Editing Maribor (section)

===Contemporary history===
After the Second World War, Maribor became part of [[SR Slovenia]], within [[SFR Yugoslavia]]. A major process of renewal and reconstruction began in the city.<ref name="Zgodovina Maribora" /> Maribor soon after became the industrial centre of Slovenia and the whole of Yugoslavia, hosting many known companies such as the [[Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor|Maribor Automobile Factory]] among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://industrijskapespot.si/|title=Maribor industrijske poti}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Godina Golija |first1=Maja |title=Maribor in Mariborčani |date=2015 |publisher=Raziskovalna postaja ZRC SAZU Maribor in Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje ZRC SAZU |location=Maribor |isbn= 9789612548483|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pJeHDwAAQBAJ |access-date=14 June 2020|page=7}}</ref> The first clash between the Yugoslav People's Army and the [[Slovenian Territorial Defence]] in Slovenia's [[Ten-Day War|war of independence]] happened in nearby [[Pekre]] and on the streets of Maribor, resulting in the conflict's first casualty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdruzenje-sever.si/sl/news/pekrski-dogodki-spominski-dan-mestne-obcine-maribor.html|title=Pekrski dogodki}}</ref> After Slovenia [[History of Slovenia#20th century|seceded]] from Yugoslavia in 1991, the loss of the Yugoslav market severely strained the city's economy, which was based on heavy industry. The city saw a record unemployment rate of nearly 25%.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bieber |first1=Florian |last2=Brentin |first2=Dario 
|title=Social Movements in the Balkans: Rebellion and Protest from Maribor to Taksim
 |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn= 9781351684613|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TDBiDwAAQBAJ|access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sistory.si/hta/tranzicija/index-vpni.php?d=soocanje-s-tranzicijo-na-regionalni-ravni--primer-mariborske-obcine.html|title=Gospodarska tranzicija v Sloveniji (1990–2004)|access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>

The economic situation of Maribor after the mid-1990s crisis worsened again with the onset of [[Great Recession|global economic crisis]] combined with the [[European debt crisis|European sovereign-debt crisis]], which was one of the causes for the beginning of [[2012–13 Maribor protests]] which spread into [[2012–13 Slovenian protests|2012–2013 Slovenian protests]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042565280|title=Godina: Kangler povod za proteste, vzrok zanje dolgoletno nezadovoljstvo|access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> In 2012, Maribor was one of the two [[European Capital of Culture|European Capitals of Culture]], and the following year, Maribor was the [[European Youth Capital]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dediščine EPK-ja po zaprtju zavoda ne bi smeli zavreči |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/evropska-prestolnica-kulture/dediscine-epk-ja-po-zaprtju-zavoda-ne-bi-smeli-zavreci/300832 |publisher=[[RTV Slovenija]] |access-date=19 February 2024 |language=sl |date=23 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vrata sta zaprli točki, ki sta bili prvi stik obiskovalcev z EPK-jem |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/drugo/vrata-sta-zaprli-tocki-ki-sta-bili-prvi-stik-obiskovalcev-z-epk-jem/301358 |publisher=[[RTV Slovenija]] |access-date=19 February 2024 |language=sl |date=30 January 2013 |quote=Zanimanje za selitev vanje je pokazala Evropska prestolnica mladih (EPM), ki jo letos gosti Maribor.}}</ref>