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The Slovenian Armed Forces receive virtual and mixed reality simulator for operational training. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
The Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) have obtained cutting-edge virtual and mixed reality simulators developed by the Defence Ministry and the aviation technology and precision mechanics company AFormX. They will be used for pilot training, including for tactical flying.
The virtual and mixed reality s
Rebeka Kropivšek Leskovar, the Woman Engineer of the Year. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
Rebeka Kropivšek Leskovar, a development engineer working for Interblock, a developer and supplier of electronic table gaming products, has won the Woman Engineer of the Year title for 2024.
Kropivšek Leskovar has been interested in technology since childhood. As a little girl she would take phones
A digital temperature display on the NLB bank office tower in Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
Like the rest of the world, Slovenia experienced its warmest year on record in 2024. The average temperature was 1.8 degrees Celsius above the average for 1991-2020.
Data presented by the Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO) on 16 January show the average temperature climbed to 11.3 degrees Celsius
Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar (left) in yellow jersey in the final stage of the Tour de France in Paris in 2020. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
As Slovenia's cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar is expected to go for his fourth Tour de France title this year an initiative has been launched for Slovenia to bid to host the race's Grand Depart in 2028 or 2029.
Tomaž Ambrožič, founder and director of Sport Media Focus, a sports-marketing agency tha

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Members of the judging panel pictured with the Škoda Superb, the Slovenian Car of 2025. Photo: Uroš Modlic
The Škoda Superb has been voted the Slovenian Car of the Year for 2025, pipping the Dacia Duster, Peugeot 3008, Citroen C3, and the Renault Symbioz to the title in what was the first time since 2017 that only European car makes made the shortlist.
The winner was declared at the final event at the P
A model of the Franja Partisan Hospital at the Slovenia in Miniature Museum. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA
Slovenia's landmarks, icons and historical milestones encapsulated in scale models and dioramas have been put on display at a museum in Šenčur, a small town near the northwestern city of Kranj.
The Slovenia in Miniature Museum, arguably the first such in the country, will open to the general public
The complex of the former Tržič cotton mill. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA
Tržič, a town at the foot of the Karawanks once known for its textile and shoemaking industries, has been redeveloping a former cotton mill to boost local business and provide opportunity to young people.
The cotton spinning and weaving plant (BPT), whose origins go back to 1885, closed down in 200
Police Commissioner Senad Jušić. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
Police Commissioner Senad Jušić has stepped down in the face of mounting pressure on him and his boss, Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar, following a court's decision that the procedure to appoint him was flawed.
Poklukar announced on 15 January that he had accepted the resignation offered to him
A border crossing. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
Slovenian police handled 46,192 cases of irregular migration last year, a decrease of 24% from the year before (60,595). Syrian nationals accounted for a third of the cases.
The number of processed cases involving Syrians nearly quadrupled year-on-year to 15,060, as the number of Afghan nationals a
Cerkno ski resort. Photo: Bojan Tavčar
During the final battles of the Second World War, the slopes above the western town of Cerkno were the site of an extraordinary event, a skiing competition held in the heart of occupied Europe. Eighty years on, the race will be remembered with a series of cultural, sporting, and commemorative event

European Capital of Culture 2025

Open-air cinema, Grgar. Photo: Kinoatelje
Kinoatelje, a cultural organisation based in Italy' Gorizia that is dedicated to promoting and producing films in the cross-border area, is joining the European Capital of Culture with two of its major projects to bring cinema to small local communities and take local film production to European au
A sign in the centre of Europe Square between Nova Gorica and Gorizia, the focal point of the European Capital of Culture. Photo: Rosana Rijavec/STA

GO! 2025 to celebrate heritage and innovation

CultureEuropean Capital of Culture 2025
Nova Gorica and Gorizia, the 2025 European Capital of Culture, have built their programme around heritage, innovation, survival, and green sustainability.
That approach convinced the European Commission's decision-makers to select the former "Austrian Nice" and its post-WWII neighbour as Europe's f
A railroad car promoting the European Culture Capital in Nova Gorica. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
The western city of Nova Gorica and its Italian neighbour Gorizia will host about 400 official events as they merge into the first cross-border European Capital of Culture next year. There will be four highlights, including a Walk for Europe that will bring together cities across Europe.
The first

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Rafters and canoeists on the Soča River. Photo: STA
Germany, Italy and Austria are the most important sources of foreign tourists for Slovenia. While all three countries currently face varying degrees of economic woes and political upheaval, the Slovenian Tourist Board thinks there is still scope for growth, but warns that these guests should not be
SPIRIT Slovenija director Rok Capl presents the agency's results for 2024 and plans for 2025. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
The SPIRIT investment promotion agency has assisted businesses with a number of activities this year, paying out €30 million in incentives.
The agency does not only help companies financially, but provides comprehensive support in all phases of their business, including in entering foreign markets,
The Slovenian-French Defence Industry Day. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
As EU members are forced to increase defence spending due to the geopolitical situation, this is seen as an opportunity for Slovenian and French defence companies, as well as those from other industries, including the automotive sector and ICT, the Slovenian-French Defence Industry Day event heard

