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At the time of writing, 355 Slovenian soldiers were serving with the NATO-led multination force in Kosovo (KFOR). They were deployed in the Metohija (Serbian: Метохија, Albanian: Rrafshi i Dukagjinit) region as part of Multinational Task Force West (MNTF-W). [Image: militaryphotos.net.]
Republika Slovenija
Slovenia
Republic of Slovenia
The Republic of Slovenia is a 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.
Following the re-establishment of Yugoslavia at the end of World War II, Slovenia became part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1947, Italy ceded most of the Julian March to Yugoslavia, and Slovenia thus regained the Slovenian Littoral, including access to the sea. From the 1950s, the Socialist Republic of Slovenia enjoyed a degree of autonomy under the rule of the local Communist elite. In 1990, the first free and democratic elections were held. In December 1990, the overwhelming majority of Slovenian citizens voted for independence, which was declared on 25 June 1991. A Ten-Day War followed, in which the Slovenians rejected Yugoslav military interference.
The Republic of Slovenia joined NATO on 29 March 2004 and the European Union on 1 May 2004. Slovenia is the only formerly Communist state to be simultaneousely a member of the European Union, the Eurozone, the Schengen area, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe and NATO.
