2025 in Slovenia
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Events

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 –
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]
- 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
November
- November 23 – Around 53% of voters in a referendum reject a proposed law to allow assisted dying in the country.[13]
December
Holidays
- 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
