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Slovenia is a coastal
Alpine country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to
the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the
south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the
north. The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana.
At various points in Slovenia's history, the country has been
part of the Roman Empire, the Duchy of Carantania (only Slovenia's
modern northern part), the Holy Roman Empire, Austria-Hungary,
the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, the Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes (renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929)
between the World Wars, and the SFR of Yugoslavia from 1945
until gaining independence in 1991. Slovenia is a member of
the European Union, the Council of Europe, NATO, and has observer
status in La Francophonie. |