Introduction Slovenia, one of six Former Yugoslavia republics, is situated in the Balkan Peninsula and borders with Austria, Hungary, Italy and Croatia. Slovenia became independent in 1991; it was the first republic to ask for independence when the war started. It became a member of the United Nations in 1992 and is waiting to join the European Union in 2004, as the country voted in favor of EU in the recent referendum. Slovenia occupies the area of 20,273 sq …showed first 75 words of 6655 total…

…showed last 75 words of 6655 total…paragraph, where Data or Statistics were used, it is noted in brackets from which website it was taken from. World Bank http://www.worldbank.com International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org Bank of Slovenia http://www.bsi.si Slovenian Chamber of Commerce http://www.gzs.si Slovenia COOL Site http://www.investslovenia.org British Embassy in Slovenia http://www.british-embassy.si Official site of the Government of Republic of Slovenia http://www.sigov.si