Slovenia

• a short southwestern coastal strip of Karst topography on the Adriatic;
• an alpine mountain region lies adjacent to Italy and Austria in the north;
• mixed mountains and valleys with numerous rivers to the east

• a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations;
• pockets in the mountainous northwest exhibit less density than elsewhere

noun:

Slovene(s)

adjective:

Slovenian

• a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations;
• pockets in the mountainous northwest exhibit less density than elsewhere

at birth:

1.04 male(s)/female

0-14 years:

1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years:

1.08 male(s)/female

25-54 years:

1.11 male(s)/female

55-64 years:

0.99 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.76 male(s)/female

total population:

1 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

• air pollution from road traffic, domestic heating (wood buring), power generation, and industry;
• water pollution;
• biodiversity protection

particulate matter emissions:

15.81 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)

carbon dioxide emissions:

12.63 megatons (2016 est.)

methane emissions:

2.1 megatons (2020 est.)

urban population:

55.4% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization:

0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

municipal solid waste generated annually:

926,000 tons (2015 est.)

municipal solid waste recycled annually:

430,034 tons (2015 est.)

percent of municipal solid waste recycled:

46.4% (2015 est.)

municipal:

169.5 million cubic meters (2017 est.)

industrial:

758 million cubic meters (2017 est.)

agricultural:

3.9 million cubic meters (2017 est.)

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

etymology:

the country's name means "Land of the Slavs" in Slovene

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

etymology:

likely related to the Slavic root "ljub", meaning "to like" or "to love"; by tradition, the name is related to the Slovene word "ljubljena" meaning "beloved"

history:

previous 1974 (preindependence); latest passed by Parliament 23 December 1991

amendments:

• proposed by at least 20 National Assembly members, by the government, or by petition of at least 30,000 voters;
• passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by the Assembly;
• referendum required if agreed upon by at least 30 Assembly members;
• passage in a referendum requires participation of a majority of eligible voters and a simple majority of votes cast;
• amended several times, last in 2016

citizenship by birth:

no

citizenship by descent only:

at least one parent must be a citizen of Slovenia; both parents if the child is born outside of Slovenia

dual citizenship recognized:

yes, for select cases

residency requirement for naturalization:

10 years, the last 5 of which have been continuous

chief of state:

President Borut PAHOR (since 22 December 2012)

head of government:

Prime Minister Janez JANSA (since 13 March 2020)

cabinet:

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

elections/appointments:

• president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term);
• election last held on 22 October with a runoff on 12 November 2017 (next election to be held by November 2022);
• following National Assembly elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually nominated prime minister by the president and elected by the National Assembly

election results:

• 2017: Borut PAHOR is reelected president in second round;
• percent of vote in first round - Borut PAHOR (independent) 47.1%, Marjan SAREC (Marjan Sarec List) 25%, Romana TOMC (SDS) 13.7%, Ljudmila NOVAK (NSi) 7.2%, other 7%;
• percent of vote in second round - Borut PAHOR 52.9%, Marjan SAREC 47.1%;
• Janez JANSA (SDS) elected prime minister on 3 March 2020, National Assembly vote - 52-31

;

• 2012: Borut PAHOR elected president;
• percent of vote in second round - Borut PAHOR (SD) 67.4%, Danilo TURK (independent) 32.6%;
• note - a snap election was held on 13 July 2014 following the resignation of Prime Minister Alenka BRATUSEK on 5 May 2014;
• Miro CERAR (SMC) elected prime minister;
• National Assembly vote - 57 to 11

highest courts:

• Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 37 judges organized into civil, criminal, commercial, labor and social security, administrative, and registry departments);
• Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 7 judges)

judge selection and term of office:

• Supreme Court president and vice president appointed by the National Assembly upon the proposal of the Minister of Justice based on the opinions of the Judicial Council, an 11-member independent body elected by the National Assembly from proposals submitted by the president, attorneys, law universities, and sitting judges;
• other Supreme Court judges elected by the National Assembly from candidates proposed by the Judicial Council;
• Supreme Court judges serve for life;
• Constitutional Court judges appointed by the National Assembly from nominations by the president of the republic;
• Constitutional Court president selected from among its own membership for a 3-year term;
• other judges elected for single 9-year terms

subordinate courts:

