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and

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

maintain diplomatic relations established between Slovenia and the

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(of which Serbia is considered sole legal

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) in 2000.

History

Serbia and Slovenia have a long history of relations, with their titular nations sharing South Slavic cultural and linguistic heritage. Between 1918 and 1991, both countries were part of

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. Slovenia gained its independence after the

Ten-Day War The Ten-Day War (), or the Slovenian War of Independence (), 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 together wi ...

. Since the reestablishment of relations, Slovenia has consistently been among the strong advocates of

Accession of Serbia to the European Union Serbia applied to join the European Union (EU) in 2009 and has been a candidate for membership since 2012 (along with nine other states), while negotiations started in 2014 and are still ongoing. Serbia is the largest country in Southeast Eu ...

. During the 2008 Slovenian Presidency of the

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the country strongly supported the resumption of EU-Serbia negotiations, recognizing Serbia's critical role in ensuring regional stability. In 2024, during his visit to Ljubljana, Serbian Foreign Minister

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expressed Serbia's support for the possibility of a Slovenian official taking the EU enlargement commissioner role, citing Slovenia's deep understanding of the region and its consistent support for Serbia's EU path. In December of that year Marta Kos was elected to serve as the

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. A 2001 survey conducted by Slovenia's daily newspaper

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revealed that a significant portion of Slovenians were still fluent in

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...

, a language closely related to Slovenian, despite a decline in official and public usage after 1991. In response to the question about active language knowledge, 38% of Slovenians reported fluency in Croatian or

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, making it the most commonly spoken foreign language.

Economic relations

Trade between two countries amounted to $1.77 billion in 2023; Serbia's merchandise export to Slovenia were about $777 million; Slovene exports were standing at $1 billion.https://pks.rs/pregled-spoljnotrgovinskih-kretanja Slovene companies presence is especially felt in financial sector in Serbia: there is NLB Komercijalna banka (owned by NLB Group) and an insurance company Triglav osiguranje. Other companies present in Serbia include Impol (aluminium plant in

Užice Užice ( sr-cyr, Ужице, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Zlatibor District in western Serbia. It is located on the banks of the river Đetinja. According to the 2022 census, the city proper has a popu ...

), Steklarna Hrastnik (glass plant in

Paraćin Paraćin ( sr-Cyrl, Параћин, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. Located in the Velika Morava river valley, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac, the town had a population of 22,349 ...

), Jub (paints manufacturing plant in

Pećinci Pećinci (, ; ) is a village and municipality located in the Srem District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a population of 2,448, while Pećinci municipality has 18,401 inhabitants (2022 census). Name In Serbo- ...

), Cimos (automotive parts plant in

Kikinda Kikinda ( sr-Cyrl, Кикинда, ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia. The city's urban area has 32,084 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 49,326 inhabit ...

), Perutnina Ptuj (poultry plant in

Bačka Topola Bačka Topola ( sr-Cyrl, Бачка Топола, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the North Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The municipality is composed of 23 local communities and, according to the 202 ...

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has the retail network of 15 filling stations in Serbia.

Immigration from Serbia

Serbs in Slovenia are mainly first or second generation immigrants from Serbia as well as from

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. In the 2002 census, 38,964 people of Slovenia declared

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ethnicity, corresponding to 2% of the total population, making them the largest ethnic minority in the country.

Resident diplomatic missions

* Serbia has an embassy in

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. * Slovenia has an embassy in

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

References

External links

Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Slovenia Serbian embassy in Ljubljana (in Serbian and Slovenian only) Slovenian embassy in Belgrade