2019 in Slovenia explained

Events in the year 2019 in Slovenia.

Incumbents

• President

Borut Pahor

• Prime Minister

Marjan Šarec

Events

• 1 January – a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags comes into effect.^[1]
• 26 May - voters select members of the European Parliament from Slovenia in the European Parliament election.^[2]
• 13–29 September – Slovenia, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands host the 31st Men's European Volleyball Championship; Slovenia team win second place after losing against Serbia in the finals.^[3]

Deaths

• 22 March – Zinka Zorko, linguist (b. 1936)^[4]
• 18 April - Iča Putrih, comedian (b. 1942)^[5]
• 18 August - Ivan Oman, politician (b. 1929)^[6]
• 26 August - Zmago Modic, painter (b. 1953)^[7]
• 16 September - Davo Karničar, alpinist, extreme skier (b. 1962)^[8]
• 24 September - Dušan Hadži, chemist (b. 1921)^[9]

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

Notes and References

1. News: Z letom 2019 v Sloveniji prepoved brezplačnih plastičnih vrečk . A ban on plastic shopping bags in Slovenia to come in effect in 2019 . 2017-07-06 . . Potočnik . Aljaž . 2018-09-23.
2. News: Evropske volitve bodo med 23. in 26. majem 2019 . 2018-04-18 . Dnevnik . 2018-09-23.
3. News: Slovenia win silver at volleybal European Championship . . 2019-09-30 . 2019-10-16.
4. News: Umrla je jezikoslovka Zinka Zorko, neutrudna raziskovalka slovenskih narečij . sl . Zinka Zorko, tireless researcher of Slovene dialects, has died . 2019-03-25 . Radiotelevizija Slovenija . 2019-04-12.
5. News: Umrla je humoristka Iča Putrih . . Comedian Iča Putrih has died . sl . 2019-04-19 . 2019-05-08.
6. News: Ivan Oman, a key independence figure, dies . . 2019-08-18 . 2019-10-21.
7. News: Umrl je Zmago Modic . Zmago Modic has died . sl . Delo . 2019-08-26 . 2019-10-21.
8. News: Extreme skier Davo Karničar dies at 56 . Radio Si . 2019-09-17 . 2019-10-21.
9. Web site: Umrl akad. Dušan Hadži . Acad. Dušan Hadži died . sl . . 2019-10-21.