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				Slovenia
		Population: 1.95 million (July 1996)			Area: 20,256 sq. km		Capital: Ljubljana
		Other cities:			Language: Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian		Religions: Roman Catholic (96%), Muslim (1%), other (3%

Economy and Economic Data
	GDP per capita: $11,000 (1995) Currency: tolar; SlT 156.2 = $1 (April 1997) Average wage: Major industries: metallurgy, aluminum products, lead & zinc smelting, electronics, trucks, wood products, textiles Agriculture: potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes, cattle sheep, poultry Natural resources: lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver Government Head of State: President Milan Kucan (December 1992) Prime Minister: Janez Drnovsek, Liberal Democrats of Slovenia (since May 1992) Parliament: One house parliament, National Assembly elected; approves prime minister and government; weak upper house -- National Council Government coalition: Elections: [info coming soon]

Treaties and Agreements in Force

European Union:

OECD: no

Central European Free Trade Agreement: yes

World Trade Organization:

EFTA:

Most-Favored-Nation status with United States: yes

International environmental agreements: Party to: Air Pollution, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands. Signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Law of the Sea

Recent Policy Develoments in Slovenia

Articles related to Slovenia in the East/West Letter

Links to other Slovenia-related web sites

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