Slovenia

• 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

party to:

Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:

Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

0-14 years:

15.7% (male 155,989; female 147,707)

15-64 years:

69.8% (male 684,354; female 663,884)

65 years and over:

14.5% (male 103,790; female 177,193) (2002 est.)

at birth:

1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.06 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.03 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.59 male(s)/female

total population:

0.96 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

total population:

75.29 years

female:

79.37 years (2002 est.)

male:

71.42 years

noun:

Slovene(s)

adjective:

Slovenian

conventional long form:

Republic of Slovenia

conventional short form:

Slovenia

local short form:

Slovenija

local long form:

Republika Slovenija

chief of state:

President Janez DRNOVSEK (since 22 December 2002)

head of government:

Prime Minister Anton ROP (since 11 December 2002)

cabinet:

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

election results:

• Janez DRNOVSEK elected president;
• percent of vote - Janez DRNOVSEK 56.5%, Barbara BREZIGAR 43.5%;
• Anton ROP elected prime minister;
• National Assembly vote - 63 to 24

elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
• election last held 10 November and 1 December 2002 (next to be held in the fall of 2007);
• following National Assembly elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually nominated to become prime minister by the president and elected by the National Assembly;
• election last held 6 December 2002 (next National Assembly elections to be held NA October 2004)

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

• Democratic Party of Retired (Persons) of Slovenia or DeSUS [Janko KUSAR];
• Liberal Democratic or LDS [Janez DRNOVSEK, chairman];
• New Slovenia or NSi [Andrej BAJUK, chairman];
• Slovene National Party or SNS [Zmago JELINCIC, chairman];
• Slovene People's Party or SLS (Slovenian People's Party or SLS and Slovenian Christian Democrats or SKD merged in April 2000) [Franc ZAGOZEN, chairman];
• Slovene Youth Party or SMS [Peter LEVIC];
• Social Democratic Party of Slovenia or SDS [Janez JANSA, chairman];
• United List of Social Democrats (former Communists and allies) or ZLSD [Borut PAHOR, chairman]

chief of mission:

Ambassador Davorin KRACUN

FAX:

[1] (202) 667-4563

consulate(s) general:

New York and Cleveland

telephone:

[1] (202) 667-5363

chancery:

1525 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

chief of mission:

Ambassador Johnny YOUNG

embassy:

Presernova 31, 1000 Ljubljana

mailing address:

P. O. Box 254, Presernova 31, 1000 Ljubljana; American Embassy Ljubljana, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-7140

telephone:

[386] (1) 200-5500

FAX:

[386] (1) 200-5555

three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the Slovenian seal (a shield with the image of Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the center; beneath it are two wavy blue lines depicting seas and rivers, and above it are three six-pointed stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries); the seal is located in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands

lowest 10%:

4%

highest 10%:

23% (1998)

general assessment:

NA

domestic:

100% digital (2000)

international:

NA

total:

1,201 km

standard gauge:

1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (489 km electrified) (2001)

total:

19,586 km

paved:

17,745 km (including 249 km of expressways)

unpaved:

1,841 km (1998 est.)

• Slovenia and Croatia have not obtained parliamentary ratification of 2001 land and marine boundary treaty, which cedes villages on the Dragonja River and Sveta Gera (Trdinov Peak) to Croatia, and most of Pirin Bay to Slovenia but restricts Slovenian access to the open sea;
• Austria has minor dispute with Slovenia over nuclear power plants and post-World War II treatment of German-speaking minorities