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  MSN Encarta - Slovenia
Slovenia (Slovenija in Slovenian), country in south central Europe, bounded on the north by Austria, on the northeast by Hungary, on the southeast and south by Croatia, and on the west by Italy and the Adriatic Sea.
Slovenia is mountainous, much like Austria to the north and northern Italy to the west, and has heavily forested regions.
The population of Slovenia at the 1991 census was 1,962,606.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761571128   (1008 words)

  
 Slovenia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
From that time until 1918 Slovenia was part of Austria and the region was largely comprised in the Austrian crownlands of Carinthia, Carniola, and Styria.
Slovenia, along with Croatia, was recognized as an independent country by the European Community and the United Nations in 1992.
Milan Ku an was elected president of Slovenia in 1990 and continued as president of the independent republic; he was reelected in Nov., 1997.
www.bartleby.com /65/sl/Slovenia.html   (604 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Milan Kučan, the former president of Slovenia, testified at The Hague in relation to occurrences prior to the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia.
Milan Kučan, the former president of Slovenia, was asked by the prosecutor’s office to testify against Slobodan Miloševič and to shed some insight on the events between 1989 and 1991 in the former Yugoslavia.
Kučan was elected as the president of Slovenia.
www.sloveniatimes.com /4/title.htm   (1772 words)

  
 Milan Kucan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was leader of the League of Communists and the first President of Slovenia.
In 1990 he was elected president of Slovenia, within the old Yugoslav federation under the League of Communists.
After independence in 1991, he was popularly elected as the President of Slovenia as an independent candidate with the support of former League of Communists.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Milan_Kucan   (268 words)

  
 Survey of the Meetings Held to Date by the Presidents of the Central European States
In a joint statement the presidents of the eight countries condemned the war in Bosnia, the lack of respect for UN forces, the minimizing of UN resolutions, wilful obstruction of humanitarian aid actions.
Toast by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Milan Kucan, Piran, 06.06.1997
The presidents adopted a joint declaration stating that with the arrival of new participants in the informal cooperation an integral need had arisen to jointly consider enlargement and intensification within the group.
www.uvi.si /slovenija-summit/eng/meeting/previous-meetings   (968 words)

  
 Slovenia and the UN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Slovenia and the UN Slovenia joined the United Nations on 22 May 1992, as the 176th Member State.
Upon its admittance, the President of Slovenia, H.E. Mr.
The main priorities of Slovenia's efforts in the United Nations extend from the issues of disarmament to protection of the environment and promotion of sustainable development.
www.un.int /slovenia/svnun.html   (196 words)

  
 President of Slovenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the UN Information about the foreign policy of Slovenia and the activities of Slovenian diplomacy in the United Nations.
Slovenia for Gay Travelers Offering tours and services in Slovenia and points of interest in the neighbouring countries to the gay traveler.
Slovenia Landmarks Slovenia is presented with wide lens photographic panoramas.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-President_of_Slovenia.html   (297 words)

  
 Slovenia Business Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The president of Moldova met with Slovenian President Milan Kucan, Prime Ministe Janez Drnovsek and Parliament Speaker Janez Podobnik.
President Kucan said the visit of Moldova's president in Slovenia was a proof of solidarity among small countries, which have to deal with specific problems.
Speaking about the status of the so-called Republic of Dniester, President Kucan said Slovenia as an OSCE member favoured a peaceful solution; Russian troops should withdraw from the border between Moldova and the Dniester republic, in which the majority of population is Russian, he added.
www.gzs.si /SBW/head.asp?idc=1870   (300 words)

  
 Milan Kucan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Kučan was born in, a village in Prekmurje, northeastern Slovenia (at that time a part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia).
He won another five year term in 1997, running as an independent and winning a majority in the first round, in a field of seven candidates.
He was succeeded as President by Janez Drnovšek.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Milan_Kucan   (268 words)

  
 President of the Republic of Slovenia
Address by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovąek at the 60th anniversary of the FAO
Address by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovąek at the 60th anniversary of the FAO (2.6 MB)
President Drnovąek at high-level plenary meeting of the 60th session of the UN General Assembly
www.up-rs.si /up-rs/uprs-ang.nsf   (1103 words)

  
 Janez Drnovsek Sworn In as Slovenia's New President
The new president stressed that he is starting his term just as Slovenia has a great historic opportunity - to finally enter the common European arena where it will be able to take an equal part in creating a future European continent based on common values.
Slovenia cannot avoid the fact that it has already become part of collective security, which is faced with new security challenges.
In his view, the invitation to join NATO that Slovenia has received is of great importance for the country.
nato.gov.si /eng/digest/16/168   (194 words)

