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	Slovenia - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Slovenia (in Slovenian, Slovenija), republic in south-central Europe, bordered on the north by Austria, on the north-east by Hungary, on the south-east and south by Croatia, and on the west by Italy and the Adriatic Sea.
		Factories in Slovenia have contributed to high levels of sulphur dioxide and dust in the air in the country's larger cities, and much of the ground and surface water is contaminated.
		This brief period of liberal rule fostered the Slovene and South Slav nationalism which was to triumph at the close of World War I in 1918, with the formation of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which means “Land of the South Slavs”, in 1929).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761571128__1/Slovenia.html (3344 words)

	Slovenia - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		This brief period of liberal rule fostered Slovene and South Slav nationalism that triumphed at the close of World War I in 1918, with the formation of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929).
		The center-left Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), headed by Janez Drnovšek, won a plurality of seats in parliament, and Drnovšek became the country’s prime minister.
		Slovenia and Italy worked successfully to negotiate their dispute over the property rights of ethnic Italians who fled Slovenia after World War II and whose property was confiscated by the Yugoslav government.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761571128___12/Slovenia.html (935 words)

	Slovenia (03/07)
		Slovenia served as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairman-in-Office in 2005, is the Chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors in 2006-2007, and is preparing to be the first of the ten 2004 EU newcomers to hold the EU’s rotating presidency in 2008.
		Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional republic.
		Slovenia served as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE in 2005 and is the Chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors for 2006-2007.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3407.htm (6301 words)

	National Alliance of Gang Investigators' Associations
		Slovenia is situated at the crossroads of central Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Balkans.
		Slovenia is engaged with 29 countries in bilateral military exchange--most actively with the U.S.--and in regional cooperative arrangements in central and southeast Europe; it participates in or intends to contribute forces for five major multinational regional peacekeeping bodies.
		Slovenia and Croatia most recently made an effort to improve relations during a joint government session on June 10, 2005 where three bilateral agreements were signed: Joint Statement on Avoiding of Conflicts, Bilateral Agreement on Avoiding Double Taxation, and an establishment of a joint Historical Commission for the border issue.
	www.nagia.org /international/Slovenia.htm (6096 words)

	Slovenia Update - European Forum
		Slovenia is economically the most developed of the new EU memberstates and has set the goal to enter the European Monetary Union by 2007.
		Slovenia is a parliamentary democratic republic, headed by president Dr. Janez Drnovsek who was sworn in as President of the Republic of Slovenia at the National Assembly on 22 December 2002.
		Slovenia’s entry into the EU and NATO removed the major issues from the political agenda and the spotlight during the campaign was on the performance of the Slovenian government over the last four years.
	www.europeanforum.net /country/slovenia (3535 words)

	Rule of Law
		As head of the Ministry of Justice was appointed a member of the LDS [Liberal Democracy of Slovenia -- the party of former communists] and with his appointment the last hope for a needed reform of the judiciary vanished.
		In Slovenia, however, the common excuse offered is that the principles of conscience, honesty and justice are too abstract, therefore the judge should strictly construct the statutes even in cases where such statutes might promote evil, dishonesty and immorality.
		The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia states that everyone is entitled to an equal protection of his rights in proceedings before the courts and that everyone is entitled to a determination of his rights, obligations and charges against him heard by an impartial tribunal.
	www.prah.net /slovenia/justice/vidmar.htm (3779 words)

	Government - Slovenia - Europe
		Slovenia’s parliament consists of a 90-member State Assembly, which makes the republic’s laws, and a 40-member State Council, which can only propose laws or request reconsideration of a vote in the assembly.
		The parliament is headed by the prime minister, Slovenia’s true head of government, who is elected to a four-year term by the assembly.
		Slovenia is a member of the Council of Europe(CE), the Central European Initiative (CEI), and the United Nations (UN).
	www.countriesquest.com /europe/slovenia/government.htm (280 words)

	International Military Education and Training Program The Slovenia Experience - Illustration - Statistical Data ...
		The plan was for the JNA to take over the border crossings to cut Slovenia off from the rest of the world, disarm the territorial defense force (a predecessor of the Slovene Armed Forces) and force the Slovenian government to abandon all activities aimed at establishing an independent and sovereign state.
		Slovenia is nowadays one of the most successful countries in transition from socialism to a market economy.
		Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy, and its constitution dates to December 1991.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAJ/is_1_24/ai_80965653 (902 words)

	News: SDS - Slovenska demokratska stranka
		In Slovenia one side has all the power, pointed out the president of the opposition Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) Janez Janša in the debate on democracy, which took place on May 19 2004 as a part of series of debates on the Convention on the Future of Slovenia.
		The Convention is sponsored by the President of the Republic Janez Drnovšek, who stated that a threat of favouritism in Slovenia is on increase and in a relatively small country it could represent a serious threat to the functioning of a democratic system, transparency of its functioning and fair relations.
		The Coalition Slovenia then filed on May 14 a request to task the Court of Auditors to examine urgently the operations of the Telekom Slovenije and its subsidiaries Mobitel and Siol.
	www.eng.sds.si /index.php?section=news&news=novice_baza_eng/040531_102717.txt (619 words)

