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Events in the year 2017 in Slovenia.

Incumbents

• President: Borut Pahor
• Prime Minister: Miro Cerar

Events

• January 28 – Slovenia men's national handball team claims third place at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship, becoming the first team to win a medal for Slovenia in team sports at world championships.
• June 29 – Croatia–Slovenia border disputes: the Permanent Court of Arbitration issues a decision in the arbitration case between the two neighbouring countries, ruling, among other things, that Slovenia should have access to international waters through a corridor crossing Croatian territorial waters. Croatia doesn't acknowledge the decision.
• September 17 – Slovenia national basketball team wins the EuroBasket 2017 championship, becoming European champions.
• September 24 – the majority of voters back the proposed law governing the Divača-Koper railway upgrade in a national referendum.
• October 22 – incumbent president Borut Pahor wins first round of the Slovenian presidential election 2017, but falls short of the majority needed for an outright re-election.
• November 12 – incumbent president Borut Pahor is re-elected in the second round of the Slovenian presidential election 2017, winning 53% of the vote against the runner-up Marjan Šarec.

Deaths

• January 13 – Anton Nanut, conductor (b. 1932).
• January 17 – Alenka Goljevšček, writer, essayist and playwright (b. 1933).
• July 30 – Anton Vratuša, politician and diplomat (b. 1915)
• December 10 – Jernej Šugman, actor (b. 1968)

References

1. "Slovenci vstopili v klub največjih" [Slovenes entered the club of the biggest] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
2. "Slovenia wins battle with Croatia over high seas access". BBC News. 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
3. "Slovenia's golden boys are the champions!". RTV Slovenija. 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
4. "Referendum opposing second rail track unsuccessful". RTV Slovenija. 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
5. Cerni, Boris (2017-10-23). "Ex-Comic Stymies Slovenian President's Path to Re-Election". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
6. "Slovenia's President Pahor wins second term in close race". RTV Slovenija. 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
7. "Conductor Anton Nanut dies". Slovenian Press Agency. 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
8. "Umrla je pisateljica Alenka Goljevšček Kermauner" [The writer Alenka Goljevšček Kermauner has died]. Delo (in Slovenian). 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
9. "V 103. letu starosti se je poslovil akademik in politik Anton Vratuša" [Academic and politician Anton Vratuša has bid farewell, aged 102] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
10. "Celebrated actor Jernej Šugman dies aged 48". Slovenian Press Agency. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

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