  
 NATO Speech: Perm. Rep. Germany, Brussels, 6 Oct. 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Slovenia has at the same time been very actively engaged in deepening its political and military involvement in the work of the Alliance.
The North Atlantic Council has reaffirmed at its Luxembourg meeting in May that the door remains open to NATO membership under Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty and in accordance with the terms set out in Pragraph 8 of the Madrid Summit Declaration.
You can be assured that we are all aware of the strong interest of Slovenia to join the Alliance as soon as possible, and of the enormous effort that your country is undertaking in order to build a strong relation with NATO.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/1998/s981005c.htm   (292 words)

  
 Janez Drnovsek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was the former second prime minister of independent Slovenia from 1992 to 2002 (with a brief interruption for a few months in 2000) after Lojze Peterle, the first Prime Minister.
He was elected to be the second president of Slovenia for a mandate 2003 - 2008.
From 1992 to 2002 he was a president of Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije - LDS), a legal successor of Slovenian Association of Socialist Youth.
www.wikiverse.org /janez-drnovsek   (501 words)

  
 NATO Speech: SecGen NAC 16 + 3 + 1, 5 Oct. 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Slovenia has been one of the most active participants in PfP since joining in March 1994 and consistently contributes debate and initiatives in the EAPC.
Slovenia has been invited to begin accession negotiations with the European Union and has recently completed a successful term as the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council.
Slovenia's close and active cooperation with the Alliance, the invitation to begin negotiations with the EU and its active and constructive role in the UN Security Council all testify to Slovenia's commitment to play a positive role in the world, contributing to security in the Euro Atlantic region.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/1998/s981005a.htm   (265 words)

  
 Press-service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan: President visits Slovenia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Press-service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
"Slovenia is a European country with good economic potential," said President Karimov at the Tashkent airport in an interview with the mass media.
President Karimov stressed that Uzbekistan is interested in further broadening cooperation with all Euroepan states, including Slovenia.
www.press-service.uz /en/content.scm?contentId=7013   (177 words)

  
 President visit to Slovenia - October 2004
Tomaz Petek, Member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Surveyors of Slovenia, Bojan Stanonik, M.Sc., M.Sc., President of the Association of Surveyors of Slovenia., Prof.
During the meeting among different issues also the present situation and perspectives of geodetic services and profile of surveyors in Slovenia in connection with the EU were discussed.
As honourable guest President Magel had a short speech in the afternoon at the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of a memorial of the Krim coordinate system.
www.fig.net /news/news_2004/slovenia_2004.htm   (243 words)

  
 CER | Slovenia: President Kucan visits Cleveland
President Milan Kučan visited the United States this week to attend the dedication of a Slovene cultural center and to receive an honorary doctorate from Cleveland State University.
The president then went on to Cleveland, home to almost 80,000 ethnic Slovenes, the most in the US and perhaps the largest settlement of Slovenes outside of Slovenia.
This group is part of the larger conservative movement in Slovenia and throughout the "Slovene diaspora" which opposes the Communist past of leading politicians such as President Kučan.
www.ce-review.org /01/18/slovenianews18.html   (1118 words)

  
 Milan Kucan, President of the Republic of Slovenia
Milan Kucan, President of the Republic of Slovenia
Slovenia has successfully sustained the tests of its first decade as an independent state.
I am convinced that together we, the citizens of Slovenia and the citizens of Europe, will also be able to face the challenges of the future.
www.uvi.si /10years/independence/addresses/milan-kucan   (182 words)

  
 President Kucan Address On Slovenia's NATO Integration
Sooner of later we shall also have to similarly broaden the public debate on Slovenia's EU accession, our second strategic objective, both of which are incorporated already in the very decision on forming our own state.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Slovenia has always been and it is a part of Europe.
Slovenia is as much under threat as any other country.
nato.gov.si /eng/topic/public-opinions/speeches/kucan   (1341 words)

  
 Country Analyses: Slovenia
The political development in Slovenia is one of the most stable in the whole of Southeast Europe and could serve as a positive example for developments in the whole of this region.
Slovenia, otherwise member of the NATO partnership for peace, was the location for military manoeuvres of the NATO alliance and the Slovenian army under the name “Co-operative Adventure Exchange ‘98” in early December last year.
Since Slovenia has a very diverse history, as part of both the German crown lands of the Habsburg empire and of Yugoslavia which was clearly a Southeast European state, it could also play the role of an intermediary between the EU and Southeast Europe in the field of education.
www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at /csbsc/guide/Slovenia.htm   (3949 words)

  
 Slovenia News
Slovenia has outlined its future in the company of countries with which it shares democratic values.
Slovenia's security and defence are becoming part of European and international security.
Slovenia's security will improve substantially due to the solidarity and mutual assistance within the Alliance, made possible by Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
slonews.sta.si /index.php?id=2089   (1372 words)

