June is Slovenia’s month. It is the month when we remember our determination, our unity and our choice to take charge of our own country.

It is the recognition that the whole world has supported us because it believes in our peaceful, solidarity-based and constructive foreign policy that confirms that Slovenia, as a small UN member with no hidden interests, can contribute to making the world a better place. This recognises Slovenia as a country that helps to solve the world's problems.

Slovenian archaeologist Ivan Šprajc and his team discovered remains of a Mayan city in the rainforest in the south of Mexico, which was an important regional hub of the indigenous society some 1,000 years ago, reports the ZRC SAZU research centre.

Slovenia will be celebrating Statehood Day this coming weekend.

Ljubljana has been awarded the prestigious title of Best European City for Short Breaks by European Best Destinations, a leading travel website dedicated to promoting culture and tourism in Europe.

Slovenia, this year’s Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) participating under the slogan "Honeycomb of Words", will present 65 authors at one of the largest book fairs in the world.

Slovenian cycling star Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) won the Tour of Italy at the end of May.

World No Tobacco Day, which is observed on 31 May, is being celebrated in Slovenia this year under the slogan For a Tobacco and Nicotine-Free Slovenia by 2040.

Between 15 and 26 May 2023, Slovenia hosted a diplomatic conference for the adoption of a Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and Other International Crimes (MLA Convention).

On 20 May, we celebrate, for the sixth year, the World Bee Day, which was declared by the UN General Assembly on 20 December 2017, at the initiative of Slovenia. By marking the World Bee Day, we draw attention to bees’ paramount importance for our survival on this planet.

Remarkable Slovenian chef Ana Roš was featured in the renowned New York Times, in a series “Transforming Spaces” about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places.

On 10 May, we celebrate World Move for Health Day, the purpose of which is to promote physical activity and increase the proportion of the population who are physically active. The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) emphasises that physical activity is already an important building block of health in childhood and adolescence.

Slovenia has moved four spots up in the latest World Press Freedom Index, published annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), to rank 50th among 180 countries.

A three-day annual commemoration of Ljubljana's liberation after the Second World War will commence on Thursday with first hikers embarking on the 35-km circular trail which runs where the Fascists wired off the city in February 1942 to stop supplies to the Partisan resistance movement.

This year could indeed be called a sporting year, and it will certainly be a sporting year of great rankings, but it will not be just that.

A leading web travel portal, Big 7 Travel, has conducted a study, publishing a list of the top 20 safest destinations in the world for solo female travellers. Slovenia ranked third on the list.

Thursday was a national holiday, the Day of Uprising Against Occupation. The state celebration took place on the eve of the holiday in Šoštanj, the birthplace of poet and national hero Karel Destovnik-Kajuh, to whom this year is dedicated.

The government recently declared 24 April the Slovenian No Food Waste Day to raise awareness of the fact that Slovenians are throwing away more than 100,000 tonnes of food every year.

World Earth Day is celebrated on 22 April. The motto for this year’s World Earth Day is the same as last year’s: “Invest in our planet”. Activities continue to focus on spreading knowledge about climate and climate change, the importance of reforestation, investing in environmental protection at all levels and reducing plastic waste.

This year’s Africa Day International Conference is taking place at Brdo pri Kranju on Thursday and Friday, with climate security at the heart of the discussions. For Slovenia, the conference is an opportunity to seek support ahead of the upcoming elections for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.