SLOVENIAN PROJECTS, ECONOMY AND OTHER NEWS I
The Anthem - Zdravljica
Some general information:
Area: 20,273 km2
Population: 2,004,394 (31.3.2006), 98.9 inh. per km2
Capital city: Ljubljana
Language: Slovene; also Italian and Hungarian in nationally mixed areas
Currency: Slovenian tolar (SIT) [EUR from 2007]
GDP per capita: $23,250 (2006 est.)
GDP growth rate in 2005: 4.0 % (1/2 2006: 5.0 %)
HDI 2003: 0.904
Independence: 25.06.1991
Member of EU: 01.05.2004
Member of NATO: 29.03.2004
President of the Republic: Dr. Janez Drnovšek
Prime Minister: Janez Janša
Government: Prime Minister, 15 Ministers, 1 Minister without Portfolio
National Assembly: 90 deputies (88 elected representatives of the parliamentary parties and one representative each from the Italian and Hungarian national communities).
National Council: 40 elected representatives of employers, employees, farmers, tradesmen and the self-employed, as well as from the non-economic sector and local interest groups.
Conventional long/short form: Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia
Local long/short form: Republika Slovenija, Slovenija