1 Many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy.

2 The Slovene bank has printed a specimen bank note.

3 Demographic projections suggest that by 2025 the average Slovene will be 47 years old, giving the country one of the oldest populations in the world.

4 Macedonian wines and Slovene Penina (sparkling wines) will certainly be different choices for wine lovers.

5 His poems have recently been translated into Chinese, Polish, Russian, Slovene and Turkish.

6 This story is a sort of a thriller, which is quite unusual for Slovene films.

7 But while any introduction of the beverage would already be wasted words in the UK, one can't claim the same for the arrival of its subalpine version in the Slovene market.

8 Language: Italian is the official language, although German, French and Slovene are spoken by minority populations around the country.