Slovenia

current issues:

• Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste;
• pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals;
• forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and resulting acid rain

natural hazards:

flooding and earthquakes

international agreements:

• party to - Air Pollution, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands;
• signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Law of the Sea

0-14 years:

17% (male 172,778; female 163,695)

15-64 years:

70% (male 682,501; female 678,781)

65 years and over:

13% (male 91,819; female 161,869) (July 1996 est.)

at birth:

1.06 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.06 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.57 male(s)/female

all ages:

0.94 male(s)/female (1996 est.)

total population:

75.09 years

male:

71.4 years

female:

79 years (1996 est.)

noun:

Slovene(s)

adjective:

Slovenian

conventional long form:

Republic of Slovenia

conventional short form:

Slovenia

local long form:

Republika Slovenije

local short form:

Slovenija

60 provinces (pokajine, singular - pokajina) Ajdovscina, Brezice, Celje, Cerknica, Crnomelj, Dravograd, Gornja Radgona, Grosuplje, Hrastnik Lasko, Idrija, Ilirska Bistrica, Izola, Jesenice, Kamnik, Kocevje, Koper, Kranj, Krsko, Lenart, Lendava, Litija, Ljubljana-Bezigrad, Ljubljana-Center, Ljubljana-Moste-Polje, Ljubljana-Siska, Ljubljana-Vic-Rudnik, Ljutomer, Logatec, Maribor, Metlika, Mozirje, Murska Sobota, Nova Gorica, Novo Mesto, Ormoz, Pesnica, Piran, Postojna, Ptuj, Radlje Ob Dravi, Radovljica, Ravne Na Koroskem, Ribnica, Ruse, Sentjur Pri Celju, Sevnica, Sezana, Skofja Loka, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenske Konjice, Smarje Pri Jelsah, Tolmin, Trbovlje, Trebnje, Trzic, Velenje, Vrhnika, Zagorje Ob Savi, Zalec

chief of state:

• President Milan KUCAN (since 22 April 1990) was reelected for a five-year term by universal suffrage;
• election last held 6 December 1992 (next to be held NA 1997);
• results - Milan KUCAN reelected

head of government:

Prime Minister Janez DRNOVSEK (since 14 May 1992) was nominated by the president and elected by the National Assembly

cabinet:

Council of Ministers was nominated by the prime minister and elected by the National Assembly

• elections last held 6 December 1992 (next to be held Fall 1996);
• results - percent of vote by party NA;
• seats - (90 total) LDS 22, SKD 15, ZLSD 14, SNS 12, SLS 10, DSS 6, ZS 5, SDSS 4, Hungarian minority 1, Italian minority 1;
• note - seating as of

• the Council is an advisory body with no direct legislative powers;
• in the election of 6 December 1992, 40 members were elected to represent local, professional, and socioeconomic interests (next election to be held NA Fall 1996)

• Supreme Court, judges are elected by the National Assembly on recommendation of the Judicial Council;
• Constitutional Court, judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the president

• Liberal Democratic (LDS), Janez DRNOVSEK, chairman;
• Slovene Christian Democrats (SKD), Lozje PETERLE, chairman;
• Social Democratic Party of Slovenia (SDSS), Janez JANSA, chairman;
• Slovene People's Party (SLS), Marjan PODOBNIK, chairman;
• United List (former Communists and allies - ZLSD), Janez KOCIJANCIC, chairman;
• Slovene National Party (SNS), Zmago JELINCIC, chairman;
• Democratic Party (DSS), Tone PERSAK, chairman;
• Greens of Slovenia (ZS), Dusan PLUT, chairman, note - Greens merged with the LDS;
• Slovene National Right (SND), Saso LAP, chairman

note: parties have changed as of the December 1992 elections

chief of mission:

Ambassador Ernest PETRIC

chancery:

1525 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone:

[1] (202) 667-5363

chief of mission:

Ambassador Victor JACKOVICH

embassy:

address NA, Ljubljana

mailing address:

P.O. Box 254, Prazakova 4, 61000 Ljubljana; American Embassy, Ljubljana, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-7140

telephone:

[386] (61) 301-427, 472, 485

• three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red with the Slovenian seal (a shield with the image of Triglav in white against a blue background at the center, beneath it are two wavy blue lines depicting seas and rivers, and around it, there are three six-sided stars arranged in an inverted triangle);
• the seal is located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands

total:

1,201 km

standard gauge:

1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified 499 km) (1994)

total:

14,794 km

paved:

13,314 km (including 187 km of expressways)

unpaved:

1,480 km (1994 est.)

total:

14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 229,727 GRT/290,456 DWT (controlled by Slovenian owners)

ships by type:

bulk 9, cargo 1, container 4

note: ships operate under the flags of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Liberia, and Antigua and Barbuda; no ships remain under the Slovenian flag (1995 est.)

domestic:

NA

international:

NA

males age 15-49:

525,925

males fit for military service:

419,456

males reach military age (19) annually:

15,350 (1996 est.)