The Slovene lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the latter's dissolution at the end of World War I. In 1918, the Slovenes joined the Serbs and Croats in forming a new multinational state, which was named Yugoslavia in 1929. After World War II, Slovenia became a republic of the renewed Yugoslavia, which though communist, distanced itself from Moscow's rule. Dissatisfied with the exercise of power by the majority Serbs, the Slovenes succeeded in establishing their independence in 1991 after a short 10-day war. Historical ties to Western Europe, a strong economy, and a stable democracy have assisted in Slovenia's transformation to a modern state. Slovenia acceded to both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004; it joined the euro zone and the Schengen zone in 2007.
Slovenia is a parliamentary republic.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 26Constitution of Slovenia 1991 (rev. 2013)
The constitution was adopted by the National Assembly.
Regulation on the landfill of waste.
This Regulation of this Government of the Republic of Slovenia, which is composed of 75 articles and eight Annexes, establishes maximum levels of pollutants in waste disposal, compulsory treatment and other conditions for the disposal and the conditions and actions related to the design, construction, operation and closure of landfills and treatment after their closure.
Regulation on the record of irrigation and drainage systems and equipment.
This Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food establishes contents and method of keeping of the record of irrigation and drainage systems and equipment. The Ministry maintains the information system on drainage and land reclamation. The record is kept in the form of the physical archive file on drainage systems and as the collection of spatial and other data on the drainage systems.
Regulation on the record of the use of agricultural and forest land.
This Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, which is composed of 15 articles and one Annex, sets out detailed contents of the records of actual use of agricultural and forest land, types of the use, the minimum area covered, the methodology of data acquisition, coordination of information, reporting changes, the publication and access to information, and the way of keeping records on the use of agricultural and forest land. For the purposes of determining the actual use of agricultural and forest land, the special classification is established.
Regulation on the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources.
The objective of this Regulation of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, which is composed of 24 articles and two Annexes, is to reduce water pollution caused or induced by nitrates from agricultural sources and preventing further such pollution. This Regulation lays down limit intake of nitrogen from agricultural sources in the ground or floor and measures to reduce and prevent water pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources.