Events in the year 2026 in Slovenia. Incumbents President: Nataša Pirc Musar Prime Minister: Robert Golob (until 22 May); Janez Janša (since 22 May) Speaker of the National Assembly: Urška Klakočar Zupančič (until 10 April); Zoran Stevanović (since 10 April)
Events January 18 January–8 February – UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 in Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia.
March 20 March – The second tube of the Karawanks motorway Tunnel is opened, with traffic redirected to this tube for renovations of the first tube. 22 March – 2026 Slovenian parliamentary election.
April 23 April – Radiotelevizija Slovenija announces that it will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 as part of the country's boycott of the show over Israeli participation.
May 13 May – The Directorate for War Veterans and Military Heritage of Slovenia repatriates the remains of around 500 Croatian victims of World War II and the post-war period exhumed from 2013 to 2017 from five locations nationwide (Košnica pri Celju, Trebče, Podstenice/Rugarski klanc and Cerklje ob Krki) at a ceremony in Maribor. 22 May – Janez Janša is confirmed as prime minister by parliament.
June 4 June – Janez Janša's government is confirmed by parliament. 11 June – The new government lifts sanctions imposed on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other related measures against Israel by the previous administration in response to the Gaza war.
Holidays
1 January – New Year's Day 2 January – New Year's Holiday 8 February – Prešeren Day 5 April – Easter Sunday 6 April – Easter Monday 27 April – Resistance Day 1 May – May Day 2 May – May Day Holiday 24 May – 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 31 January – Nataša Bokal, 58, Olympic skier (1992, 1998, 2002). 6 February – Bruno Parma, 84, chess grandmaster. 19 February – Boris Frlec, 90, politician, minister of foreign affairs (1997–2000). 10 March – Alojz Ihan, 64, immunologist and author. 16 April – Ivan Rebernik, 86, diplomat, chancellor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (2012–2016). 24 June – Tullio Možina, 91, Italian-born guitarist and singer. 10 August – Slavko Pregl, 80, writer, editor and publisher. 15 August – Milena Zupančič, 79, actress. 2 October — Karel Zelenko, 101, graphic artist and illustrator.
See also 2026 in the European Union 2026 in Europe
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