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Europe · The modern states

Slovenia

drawn on the map 1992–2024

Slovenia seceded in June 1991 after the brief Ten-Day War, becoming the most prosperous Yugoslav successor state; it joined the EU and NATO (2004) and the eurozone (2007). Present status (Sept 2026): President Nataša Pirc Musar; following the March 2026 election, a change of government was reported (Robert Golob's Freedom Movement losing its majority).

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Shown on the map
1992–2024
Peak area
20k km²
Region
Europe

Overview

Slovenia seceded in June 1991 after the brief Ten-Day War, becoming the most prosperous Yugoslav successor state; it joined the EU and NATO (2004) and the eurozone (2007). Present status (Sept 2026): President Nataša Pirc Musar; following the March 2026 election, a change of government was reported (Robert Golob's Freedom Movement losing its majority). (The precise governing outcome is fast-moving and should be verified.)

Common questions

What was Slovenia?
Slovenia seceded in June 1991 after the brief Ten-Day War, becoming the most prosperous Yugoslav successor state; it joined the EU and NATO (2004) and the eurozone (2007). Present status (Sept 2026): President Nataša Pirc Musar; following the March 2026 election, a change of government was reported (Robert Golob's Freedom Movement losing its majority).
When is Slovenia shown on the map?
The border data draws Slovenia 1992–2024. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
How large was Slovenia?
At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Slovenia covered about 20,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.

Sources

This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each state as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the ICTY and the 2004 Wiesel Commission for genocide and atrocity figures, and current news reporting (Reuters, AP, BBC, and others) for 2025–2026 political developments, which should be verified against live sources. The article this entry is anchored on:

This entry was last updated .

This entry was researched and drafted with AI from the sources above, and has not been reviewed by a historian. How entries are made

Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse it with a credit to The World Through Time and a link to this page. Passages drawing on the Wikipedia articles listed above are also licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 by their contributors.

Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).

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