	Geert Bekaert and Campbell R
		Slovenia experienced record growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) during 2001, with the figures released by the Slovenian Central Bank indicating a 10.9% rise - the highest since 1997.
		Slovenia's trade deficit widened to 487.9m euro in the first six months of the year, despite the fact that economic growth has slowed.
		Slovenia's Central Bank cut key interest rates yesterday, lowering the Lombard rate by 25 basis points to 5%, with the bank's 60-day deposit rate being slashed by the same amount to 4%.
	www.duke.edu /~charvey/Country_risk/chronology/slovenia.htm (2948 words)

	3rd Post-independence Parliamentary Elections
		The fourth multi-party and the third parliamentary elections since Slovenia's independence were won by the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), which received 35.87 percent of the votes after 90.50 percent of the ballots had been counted, show the preliminary, unofficial results of the Government Centre for Informatics.
		The Commission is the main body concerned with elections in Slovenia, taking care of the standard application of the electoral legislation and directing the work of the lower bodies involved in elections - the electoral commissions and 3,578 electoral boards that took care of voting around Slovenia on 15 October.
		The Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) remains well in the lead with 35.87 percent of the votes after 977,736 or 90.50 percent of all votes had been counted, the preliminary unofficial results of the Government Centre for Informatics show.
	www.uvi.si /eng/slovenia/background-information/elections2000-results (2424 words)

	Slovenians look to European elections to improve international position — EUbusiness - EU business, legal and ...
		Slovenia, a former Yugoslav republic, joined the EU on May 1 along with nine other, mainly former communist, nations.
		The ruling coalition's centre-left parties, the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) -- a member of the European Liberal Democracy group (ELDR) -- and the Party of Slovenian Pensioners (DESUS), are the favorites.
		Slovenia has 1.63 million registered voters for the European elections, including 50 non-Slovenian EU member states' citizens who are on the lists to vote in Slovenia.
	www.eubusiness.com /Europarl/040606022839.hqc6aifv (630 words)

	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Liberal Democracy of Slovenia or LDS (Slovenian: Liberalna demokracija Slovenije) is a liberal political party in Slovenia.
		In 1990, the well-known Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek was the LDS' candidate for the President of Slovenia.
		The first prime minister from LDS was Janez Drnovšek, who became the President of Slovenia in 2002 and was succeeded by Anton Rop, former Minister of Finances.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Democracy_of_Slovenia (248 words)

	Central Europe Review - Falling Down: The decline of liberalism in CEE
		The Liberal Democratic Party (LDS), which after a merger with some minor parties in 1993 became Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, is the successor of the former Communist youth organisation.
		At the end of the 1980s, the League of Socialist Youth of Slovenia was enormously critical of the situation in the country and of the "mother party." This made a later evolution from reform-socialist positions to a leftist liberalism possible.
		If the liberal parties of the region are able to adapt to the ongoing changes and to exploit the peculiarities of political competition, they can improve their prospects and return to the high time of the early 1990s.
	www.ce-review.org /00/31/lang31.html (2374 words)

	History - Slovenia - Europe
		The center-left Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), headed by Janez Drnovsek, won a plurality of seats in parliament, and Drnovsek became the country’s prime minister.
		In January 1994 Slovenia and Croatia reached an agreement on decommissioning the shared nuclear power facility at Krsko, near the Slovenia-Croatia border.
		The LDS, which campaigned to integrate Slovenia into both the EU and NATO, remained the country’s strongest party, winning 25 of 90 seats; however, it did not receive an overall majority.
	www.countriesquest.com /europe/slovenia/history.htm (768 words)

	Slovenia UK EU Presidency 2005
		Slovenia's Relations with Neighbours Slovenia become a full member of the European Union on 1 May 2004 and NATO in March 2004.
		Slovenia is working with other FRY successor states to agree a division of FRY assets and liabilities.
		Slovenia is strengthening its international position and reputation as a democratic, stable and successful central European state.
	www.eu2005.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1115139873366 (637 words)

	3rd Post-independence Parliamentary Elections
		The fourth multi-party and the third parliamentary elections since Slovenia's independence were won by the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), which received 35.87 percent of the votes after 90.50 percent of the ballots had been counted, show the preliminary, unofficial results of the Government Centre for Informatics.
		The Commission is the main body concerned with elections in Slovenia, taking care of the standard application of the electoral legislation and directing the work of the lower bodies involved in elections - the electoral commissions and 3,578 electoral boards that took care of voting around Slovenia on 15 October.
		The Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) remains well in the lead with 35.87 percent of the votes after 977,736 or 90.50 percent of all votes had been counted, the preliminary unofficial results of the Government Centre for Informatics show.
	www.ukom.gov.si /eng/slovenia/background-information/elections2000-results (2416 words)

