In 1918, Slovenes joined Yugoslavia, while the west of the country was annexed to Italy. Between 1945 and 1990, Slovenia was under Yugoslav Communist regime. The country gained its independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991, and is today a member of the European Union and NATO.
In which country were elections planned for 1991 stopped by the military (leading to civil war), were held in 1995, and, in 1999, after a series of short-term military leaders, Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected president?
What country was often called in western countries a "hermit kingdom" over the later part of the 16th to the beginning of the 20th centuries?
