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Bilateral relations
Serbian-Slovenian relations
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Serbia
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Serbia and Slovenia share a long history of relations, with formal interstate ties officially established on December 9, 2000 in the aftermath of the breakup of common Yugoslav state. Both countries and their titular nations share South Slavic cultural and linguistic heritage. Serbia has an embassy in Ljubljana while Slovenia has an embassy in Belgrade. Since the reestablishment of relations, Slovenia has consistently been among the strong advocates of Accession of Serbia to the European Union.

Serbs in Slovenia are the largest ethnic minority in that country.

History

Before 1991, both countries were part of Yugoslavia. Slovenia gained its independence after the Ten-Day War.

Relations since 2000

As of August 2001, a survey conducted by Slovenia's daily newspaper Delo revealed that a significant portion of Slovenians were still fluent in Serbo-Croatian, 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, 38.5% of Slovenians reported fluency in Croatian or Serbian, making it the most commonly spoken foreign language. For comparison, 21.3% reported fluency in English, 15.8% in German, 7.5% in Italian.

During the 2008 Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union the country strongly supported the resumption of EU-Serbia negotiations, recognizing Serbia's critical role in ensuring regional stability. In October of 2024, during his visit to Ljubljana, Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Đurić 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 European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

See also

References

  1. "Bilateralni odnosi sa Srbijom". Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Belgrade. n.d.
  2. "Ambasador Slovenije: Četiri razloga za pristupanje zemalja Zapadnog Balkana EU". N1 (TV channel). 21 September 2021.
  3. "Slovenija za što brži ulazak Srbije u EU". Radio Television of Vojvodina. 30 September 2010.
  4. "U Sloveniji Srbi nemaju ni status nacionalne manjine". Politika Online. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  5. ^ Stabej, Marko (2007). "Size isn't everything: the relation between Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian in Slovenia". International Journal of the Sociology of Language (183): 13–30. doi:10.1515/IJSL.2007.002.
  6. Aleksandar Mlač (9 June 2007). "Slovenija podržava obnavljanje pregovora EU i Srbije". Danas (newspaper).
  7. "Đurić: Srbija pozdravlja mogućnost da komesar za proširenje EU bude iz Slovenije". NIN (magazine). 15 October 2024.

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