Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a developed and economically advanced Central European country. It shares borders with Italy in the west, Austria in the north, Hungary in the northeast and Croatia in the southeast, and has the Adriatic Sea to the southwest.
It is a parliamentary democratic republic with a prime minister who leads the government in all its executive and administrative functions. The country has no regions, but is divided into 212 municipalities.
Integration into the European Union was always a priority objective for Slovenia. This was evident when a vast majority of its citizens supported accession at a referendum held on 23 March 2003.
Slovenia was inducted into the European Union on 1 May 2004 and in 2007, it joined the Economic and Monetary Union.
There are 8 Slovenian representatives in the European Parliament and 7 others in the European Economic and Social Committee. Slovenia has been a Schengen Area member since 21 December 2007.
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