End-of-year festivities have been under way around Slovenia since the start of the month. But for many the real beginning to the festive season comes on 5 December on the eve of St Nicholas Day, a holiday that has been gaining renewed prominence in t...

Slovenian voters delivered few upsets in the mayoral run-off on 4 December, with the notable exception of Celje. Overall, the long trend towards voters picking independent and cross-partisan candidates carried on. Incumbents have shown staying power ...

Slovenia will back the expansion of the Scengen area to Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania as the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council takes a final decision on the matter on 8 December. The government’s intention to do so was given the green light i...

The national power grids of Slovenia and Croatia are now connected after a 2×400 kilovolt power line, whose construction was completed in June after two years of works, was officially launched on 2 December. The new overhead power line stretches...

Multidisciplinary artist Ema Kugler and painter Herman Gvardjančič are the winners of 2023 Prešeren Prizes, the highest national accolade for lifetime achievement in culture and arts, which will be handed out on 7 February, the eve of Culture Day....

Slovenia has still got quite a lot of work to do when it comes to digital transformation, including improving on the digital skills of the population, connectivity of the systems and digitalisation of healthcare. However, Emilija Stojmenova Duh, the ...

Fifty refugees from Afghanistan and Syria will be moving from Turkey to Slovenia as part of a resettlement plan that will be finalised at the end of January, the government announced on 1 December. The 50 individuals are registered as refugees in Tur...

Developer Emeco Nepremičnine will start building a new residential estate in Kranj next year. Featuring a total of 400 flats, it will be the first major housing project in Slovenia’s third largest city since 2008. Spanning 30,000 square metres...

Slovenia’s beekeeping tradition, along with Lipizzan horse breeding in Slovenia and seven other countries have been added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, in the latest round of inscriptions, wh...

Slovenia pledged its continued support for Ukraine in its defence against Russia as the National Security Council convened its first formal session under the watch of Prime Minister Robert Golob on 30 November. Speaking to reporters after the meeting...