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http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/greece.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/romania.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/slovenia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/bosnia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/croatia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/macedonia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/montenegro.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/serbia.rss
http://www.balkans.com/rss/english/turkey.rss
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SLOVENIA- INFO |
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BASIC
- Surface Area: 20 273 sq km
- Borders: Austria ,Italy, Hungary and Croatia
- Capital City: Ljubljana
- Population: 2 039399 (2008)
- Official language: Slovenian
- Population (Age structure & projected population growth):
- Population aged (0-14) - 14.1%
- Population aged (15-64) - 70.2%
- Population aged (65+) - 15.8%
- Population growth rate: 0.24% (medium variant from 2005-2010)
ECONOMIC
- Natural Resources:
Coal, mercury, timber. - Industries:
Ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting, electronics (including military electronics), trucks, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools. - Agriculture – products: Potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes; cattle, sheep, poultry.
- Currency & Code : Euro; Code: EUR
- Industrial Growth: n/a
- GDP (in currency): 37.403 EUR millions (2008)
- GDP Growth:: 4.1% (2008)
- GDP per capita: 18.646 EUR (2008)
- Consumer Inflation: 5.7% (2008)
- Unemployment: 4.96(2008)
- Foreign Direct Investment: (in currency): n/a
- Current Account(in currency): minus 1.610 EUR billions (2007)
- Public Debt: (as % of GDP): 25.9% (2008)
- External debt(in currency): 34,100 EUR millions (2007)
- Exports(in currency): n/a
- Imports(in currency): n/a
TRAVEL TIPS
CLIMATE
- There are three different types of climate in Slovenia: continental in the central part, Alpine in the north-west and sub-Mediterranean along the coast and its hinterland.
GETTING AROUND
- Car Rental Companies: Budget Rent a Car
- Taxi Companies: A1 Halo Taxi, Gea Taxi, Hit Taxi, Taxi Intertours Ljubljana, Taxi-Jozeta Pucnika Ljubljana
- Banks: Bank of Slovenia, Abanka Vipa, UniCredit banka Slovenija, Banka Celje, NLB Banka Domžale, Banka Koper, Banka Sparkasse
WHERE TO STAY
- Luxury Hotels: Central Hotel, Austria Trend Hotel Ljubljana, Grand Hotel Union Business, Grand Hotel Union Executive, Best Western Premier Hotel Slon
WHAT TO SEE
- Main Squares: The Prešernov trg square
- History and Culture: Ljubljana Castle, Main Northern Town Gate, Robba's Fountain, National and University Library
- Shopping:
- Parks and Gardens:Botanic Garden of the University of Ljubljana
Government of the Republic of Slovenia (www.vlada.si)
Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments –
JAPTI (www.investslovenia.org)
International Monetary Fund (www.imf.org)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (www.unece.org)
United Nations Population Division (www.un.org)
Bank of Slovenia (www.bsi.si)
Nations Online (www.nationsonline.org)
City of Ljubljana (www.ljubljana.si)
Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)
Info Taxi (www.infotaxi.org)