	Liberal Democrats : International Activity
		Slovenia has the advantage of being the bridge to the Western Balkans in the eyes of the EU, which is a role that Slovenia welcomes.
		Slovenia became a member of the UN in May 1992 and joined the EU on 1st May 2004.
		Indeed their experiences of gaining and maintaining power in Slovenia, of governance at the local and global level and of preparing the country for EU entry are extremely valuable ones for other countries in the region.
	www.libdems.org.uk /international/lord-roper-and-ellen-kelly-visit-the-liberal-party-of-slovenia-may-2004.html (881 words)

	ELDR Party - Victory for Liberal Democrats in Slovenian Elections
		The President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, Mr Werner Hoyer, was today delighted with the news that the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia had swept to victory in Sunday's General Elections.
		Drnovsek and his LDS party, whose successful campaign was based on the motto "Slovenia goes forth", will now take their place at the head of a coalition government which, it is hoped, will lead Slovenia into NATO and the European Union.
		Slovenia's accession to the EU is well on track and the country was last month described by European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen as "one of the most promising EU candidates".
	www.eldr.org /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=106 (379 words)

	Former PM Peterle is first declared candidate: Angus Reid Global Monitor
		Slovenia joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918, following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I. The Kingdom was renamed Yugoslavia in 1929.
		In 2002, Janez Drnovsekâ”leader of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)â”won the presidential election in a run-off over former justice minister Barbara Brezigar with 56.5 per cent of the vote.
		Peterle served as Sloveniaâs prime minister from May 1990 to May 1992, and was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 as a member of the New Slovenia Christian Peopleâs Party (NSi).
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=14627 (549 words)

	World Homes Network - Slovenia
		Slovenia was admitted to the United Nations May 1992.
		In parliamentary elections Nov 1996 the Liberal Democrats, led by Prime Minister Drnovsek, fell short of a majority and faced a challenge from an alliance of right-wing parties.
		In Jan 1997 the ruling centre-left Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), led by Drnovsek, formed a new government.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Eastern/slovenia.htm (721 words)

	Slovenia Country Profile general information trade issues
		Slovenia is a republic state based on parliamentary democracy.
		Judiciary in Slovenia is largely independent, though it is overburdened with some criminal cases which are taking long time to close.
		Slovenia has a multi-party system and generally no single party has a chance of gaining power alone.
	www.fita.org /countries/cadre_68.html (664 words)

	A short history of Slovenia
		Since 9 present-day Slovenia is part of the Roman Empire and it becomes in 379 part of the East Roman Empire.
		It is dominated by ethnic parties, with the exception of the liberal Demokratska Stranka (Democratic Party, DS) and the left-wing parties.
		The LDS is renamed Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije (Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, LDS) in 1994 and leads coalitions until 2000.
	www.electionworld.org /history/slovenia.htm (677 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Slovenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Yugoslavian federal republic government of Slovenia declared its independence on 25 June 1991; the declaration was only briefly challenged by the Yugoslavian Federal Army and Slovenia largely escaped the violence that wracked the dissolution of that federation.
		The SDS won a narrow majority in legislative elections held in October 2004; SDS leader Janez Janša was elected prime minister in November 2004.
		The elections that have occurred since Slovenia=s break from Yugoslavia have been free and fair, with peaceful transitions of power at both the president and prime minister levels.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Slv1.htm (551 words)

	News: SDS - Slovenska demokratska stranka
		On the other hand, the independent candidate Mrs Barbara Brezigar, who was relatively unknown to the general public at the beginning of election campaign and who did not enjoy any privileges in the financial and other terms during the election campaign, managed to secure nearly 44 percent of the vote.
		She highlighted the values on which a modern democratic society should be based and inspired confidence and a new vision to Slovenian voters.
		The results of local elections in Slovenia reveal an unpleasant fact that Slovenia is sharing the destiny of all post – communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe.It came as a surprise that the independent lists of candidates for mayors and municipality’s councils received a surprising share of voters’ support (30 percent).
	www.eng.sds.si /index.php?section=news&news=novice_baza_eng/021205_094805.txt (699 words)

	2003 Annual Review for Slovenia
		The European Commission's November 2003 'comprehensive monitoring report ' on Slovenia’s preparations for EU membership states in its chapter on social policy and employment, that: 'as regards social dialogue, the administrative framework is in place and social dialogue is well advanced, especially at tripartite level.
		Efforts should be made to ensure the development of employers’ federations based on voluntary affiliation.' This highlights the fact that Slovenia must adopt as quickly as possible a new Law on Collective Agreements to replace the old legislation and establish the legal framework for free collective bargaining (SI0212101F).
		Slovenia’s draft National Employment Action Plan (NAP) on employment for 2004 includes (under the strategic goal 'Improvement of the quality and productivity of work') a subchapter on the transformation of undeclared work into regular employment.
	www.eiro.eurofound.ie /2004/01/feature/si0401102f.html (3980 words)

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