Statehood Day ( sl, Dan državnosti) is a holiday that occurs on every 25 June in
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
to commemorate the country's declaration of independence from
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
in 1991. Although the formal declaration of independence did not come until 26 June 1991, Statehood Day is considered to be 25 June since that was the date on which the initial acts regarding independence were passed and Slovenia became independent.
Slovenia's declaration jumpstarted the
Ten-Day War
The Ten-Day War ( sl, desetdnevna vojna), or the Slovenian War of Independence (), was a brief armed conflict that followed Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. It was fought between the separatists of the ...
with Yugoslavia, which it eventually won.
Statehood Day is not to be confused with Slovenia's
Independence and Unity Day
Independence and Unity Day ( sl, Dan samostojnosti in enotnosti) is a Slovenian national holiday that occurs on every 26 December to commemorate the official proclamation of the Slovenian independence referendum on 26 December 1990. The referendum ...
, which is celebrated each year on 26 December in honour of 26 December 1990 official proclamation of the results of the
plebiscite
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...
held three days earlier in which 88.5% of all Slovenian voters were in favor of Slovenia becoming a
sovereign nation
A nation state is a political unit where the state and nation are congruent. It is a more precise concept than "country", since a country does not need to have a predominant ethnic group.
A nation, in the sense of a common ethnicity, may inc ...
.
See also
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Statehood Day (disambiguation) Statehood Day may refer to:
* Statehood Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Statehood Day (Croatia)
* Statehood Day (Czech Republic), a public holiday in the Czech Republic
* Statehood Day (Hawaii)
* Statehood Day (Lithuania)
* Statehood Day (Monte ...
in other countries
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Holidays in Slovenia
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History of Slovenia
The history of Slovenia chronicles the period of the Slovenian territory from the 5th century BC to the present. In the Early Bronze Age, Proto- Illyrian tribes settled an area stretching from present-day Albania to the city of Trieste. The Slov ...
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Breakup of Yugoslavia
The breakup of Yugoslavia occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
Notes and references
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External links
BBC ON THIS DAY , 27 June, 1991– The
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marks the date Yugoslavia entered Slovenia following Slovenia's declaration of independence