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-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling

signed, but not ratified:

none of the selected agreements

at birth:

1.07 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.059 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.017 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.633 male(s)/female

total population:

0.949 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

noun:

Slovene(s)

adjective:

Slovenian

conventional long form:

Republic of Slovenia

conventional short form:

Slovenia

local long form:

Republika Slovenija

local short form:

Slovenija

former:

People's Republic of Slovenia, Socialist Republic of Slovenia

name:

Ljubljana

geographic coordinates:

46 03 N, 14 31 E

time difference:

UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

daylight saving time:

+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

chief of state:

President Janez DRNOVSEK (since 22 December 2002)

head of government:

Prime Minister Janez JANSA (since 9 November 2004)

cabinet:

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

elections:

• president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term);
• election last held 21 October and 11 November 2007 (next to be held in the fall of 2012);
• 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 on 9 November 2004 (next National Assembly elections to be held in October 2008)

election results:

• Danilo TURK elected president;
• percent of vote - Danilo TURK 68.2%, Lajze PETERLE 31.8%;
• Janez JANSA elected prime minister by National Assembly vote - 57 to 27 in 2004;
• called for vote of confidence 19 November 2007;
• TURK will be sworn in in December 2007

• 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)

• Liberal Democratic Party or LDS [Jelko KACIN];
• New Slovenia or NSi [Andrej BAJUK];
• Slovenian Democratic Party or SDS [Janez JANSA];
• Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia or DeSUS [Karl ERJAVEC];
• Slovene National Party or SNS [Zmago JELINCIC];
• Slovene People's Party or SLS [Janez PODOBNIK];
• Slovene Youth Party or SMS [Darko KRANJC];
• Social Democrats or SD [Borut PAHOR] (formerly ZLSD)

chief of mission:

Ambassador Samuel ZBOGAR

chancery:

1525 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

telephone:

[1] (202) 667-5363

FAX:

[1] (202) 667-4563

consulate(s) general:

Cleveland, New York

chief of mission:

Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Maryruth COLEMAN

embassy:

Presernova 31, 1000 Ljubljana

mailing address:

American Embassy Ljubljana, US Department of State, 7140 Ljubljana Place, 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 in the upper hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands

agriculture:

4.8%

industry:

39.1%

services:

56.1% (2004)

lowest 10%:

3.6%

highest 10%:

21.4% (1998)

• ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting;
• electronics (including military electronics), trucks, automobiles, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools

general assessment:

NA

domestic:

100% digital (2000)

international:

country code - 386

total:

1,229 km

standard gauge:

1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (504 km electrified) (2006)

total:

38,451 km

paved:

38,451 km (includes 483 km of expressways) (2004)

males age 17-49:

496,929

females age 17-49:

483,959 (2005 est.)

males age 17-49:

405,593

females age 17-49:

397,167 (2005 est.)

males age 18-49:

12,816

females age 17-49:

12,178 (2005 est.)

• the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would have ceded most of Piran Bay and maritime access to Slovenia and several villages to Croatia, remains unratified and in dispute;
• Slovenia also protests Croatia's 2003 claim to an exclusive economic zone in the Adriatic;
• as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Slovenia must implement the strict Schengen border rules to curb illegal migration and commerce through southeastern Europe while encouraging close cross-border ties with Croatia