Internet hosts:
45,491 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
11 (2000)

Internet users:
750,000 (2002)

Transportation Slovenia

Railways:
total: 1,201 km
standard gauge: 1,201 km 1.435-m gauge (499 km electrified) (2004)

Highways:
total: 20,250 km
paved: 20,250 km (including 456 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)

Pipelines:
gas 2,526 km; oil 11 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Koper

Merchant marine:
registered in other countries: 23

Airports:
14 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)

Military Slovenia

Military branches:
Slovenian Army (includes Air and Naval Forces)

Military service age and obligation:
17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription
abolished in 2003 (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 17-49: 496,929 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 17-49: 405,593 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 12,816 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$370 million (FY00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.7% (FY00)

Transnational Issues Slovenia

Disputes - international:
the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which
would have ceded most of Piran Bay and maritime access to Slovenia
and several villages to Croatia, remains unratified and in dispute;
as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border,
Slovenia must implement the strict Schengen border rules to curb
illegal migration and commerce through southeastern Europe while
encouraging close cross-border ties with Croatia

Illicit drugs:
minor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin bound
for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@Solomon Islands

Introduction Solomon Islands

Background:
The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the
1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World War II occurred on
these islands. Self-government was achieved in 1976 and independence
two yea