomes full CERN member". Slovenian Press Agency. 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ^ "Slovenia bars two far-right Israeli ministers". France 24. 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ "Supreme Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time". France 24. 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ "Five foreigners killed in car crash on Štajerska motorway". STA. 30 July 2025.
- ^ "Slovenia bans arms trade with Israel over its actions in Gaza". AP News. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ^ "EU-member Slovenia bans pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader from entering the country". AP News. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "Slovenia bans Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu from entering, citing an ICC arrest warrant". AP News. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
- ^ "Avalanche in Slovenia kills 3 Croatian mountain climbers". AP News. 6 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
- ^ "Slovenia referendum rejects assisted dying law for terminally ill adults". Al Jazeera. 24 November 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ "Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel's inclusion". Al Jazeera . 2025-12-04. Retrieved 2025-12-07.
- ^ "Slovenia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Holidays and Observances in Slovenia in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Slovenski nogomet žaluje, umrl legendarni napadalec in nekdanji reprezentant". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ "Umrla je izjemna ilustratorka Ančka Gošnik Godec" [The extraordinary illustrator Ančka Gošnik Godec has died]. MMC-RTV SLO (in Slovenian). 2025-03-15. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Umrla je pesnica Neža Maurer" [The poet Neža Maurer has died]. N1 (in Slovenian). 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ K, A. K. "Umrl je znani slovenski sociolog Zdenko Roter". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ^ Žerdin, Ali (September 8, 2025). "Umrl je Andrej Marinc". Delo. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
