Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana has been car-free for over a decade. Is it time to export their model?

The dispute over Piran Bay -- less than seven kilometres (four miles) long and five kilometres wide -- has poisoned ties between Croatia and Slovenia ever since they proclaimed independence from Yugoslavia nearly 27 years ago.

Slovenia will recognize the Palestinian Authority as an independent state, the southern European nation’s Foreign Minister told Israel Monday night, despite recent claims to the contrary by the Slovenian president. Last week, President Borut Pahor told AFP he did not expect that a proposal to recognize Palestinian statehood would pass, and expressed his opposition to such a move.

A local resident found an unexploded World War II American bomb at Vurberk Castle in the Duplek municipality on Wednesday.

Slovenia permitted same-sex marriage for the first time on Friday, with a law coming into effect that gives gay couples largely the same rights as heterosexuals, but bars them from jointly adopting children, Reuters reported. At least one same-sex couple will get married in Slovenia on Saturday, the first day the ceremonies can be held, the news site Žurnal24 reported.

Country’s first lesbian wedding takes place this weekend, but gay couples are not allowed to adopt.

Centuries ago, folklore told of baby dragons living deep underground. Now one of them has laid eggs. By Meehan Crist.

Thanks to my work writing guidebooks and leading tours for Rick Steves, I’ve been to Slovenia’s Lake Bled maybe 20, 25 times. (I know, I’m spoiled.) And each time, it’s a treat.

"I was waiting eagerly for the first cold winter morning after the snowy day. Finally the conditions were just as I wanted them to be. Still lake, beautiful pink/purple morning tones, snow on the trees and some fog for mystic atmosphere." Photograph by Aleš Krivec.

Slovenians have rejected a same-sex marriage law by a large margin, according to preliminary referendum results. The results released on Sunday by authorities show 63% voted against a bill that defines marriage as a union of two adults while 37% were in favour. The results are still incomplete but are unlikely to change significantly in the final tally.

Barely three hours from Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, Lake Bohinj is in the middle of nowhere – out of season and time – and it’s wonderful.

Tents have been torched at a transit camp in Slovenia, allegedly by migrants angry at how they are being treated. They torched the tents at the camp in Brezice to protest at the slow process of registering them and moving them to the Austrian border, witnesses said. They have also complained of a lack of food, water and blankets in the camp. Meanwhile the Greek coastguard is searching for a migrant boat believed to...

Inspired by a trip to Slovenia with her grandmother, one New Yorker took it upon herself to chronicle the story of a lost piece of European history. By Daniel A. Gross.