30 August - Bled - Young BSF, an annual conference of young leaders accompanying the main part of the Bled Strategic Forum, will get under way, until 2 Sept

31 August - Bled - A charity golf tournament of NHL star Anže Kopitar of Slovania

1 September - Warsaw - President Pahor will take part in a high-profile ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the start of WWII

2 September - Bled - The 14th Bled Strategic Forum, a high-profile two-day event, will get under way under the banner Sources of (In)Stability

10 September - Lipica - The Vilenica International Literary Festival will open, running until 15 Sept

13 September - Ljubljana - A two-day session of the NATO Military Committee gets under way

5 October - Ljubljana - The coalition Modern Centre Party (SMC) will hold a congress to elect a new party leader after Miro Cerar decided to step down

10 October - Ljubljana - U3 - The 9th Triennial of Contemporary Art will get under way at Moderna Galerija, until February 2020

14 October - Maribor - The 54th Maribor Theatre Festival will get under way

27 October - Ljubljana - The Ljubljana Marathon, the largest running event in the country

4 November - Ljubljana - The 10th anniversary of the signing of the arbitration agreement, which paved the way for resolution of the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute in front of an arbitration tribunal

6 November - Luxembourg - The EU court's advocate general will present his legal opinion on Slovenia's border arbitration lawsuit against Croatia

13 November - Ljubljana - The 30th Ljubljana International Film festival (LIFFe) will open

26 November - Ljubljana - The 35th Slovenian Book Fair will get under way

3 December - Ljubljana - The centenary of the first lecture delivered at the University of Ljubljana

8 December - Ljubljana - The Animateka international festival of animated film, will open

17 January 2020 - Ljubljana - The coalition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) will hold a congress to elect a new party leader, with Karl Erjavec standing for reelection

1 January 2021 - Ljubljana - Slovenia will turn into a European Region of Gastronomy for a year

1 March 2021 - Bologna - This month, Slovenia is to appear as the guest of honour at the Bologna Children's Book Fair

1 July 2021 - Brussels - Slovenia is due to take over the EU's six-month rotating presidency

17 July 2021 - Ljubljana - Slovenia will host prestigious international festival Europa Cantat, the largest choir event in Europe, held every three years

1 October 2022 - Frankfurt - This month, Slovenia is to appear as the guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair