Sovereignty Day (Slovenia)

It commemorates one of the key events in the process of attaining independence, namely withdrawal of the last Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) soldier from the territory of present-day Slovenia.

In the Brioni Agreement signed by both parties, Slovenia agreed to postpone its independence by three months and the Yugoslav military was allowed to leave Slovenian territory in stages, with a deadline of the end of October.

[3] The key event, the departure of the ship with the last remaining JNA soldiers from the Port of Koper, actually happened on the night of 25 October 1991.

[4] The bill was sponsored by a member of the ruling Modern Centre Party on the initiative of two veterans' societies, and was enacted with a large majority of 70 to 4 by the National Assembly on 9 March 2015.

[6] Apart from that, commemorations took place on the municipal level, most notably in Kamnik, where the two veterans' societies unveiled a monument to the actions by members of Slovenian Territorial Defence and police force during the Ten-Day War.