8 May - Ljubljana - The 30th anniversary of the May Declaration, a document written by dissidents demanding Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia

8 May - Venice - The Slovenian pavilion featuring new media artist and researcher Marko Peljhan at the 58th Venice Biennial will open, until 24 November

15 May - Ljubljana - The 24th Slovenian Book Days festival will get under way

26 May - Ljubljana - Slovenian voters will head to the polls in European elections to elect Slovenian members of the European Parliament

4 June - Ljubljana - English singer-songwriter Sting will give a concert at Stožice Arena

12 June - Ljubljana - An exhibition on science and technology in Ancient Greece will open at Cankarjev Dom, until March 2020

18 June - Ljubljana - Welsh singer Tom Jones will give his first-ever concert in Slovenia, at Stožice Arena

18 June - Ljubljana - The 60th Ljubljana Jazz Festival, running until 22 June, will get under way

19 June - Ljubljana - The 26th Tour of Slovenia, the largest professional cycling race in the country, will start

30 June - Ljubljana - The date by which Abanka must be privatised

2 July - Ljubljana - Verdi's opera Aida will open the 67th Ljubljana Festival, running until early September

29 July - Ljubljana - British rock band Skunk Anansie will give a concert at Kino Šiška

17 August - Murska Sobota - The centenary of the reunification of Slovenians from the Prekmurje region will be marked

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

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

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

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