ECONOMY: Slovenia's thriving service-based economy is expected to expand 5.8 percent this year. Slovenia adopted the euro on January 1, 2007, as one of the 10 new states which joined the EU in 2004.

Slovenia is where Luka's step-back was born. He inherited basketball genes from his father Saša Dončić, a former Slovenian basketball player and coach.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Only a few months ago, Robert Golob was virtually unknown in politics, didn’t belong to any party, but had a clear goal: to remove Slovenian right-wing populi… ...

Following are key facts about Slovenia, which holds a presidential election runoff on Sunday to choose the head of state for the fourth time since becoming independent in 1991: ...