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Area: 20,273 sq km (7,827 sq mi)
Population: 2 million
Capital City: Ljubljana (population: 265,881)
People: Slovene (83.06%), Serbian (1.98%), Bosniak (1.51%)
Languages: Slovene; Hungarian and Italian enjoy the status of official languages in the ethnically mixed regions along the Hungarian and Italian border. English is widely spoken.
Religion(s): Predominantly Roman Catholic (57.8%)
Currency: Euro
Major political parties: Government coalition partners: Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS); New Slovenia - Christian People's Party (NSi), Slovene People’s Party (SLS) and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS).
Opposition parties: Social Democrats (SD), Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS); ZARES, Slovene National Party (SNS) and LIPA.
Opposition parties: Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS); Social Democrats (SD) and Slovene National Party (SNS).
Government: Parliamentary democracy
President: Danilo Türk
Prime Minister: Janez Jansa
Foreign Minister:Dimitrij Rupel
Membership of international groupings/ organisations: United Nations (UN); Council of Europe (CoE); European Union (EU); North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE); International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Trade Organisation (WTO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) observer; Western European Union (WEU) affiliate member.

General

Slovenia is a parliamentary republic with a strong economy and a stable democracy situated at the crossroads of central Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Balkans. Having declared independence from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, Slovenia has been a member of the European Union and of NATO since 2004. Slovenia adopted the Euro in January 2007 and in the first half of 2008, it was the first new Member State to hold the EU Presidency.

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