2025 in Slovenia

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Events in the year 2025 in Slovenia .

Incumbents

• President: Nataša Pirc Musar
• Prime Minister: Robert Golob

Events

The European Capital of Culture opening ceremony in Nova Gorica

January

• 20 January – Three miners are killed following a flash flood inside the Velenje coal mine in Velenje. ^[1]

February

• 8 February – The opening ceremony of Nova Gorica and the neighboring Italian Gorizia becoming the borderless European Capital of Culture. ^[2]

May

• 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

• June 21 – Slovenia becomes a full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). ^[5]

July

• 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 –
  • A truck collides with a minivan on the Štajerska motorway in Celje, killing five people. ^[8]
  • The government announces a complete ban on the import, export, and transit of arms and military equipment to and from Israel over its actions in the Gaza War. ^[9]

September

• 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]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Slovenia

Source: ^{[11] [12]}

• 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

• 1 January – Igor Poznič, footballer (NK Maribor, Mura, national team). ^[13]
• 15 March – Ančka Gošnik Godec, illustrator ^[14]
• 20 April – Neža Maurer, poet ^[15]
• 2 August – Zdenko Roter, sociologist ^[16]
• 8 September – Zdenko Roter, general secretary of the League of Communists of Slovenia (1982–1986), president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1972–1978) ^[17]

See also

• 2025 in the European Union
• 2025 in Europe

References

1. "Friday declared national day of mourning for three Velenje miners". Radio Si. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
2. Bucik Ozebek, Nataša (2025-02-08). "Slavnostna otvoritev Evropske prestolnice kulture". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). STA. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
3. "Bill on artist pension top-ups voted down". Slovenian Press Agency. 2025-07-04. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
4. "Police investigate disappearance of Melania Trump's statue in her native Slovenia". The Associated Press. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
5. "Slovenia becomes full CERN member". Slovenian Press Agency. 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
6. "Slovenia bars two far-right Israeli ministers". France 24. 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
7. "Supreme Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time". France 24. 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
8. "Five foreigners killed in car crash on Štajerska motorway". STA. 30 July 2025.
9. "Slovenia bans arms trade with Israel over its actions in Gaza". AP News. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
10. "EU-member Slovenia bans pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader from entering the country". AP News. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
11. "Slovenia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
12. "Holidays and Observances in Slovenia in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
13. "Slovenski nogomet žaluje, umrl legendarni napadalec in nekdanji reprezentant". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2025-01-02.
14. "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.
15. "Umrla je pesnica Neža Maurer" [The poet Neža Maurer has died]. N1 (in Slovenian). 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
16. K, A. K. "Umrl je znani slovenski sociolog Zdenko Roter". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
17. Žerdin, Ali (September 8, 2025). "Umrl je Andrej Marinc". Delo. Retrieved September 9, 2025.