Slovenia
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Southern Europe
Slovenian birth rate continues to drop
For the fifth year in a row, fewer Slovenian babies are born. In 2022, the fertility rate in Slovenia was 1.55. A year earlier, this percentage was 1.64. And the decline fits in a trend that has been ongoing for five years. Only in 2003, 2001, 2002 and 1999, even…
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Southern Europe
Slovenia opens marriage for same-sex couples
Same-sex couples in Slovenia can now seal their marriage officially. An amendment that enables them to do so came into force on Tuesday. Thereby, Slovenia becomes the first ex-Soviet nation that opens marriage to all. Many still define it as a union between a man and a woman. The amendment…
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Eastern Europe
Slovenia legalises same-sex marriage
Same-sex couples in Slovenia are now allowed to marry and adopt children. The Parliament passed an amendment to make this possible this week. Earlier, a constitutional court already ruled that same-sex couples should be able to do so. Slovenia is the first country in the region that gives same-sex couples…
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Central Europe
Slovenian court: gay people can marry and also adopt children
Slovenia's top court ruled that bans on same-sex couples marrying and same-sex couples adopting children are unconstitutional. On Friday, the constitutional court of Slovenia ruled, with a majority of six to three votes, that previous regulations represented “inadmissible discrimination against same-sex couples”. This reports the news website US News. Legislators…
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Southern Europe
Turmoil in small Italian town after church bells being silenced
Eight MPs from Slovenia have gone to the European Commission after the church bells in the Italian border village of Dolina were banned from ringing. The bells rang so often that some residents had asked for them to be moderated. Nobody in Dolina, a town with a minority Slovene community…