• county, district, regional, and high courts;
• specialized labor-related and social courts;
• Court of Audit;
• Administrative Court

• Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia or DeSUS [Aleksandra PIVEC]
• List of Marjan Sarec or LMS [Marjan SAREC]
• Modern Center Party or SMC [Miro CERAR]
• New Slovenia or NSi [Matej TONIN]
• Party of Alenka Bratusek or Stranka AB [Alenka BRATUSEK] (formerly Alliance of Social Liberal Democrats or ZSD and before that Alliance of Alenka Bratusek or ZaAB)
• Slovenian Democratic Party or SDS [Janez JANSA]
• Slovenian National Party or SNS [Zmago JELINCIC Plemeniti]
• Social Democrats or SD [Dejan ZIDAN]
• The Left or Levica [Luka MESEC] (successor to United Left or ZL)

chief of mission:

Ambassador Tone KAJZER (since 23 December 2020)

chancery:

2410 California Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

[1] (202) 386-6601

FAX:

[1] (202) 386-6633

email address and website:

[email protected]; http://www.washington.embassy.si/index.php?id=51&L=1

consulate(s) general:

Cleveland (OH)

chief of mission:

Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Susan K. Falatko (since 20 January 2021)

embassy:

Presernova 31, 1000 Ljubljana

mailing address:

7140 Ljubljana Place, Washington, DC 20521-7140

telephone:

[386] (1) 200-5500

FAX:

[386] (1) 200-5555

email address and website:

[email protected]; https://si.usembassy.gov/

three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, derive from the medieval coat of arms of the Duchy of Carniola; 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 prominent Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries) appears in the upper hoist side of the flag centered on the white and blue bands

name:

"Zdravljica" (A Toast)

lyrics/music:

France PRESEREN/Stanko PREMRL

note: adopted in 1989 while still part of Yugoslavia; originally written in 1848; the full poem, whose seventh verse is used as the anthem, speaks of pan-Slavic nationalism

Fitch rating:

A (2019)

Moody's rating:

A3 (2020)

Standard & Poors rating: AA- (2019)

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

agriculture:

5.5%

industry:

31.2%

services:

63.3% (2017 est.)

total:

14.2%

male:

12.7%

female:

16.2% (2020 est.)

lowest 10%:

3.8%

highest 10%:

20.1% (2016)

• public TV broadcaster, Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTV), operates a system of national and regional TV stations;
• 35 domestic commercial TV stations operating nationally, regionally, and locally;
• about 60% of households are connected to multi-channel cable TV;
• public radio broadcaster operates 3 national and 4 regional stations;
• more than 75 regional and local commercial and non-commercial radio stations

number of registered air carriers:

2 (2020); inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 21

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers:

1,094,762 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers:

540,000 mt-km (2018)

total:

1,229 km (2014)

standard gauge:

1,229 km 1.435-m gauge (503 km electrified) (2014)

total:

38,985 km (2012)

paved:

38,985 km (includes 769 km of expressways) (2012)

total:

9

by type:

other 9 (2021)

• the inventory of the Slovenian Armed Forces is a mix of Soviet-era and smaller quantities of more modern Western equipment;
• since 2010, it has received limited amounts of military equipment from Finland, France, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the US (2021)

• since the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Croatia and Slovenia have each claimed sovereignty over Piran Bay and four villages, and Slovenia has objected to Croatia's claim of an exclusive economic zone in the Adriatic Sea;
• in 2009, however Croatia and Slovenia signed a binding international arbitration agreement to define their disputed land and maritime borders, which led Slovenia to lift its objections to Croatia joining the EU;
• in June 2017 the arbitration panel issued a ruling on the border that Croatia has not implemented;
• as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Slovenia has implemented the strict Schengen border rules to curb illegal migration and commerce through southeastern Europe while encouraging close cross-border ties with Croatia;
• Slovenia continues to impose a hard border Schengen regime with Croatia, which joined the EU in 2013 but has not yet fulfilled Schengen requirements