Slovenia will be hosting EuroBasket 2013  between 4 and 22 September in Celje, Jesenice, Ljubljana, and Koper (http://www.eurobasket2013.org/si/). The sporting venues will see a battle between the national basketball teams of Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Finland, France, Greece, Georgia, Croatia, Italy, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Germany, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is actively engaged in the promotion of the event, which will also raise Slovenia's profile. President Pahor's invitation is featured in the following video: http://vimeo.com/67952039.