Population: 1,935,677, Language: slovenian society organization: republic year when she entered to EU: 2004. year
| Ljubljana. In this town their home found Celts, Illyrians, Romans and Slavs, and today Ljubljana by its city pulse confirms in a new act of a metropolis. With its 275.000 populations it unifies a compact of a small place, in the same time it has advantages of a modern capital.
| The Julian Alps dominate the mountainous terrain of Slovenia, forming a natural land barrier between Slovenia and Italy. Mount Triglav, above, part of this range, is the highest peak in the republic at 2,863 m (9,393 ft).
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Lake Bled, a glacial lake at the foot of the Julian Alps in north-western Slovenia, has many popular resorts and is a favourite tourist destination.
| Winter season is one of the main crops to Slovenia. It has got an international impact on the other ski countries, and of course, her skiers have won and are winning international awards that are giving her a position of a ski country.
| A liberal Communist, Milan Kučan was elected President of Slovenia in 1990 despite his party's loss in the election. In 1991 he declared Slovenia independent from Yugoslavia; the republic was internationally recognized in 1992. |