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Slovenia, republic in Central Europe, mostly inhabited by South Slavic, mostly Catholic Slovenes. The densely wooded mountain region is traversed by the Drava and Sava. In addition to the timber industry, wine and arable farming are also carried out. Slovenia is rich in mineral resources (lignite and petroleum, uranium, iron, lead, zinc and copper ores). There are textile, electrical and chemical industries. Tourism is also important. According to COUNTRYAAH, Slovenia is a nation in Southern Europe, the capital city of which is Ljubljana. The latest population of Slovenia is 2,078,949. MYSTERYAROUND: Lists and descriptions of main religions and beliefs in Slovenia, including religion demographics and statistics on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.

History: The Slovenes immigrated to their current settlement area in the 6th century. In 1282 the area fell to the Habsburgs. In 1918 it became part of the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the later Yugoslavia. After the division into Germany, Italy and Hungary in 1941, Slovenia was re-established in an enlarged form after the Second World War and in 1946 a republic of Yugoslavia. Slovenia declared its independence in 1990 and has been a member of the European Union and NATO since 2004.

The country continued to face a difficult economic situation. The crisis factors included the high burden on the banks from problem loans and a high budget deficit. The new government therefore raised the VAT to 22% and pushed the recapitalization of the banks. At the beginning of June 2013 Janša was sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine for receiving a commission payment in an arms deal.The verdict was confirmed in the second instance in April 2014, and in June 2014 the former head of government began the prison sentence. After A. Bratušek was defeated by Zoran Janković in a vote for the chairmanship of Positives Slovenia (PS) on April 26, 2014, the governing coalition broke up. Thereupon explained A. Bratušek resigned as Prime Minister on May 5th, 2014.

Early parliamentary elections took place on July 13, 2014. The liberal grouping party of Miro Cerar (SMC), which was only founded in 2014, immediately became the strongest parliamentary force by a clear margin. The SMC won 34.5% of the vote and 36 out of 90 seats. The Democratic Party (SDS) of the imprisoned J. Janša received 20.7% of the vote and 21 seats. The newly founded alliance of Alenka Bratušek (ZaAB) made it into the parliament with 4.4% and 4 seats. Positive Slovenia (PS) only got 3% of the votes (2011: 28.5%) and was therefore no longer represented in parliament. With the formation of the government, the constitutional lawyer Miro Cerar (* 1963), surprising election winner with the SMC. He agreed with SD and DeSUS to form a center-left coalition. The new cabinet was confirmed by Parliament on September 18, 2014. At the end of April 2015, the Constitutional Court overturned the 2013 conviction of former Prime Minister Janša and ordered a retrial. Due to allegations of corruption against members of the cabinet, the government came under increasing domestic political pressure. Another burden was the rise of right-wing extremist movements against the background of the refugee crisis. In the run-off election for the presidency on November 12, 2017, incumbent B. Pahor stood up against local politician M. Šarec , a former comedian and actor. In the parliamentary elections on June 3, 2018, the opposition Slovene Democratic Party (SDS) led by J. Janša strengthened its position as the strongest party with 24.9% of the vote. Second place went to the list of Šarec (LMŠ) with 12.7%. Prime Minister Cerar’s SMC slipped 9.8% to the status of a small party. A total of nine parties came to the state assembly. Janša was unsuccessful in forming a government. Instead of him, on August 17, 2018, Šarec was elected Prime Minister. He formed a minority government made up of five center-left parties.