  
 NATO - Slovenia: President and Prime Minister Voice Their Opinion FOR Slovenia's NATO Membership
Moreover, being part of NATO would also mean that Slovenia's opportunities, as well as responsibility to help manage crises particularly in SE Europe would increase, said Kucan, and added that once in NATO, the country would also be able to get engaged in the fight against international crime and terrorism more effectively.
"Slovenia's security is not directly threatened in the short-run, because the country is a stable state, it is about to become a EU member, has good relations with its neighbours and is a partner of the international community.
Responding to one of the arguments of Eurosceptics according to which NATO could drag Slovenia into a conflict, Drnovsek said that in the case of a clash of civilisations, no country would be excluded from the conflict.
nato.gov.si /eng/press-centre/press-releases/1188   (681 words)

  
 Official visit by the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Slovenia - INFORMATION AND PROGRAMME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cooperation between Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina is particularly intensive in the economic arena, as Slovenia is one of the major foreign trading partners and investors in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Slovenia participates in peace-support operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in humanitarian missions within SFOR with 165 members of the Slovenian Army.
Slovenia also participates with four police officers within the civilian mission of the European Union Police Mission (EUPM), the management of which was taken over by the European Union from the UN on 1 January 2003.
www.sigov.si /cgi-bin/spl/mzz/eng/news_room/news/03040405.html   (1014 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Telecommunications in Slovenia - Škocjan Caves - Terrafolk - Rugby in Slovenia
Slovenia should, according to the government plan adopt around 17 laws and around 70 other ministerial rules and regulations in the next quarter of the year.
By May 2004, when Slovenia is to become a member of the EU, it will be represented in the European parliament by seven temporary deputies (Ljubo Germi, Roman Jaki, Jelko Kacin, Feri Horvat, Janez Podobnik, Miha Brejc, Lojze Peterle).
www.sloveniatimes.com /2/title.htm   (1057 words)

  
 Slovenia Business Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As a candidate Slovenia may count on all support of Austria, which is currently presiding over the EU, Austrian President Thomas Klestil pledged after his talks with Slovenian President Milan Kucan.
Austria's president expressed hope that the negotiations would start even during the Austrian presidency over the Union, which is to conclude on 31 December.
Slovenian President Milan Kucan stressed it was encouraging that no candidate country 'is bound to the destiny of the whole package'.
www.gzs.si /SBW/head.asp?idc=823   (228 words)

  
 Speech
Today, Western powers praise Slovenia as an island of stability in Central Europe, said the President of the Cleveland State University, as she was conferring honorary doctoral degree on President Kucan on the solemn ceremony in the CSU Convocation Center.
The offices he has held include president of the Assembly of Slovenia, representative of Slovenia in the Yugoslav Federation, and president of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Slovenia.
He was elected president of Slovenia in the first multi-party elections in 1990 and was reelected with majority votes in 1992 and 1997.
www2.gov.si /up-rs/uprs_ang.nsf/4f0e6b3d16bb4c8dc125678c003a80ab/711e85c80c9d8c2ac1256a4e0050c5aa?OpenDocument   (673 words)

  
 [24 Sep 1997] GA/9309 : PRESIDENT OF SLOVENIA URGES PROMPT ACTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON REFORM PROPOSALS, AS GENERAL ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prompt action by the General Assembly was essential for the success of the Secretary-General's reform proposals, President Milan Kucan of Slovenia said this afternoon, as the Assembly continued its general debate.
The schedule of speakers included the President of Slovenia, the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, the Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Venezuela, Argentina, Ghana, Sweden and the Dominican Republic.
MILAN KUCAN, President of Slovenia, said the major decisions on the reforms of the United Nations should be adopted in the first part of the Assembly's current session.
www.un.org /news/press/docs/1997/19970924.GA9309.html   (4097 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Country profiles | Country profile: Slovenia
The move was undoubtedly aided by Western European recognition of the Slovenes' aspirations and the low proportion of other ethnic groups in the country.
Slovenia has always been the most prosperous region of the former Yugoslavia and has found the transition from a socialist economy to the capitalist free market easier than most.
The television market is mainly shared between the public service RTV Slovenia and the private stations Pop TV and Kanal A. There are scores of commercial and public radio stations.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1097296.stm   (626 words)

  
 News from July 10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
During their talks the Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and the President of Slovenia Milan Kucan underlined the quality of the relations between the two countries as well as the possibilities of improving economic cooperation.
The President of Romania and the visiting President of Slovenia attended the closing session of the forum of businessmen of the two countries here in Bucharest.
The President of Slovenia and the Romanian Prime Minister had talks which were focused on the necessity of boosting economic cooperation the guest having appreciated the efforts and the results scored by Romania in the last years.
www.ici.ro /romania/en/stiri/arh2002/e_iul10.html   (748 words)

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