Govt wants to introduce Science Day as holiday
Ljubljana, 7 June - The government would like to introduce a new national holiday, Science Day, to popularise science. The new holiday would be observed on 10 November in honour of Žiga Zois (1747-1819), a celebrated Slovenian Enlightenment figure, and would coincide with UNESCO's World Science Day for Peace and Development.
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A picture of Žiga Zois, a sponsor of Slovenian arts, science and culture, at the Natural History Museum.
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Bust of Žiga Zois, a sponsor of Slovenian arts, science and culture, at the Natural History Museum.
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Zoisit, the mineral named after Žiga Zois, the original owner of the collection at the Natural History Museum.
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