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2013 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Hidden Champions of Slovenia
verfasst von : Melita Balas Rant
Erschienen in: Hidden Champions in CEE and Turkey
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Overview
Official name:
Republic of Slovenia
Type of government:
Parliamentary Democratic Republic
Population in 2011:
2,052,843
Land area:
20,140 km2
History
1918
After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Slovenia joins the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1929
The kingdom becomes known as Yugoslavia.
1941
Slovenia is occupied by Nazi Germany and Italy during World War II.
1945
At the end of the war, Slovenia becomes a constituent republic of socialist Yugoslavia.
1989
The Slovene parliament confirms the right of the country to secede from the Yugoslav Federation.
1991
Slovenia, along with Croatia, declares its independence. The Yugoslav federal army intervenes. Slovene forces defend the country. About 100 people killed. The EU brokers a ceasefire. The Yugoslav army withdraws.
1992
The EU recognizes Slovenia’s independence, followed by the US. Slovenia joins the United Nations. First parliamentary and presidential elections in the newly independent country.
1993
Slovenia joins the International Monetary Fund.
2004
(March) Slovenia admitted to NATO.
2004
(May) Slovenia is 1 of 10 new states to join the EU.
2007
(January) Slovenia adopts the single European currency, the euro.
2008
(January) Slovenia takes over the EU presidency.