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Last reviewed: 29 September 2009

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Area: 20,273 sq km (7,827 sq miles)
Population: 2 million
Capital City: Ljubljana (population: 330,000)
People: Slovene 83.01%, Serbian 2%, Bosniak 1.1%
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): Roman Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%
Currency: Euro
Major political parties: Government coalition partners: Social Democrats (SD, ZARES, 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: Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), Slovene National Party (SNS), Slovene Peoples' Party.
President: Dr Danilo Türk
Prime Minister: Borut Pahor
Foreign Minister: Samuel Žbogar

Introduction

Slovenia is a parliamentary republic with a strong economy and a stable democracy. Having declared independence from the Yugoslavia in 1991, it successfully joined the EU and NATO in 2004, and became an active player in the international arena. .

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