On 25 June 1991, after six months of waiting to negotiate a peaceful independence, the results of Slovenia’s independence referendum were passed into law and added to the constitution. Across this newly established nation, Yugoslavian flags were now proudly swapped out for the Slovenian flag, and new signs that read “REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA” were put up in place of the old “SFR JUGOSLAVIA – SR SLOVENIJA” signs. This was a definitive moment in the emergence of a country
