
Slovenia will observe a national day of mourning for Pope Francis on 26 April, the day of his funeral, as a mark of respect and gratitude for his life's work.
According to a decision taken by the government, flags at all state institutions will be flown at half mast on the day of mourning.
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Slovenia will have its national house at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in neighbouring Italy located in the centre of Cortina d'Ampezzo, one of the host cities along with Milan.
Slovenia House will be located in the popular Janbo pub in the vicinity of the official fan zone and national houses of o

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The first of the two hotels planned at an emerging commercial complex next to Ljubljana's future passenger terminal is to open at the end of 2027 under the Australian brand Tribe.
Built by Mendota Invest, a company owned by the Hungarian bank OTP, Emonika will feature two hotels, a shopping centre,

An initial report into the 10 March plane crash at Velika Planina that killed Swedish businessman and former politician Carl Lundström has confirmed weather conditions were unfavourable for flying, but does not yet formally conclude poor weather as the most likely cause of the accident.
The flight

Fuel prices in Slovenia will drop to more than 12-month lows on 23 April. Regular petrol sold off the motorway network will come 7.8 cents cheaper, at €1.417 per litre, and the price of diesel will be marked down by 8.1 cents to €1.443 per a litre.
The new prices, which apply until 5 May, were anno

Jorge Mario Bergoglio did not visit Slovenia as pope but he did visit as a Jesuit priest in his 30s when he had his first taste of potica - a pastry that he came to love and would forever associate with Slovenia.
The future pope visited Slovenia for the first time in 1970 when he spent a week with

Slovenian opposition leader Janez Janša has been acquitted in a case in which he stood accused of being an accessory to abuse of office and faced two years in jail, a decision he says did little to make up for years of harassment.
The acquittal came "after almost fifteen years of interrogations, tr

Water contaminated with E.coli bacteria and sapovirus has sickened over 350 people in a posh department store in the centre of Ljubljana, including members of parliament and employees of the country's largest bank.
The Maximarket department store detected an infection of unknown origin among its cu

Slovenian football champions Celje conceded to heavily favoured Italian side Fiorentina in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Conference League, but they left the pitch in high spirits as the first Slovenian club to make the quarter-finals of a major European competition.
The Slovenian side held Fiore