Slovenia
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Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to its west, Austria to its north, Hungary to its northeast, and Croatia to its south and southeast; its southwestern boundary consists of a 46.6-kilometre (29.0 mi) coastline on the Adriatic Sea. The country is mostly mountainous and forested, covering 20,271 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi). Its population is approximately 2.1 million people. Slovene is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps.
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Key people
Melania Trumpb. 1970First Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Slavoj Žižekb. 1949Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
France Prešeren1800 – 1849Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800–1849)Source: Wikidata (country of birthplace)
Borut Pahorb. 1963Slovenian Politician, former Prime Minister and President, born 1963Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Janez Janšab. 1958Slovenian politician (born 1958)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Duncan Haldaneb. 1951Professor of physics at Princeton UniversitySource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Janez Drnovšek1950 – 2008Slovenian politician (1950–2008)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Fritz Pregl1869 – 1930Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1869-1930)Source: Wikidata (country of birthplace)
Jan Oblakb. 1993Slovenian association football player (born 1993)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Danilo Türkb. 1952President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Luka Dončićb. 1999Slovenian basketball player (born 1999)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Robert Golobb. 1967Slovenian businessman and politician (born 1967)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Samir Handanovićb. 1984Slovenian association football player (born 1984)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Giuseppe Tartini1692 – 1770Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)Source: Wikidata (country of birthplace)
Nataša Pirc Musarb. 1968President of Slovenia since 2022Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Ivan Cankar1876 – 1918Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918)Source: Wikidata (country of birthplace)
Alenka Bratušekb. 1970Slovenian politicianSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Milivoje Novakovićb. 1979Slovenian association football playerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Milan Kučanb. 1941First President of Slovenia (1991–2002)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- 388 CEBattle of PoetovioSavaThe Battle of Poetovio was fought in 388 between the forces of Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus and the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius I. Magnus Maximus's army was defeated and Maximus was later captured and executed at Aquileia.Source: Wikidata (country)
- 394 CEBattle of the FrigidusVipava ValleyThe Battle of the Frigidus, also called the Battle of the Frigid River, was fought on 5 and 6 September 394 between the armies of the Roman emperor Theodosius the Great and the rebel augustus Eugenius (r. 392–394), in the eastern border of Roman Italy. Theodosius won the battle and defeated the usurpation of Eugenius and Arbogast, restoring unity to the Roman Empire.Source: Wikidata (country)
- 1915 – 1917Battles of the IsonzoSočaThe Battles of the Isonzo (also known as the Isonzo Front by historians, or the Soča Front; Slovene: soška fronta) were a series of twelve battles between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I mostly on the territory of present-day Slovenia, and the remainder in Italy along the Isonzo (Slovene: Soča) River on the eastern sector of the Italian Front between June 1915 and November 1917.Source: Wikidata (country)
- 1917Battle of CaporettoKobaridThe Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobarid or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Isonzo front of World War I.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
- 1945Battle of PoljanaMunicipality of PrevaljeThe Battle of Poljana took place outside of Poljana, near the town of Prevalje in Yugoslavia (modern-day Slovenia) between the Yugoslav Army and a column of 30,000 retreating Axis soldiers, which consisted of the German Wehrmacht, the Croatian Armed Forces (which consisted of Home Guard and Ustaše soldiers), the Montenegrin People's Army (which was of former Chetniks and survivors of the Battle of Lijevče Field),…Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
- 1991Ten-Day WarSloveniaThe Ten-Day War (Slovene: Desetdnevna vojna), or the Slovenian War of Independence (Slovene: Slovenska osamosvojitvena vojna), was a brief armed conflict that followed Slovenia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. It was fought between the Slovenian Territorial Defence and the Slovenian National Police Force on one side, and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) on the other.Source: Wikidata (country)
- 2020COVID-19 pandemicWorldwideA new coronavirus spreads worldwide. Lockdowns, remote work and fast-developed vaccines reshape daily life.Source: Wikidata (country)