Events in the year 2025 in Slovenia.
Incumbents President: Nataša Pirc Musar Prime Minister: Robert Golob
Events
January 20 January – Three miners are killed following a flash flood inside the Velenje coal mine in Velenje.
February 8 February – The opening ceremony of Nova Gorica and the neighboring Italian Gorizia becoming the borderless European Capital of Culture.
May May 11 – Voters reject the proposed law on supplementary pensions for extraordinary artistic merits on a referendum spearheaded by the Slovenian Democratic Party. May 13 – A statue of American First Lady Melania Trump is stolen from her hometown of Sevnica.
June June 21 – Slovenia becomes a full member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
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. July 27 – Tadej Pogačar wins the Tour de France for the fourth time after finishing first in the 2025 edition. July 30 – A truck collides with a minivan on the Štajerska motorway in Celje, killing five people. 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.
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. 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.
October October 5 – Three Croatian hikers are killed in an avalanche on Mount Tosc.
November November 23 – Around 53% of voters in a referendum reject a proposed law to allow assisted dying in the country.
December 4 December - Leaves Eurovision because to the EBU in their last participation they buy bots and steal money. 17 December – An American national is found dead following a suspected fall at Pokljuka.
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
Deaths
1 January – Igor Poznič, footballer (NK Maribor, Mura, national team). 15 March – Ančka Gošnik Godec, illustrator 20 April – Neža Maurer, poet 2 August – Zdenko Roter, sociologist 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) 1 November – Alojz Bajc, cyclist 30 December – Emilija Soklič, electrical engineer
See also 2025 in the European Union 2025 in Europe
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