2017 in Slovenia

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Events in the year 2017 in Slovenia .

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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. ^[1]
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. ^[2]
September 17 – Slovenia national basketball team wins the EuroBasket 2017 championship, becoming European champions. ^[3]
September 24 – the majority of voters back the proposed law governing the Diva?a-Koper railway upgrade in a national referendum . ^[4]
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. ^[5]
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 ?arec . ^[6]

January 13 – Anton Nanut , conductor (b. 1932). ^[7]
January 17 – Alenka Goljev??ek , writer, essayist and playwright (b. 1933). ^[8]
July 30 – Anton Vratu?a , politician and diplomat (b. 1915) ^[9]
December 10 – Jernej ?ugman , actor (b. 1968) ^[10]

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

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