Business

The Slovenian Armed Forces receive virtual and mixed reality simulator for operational training. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
The Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) have obtained cutting-edge virtual and mixed reality simulators developed by the Defence Ministry and the aviation technology and precision mechanics company AFormX. They will be used for pilot training, including for tactical flying.
The virtual and mixed reality s
Rebeka Kropivšek Leskovar, the Woman Engineer of the Year. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
Rebeka Kropivšek Leskovar, a development engineer working for Interblock, a developer and supplier of electronic table gaming products, has won the Woman Engineer of the Year title for 2024.
Kropivšek Leskovar has been interested in technology since childhood. As a little girl she would take phones
Members of the judging panel pictured with the Škoda Superb, the Slovenian Car of 2025. Photo: Uroš Modlic
The Škoda Superb has been voted the Slovenian Car of the Year for 2025, pipping the Dacia Duster, Peugeot 3008, Citroen C3, and the Renault Symbioz to the title in what was the first time since 2017 that only European car makes made the shortlist.
The winner was declared at the final event at the P

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Politics

Police Commissioner Senad Jušić. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
Police Commissioner Senad Jušić has stepped down in the face of mounting pressure on him and his boss, Interior Minister Boštjan Poklukar, following a court's decision that the procedure to appoint him was flawed.
Poklukar announced on 15 January that he had accepted the resignation offered to him
A border crossing. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
Slovenian police handled 46,192 cases of irregular migration last year, a decrease of 24% from the year before (60,595). Syrian nationals accounted for a third of the cases.
The number of processed cases involving Syrians nearly quadrupled year-on-year to 15,060, as the number of Afghan nationals a
Antisemitic graffiti on the Maribor Synagogue. Photo: Maribor Synagogue's Facebook profile
The Maribor Synagogue, a medieval building that serves not as an active place of worship but as a Jewish cultural centre, was daubed with antisemitic graffiti over the weekend in a widely condemned incident.
Pictures released by the cultural centre on Facebook on 13 January show graffiti with the s

Society

A digital temperature display on the NLB bank office tower in Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
Like the rest of the world, Slovenia experienced its warmest year on record in 2024. The average temperature was 1.8 degrees Celsius above the average for 1991-2020.
Data presented by the Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO) on 16 January show the average temperature climbed to 11.3 degrees Celsius
Cerkno ski resort. Photo: Bojan Tavčar
During the final battles of the Second World War, the slopes above the western town of Cerkno were the site of an extraordinary event, a skiing competition held in the heart of occupied Europe. Eighty years on, the race will be remembered with a series of cultural, sporting, and commemorative event

Travels

A model of the Franja Partisan Hospital at the Slovenia in Miniature Museum. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA
Slovenia's landmarks, icons and historical milestones encapsulated in scale models and dioramas have been put on display at a museum in Šenčur, a small town near the northwestern city of Kranj.
The Slovenia in Miniature Museum, arguably the first such in the country, will open to the general public
The Devil's Tower in Soteska. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA
The Devil's Tower in Soteska, part of the once majestic Soteska Castle complex in the southeast, is Slovenia's only preserved Baroque garden pavilion. Known for a dark legend behind its name, the tower keeps a long-hidden treasure.
Restoration of the pavilion started in the 1970s and continues toda
A new viewing depot at the Radovljica Beekeeping Museum. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA
A magnet for visitors from across the globe, the Radovljica Beekeeping Museum has opened a new exhibition space to display items from its collection of 240-plus objects that have not found their place in the permanent collection.
Few museums in Slovenia have a viewing depot, a special type of exhib

Sport

Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar (left) in yellow jersey in the final stage of the Tour de France in Paris in 2020. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
As Slovenia's cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar is expected to go for his fourth Tour de France title this year an initiative has been launched for Slovenia to bid to host the race's Grand Depart in 2028 or 2029.
Tomaž Ambrožič, founder and director of Sport Media Focus, a sports-marketing agency tha
Slovenian fans cheer on Primož Roglič at the 2023 edition of the Giro. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
The 108th Giro d'Italia, one of the three Grand Tours, the most prestigious road cycling races, will take riders through Slovenia in stage 14 on 24 May.
The 186-kilometre stage will start in Treviso, Italy and at about kilometre 140 the riders will enter Slovenia in the hilly wine-making region of
A mockup of an inclined flight chamber in Žirovnica. Photo: Facebook profile of Žirovnica municipality
A Swedish company is building a special kind of wind tunnel, an inclined flight chamber, in Žirovnica in northwest Slovenia, in what will be only the second such facility in Europe. It is targeted primarily at ski jumpers, but wingsuit flyers and adrenaline junkies will be welcome as well.
Inclined

Opinion

Marcos Bavdaž, Head of the Technology Preparation Section SCI-FT at the European Space Agency. Photo: personal archive
Marcos Bavdaz is Head of the Technology Preparation Section in the Science Directorate of the European Space Agency (ESA). Located at the European Space research and Technology Center (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, he is responsible for the timely development of novel technologies required
Boštjan Udovič, professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. Photo: Primož Lavre
Boštjan Udovič, professor at the Chair of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana and co-editor of the book Slovenia and the EU, 20 Years of Membership in Perspective, writes in his opinion piece for the Slovenia Times that after being a "diligent student"
Jerneja Penca, head of the Mediterranean Institute for Environmental Studies at the Koper Science and Research Centre. Photo: Courtesy of Jerneja Penca
Jerneja Penca, head of the Mediterranean Institute for Environmental Studies at the Koper Science and Research Centre, explores in an opinion piece for the Slovenia Times how society is only slowly coming to terms with tangible consequences of climate change such as sea level rise. She argues in fa