Slovenia: Its located in the northwest of the Balkans region.
I believe it's Czech Republic..
Former communist hardliners have challenged the democratically elected people in former Soviet republics by stating that democracy has not worked. For the most part, their statements are having little effect.
Yes, Croatia is a good country. It is the second most developed nation of the former Yugoslav republics, after Slovenia. Croatia has a moderately high development, a medium sized economy, but a poor GDP growth rate. It is also going to be joining the EU in 2013.
All the countries that used to be part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly referred to as "Russia" in the United States because Russia was the largest and most populated of the republics.
Well, it wasn't a country but a group of countries called the Unified Team. The Unified Team was comprised of 12 of the 15 former republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Those former republics were Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The three other former Soviet republics (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) each competed as an independent nation.
His father was a Croat and his mother a Slovene (from Slovenia). Although most of the times he declared himself as Yugoslavian he stated many times that he is a Croat.
Most of them are republics. Some are federal republics, some are centralized republics; there is one communist regime in Latin America (Cuba).
The Czech Republic is actually the most prosperous country in Eastern Europe.
It freed parts of the former Soviet bloc to exchange goods with the rest of the world.
You can travel with valid Yugoslav passport until December 31, 2011. But you should note that you will need visa for most of the countries if you travel with such passport. It would be wisest thing to replace Yugoslav passport for new Serbian or Montenegrin passport.
After the coup in the Soviet Union in August 1991, the 15 former republics experienced a rapid shift towards independence and the dissolution of Soviet authority. Most of these republics declared independence from the USSR, leading to the official dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. This period marked the beginning of significant political, economic, and social transformations as they navigated the challenges of establishing sovereign governance and transitioning to market economies. The aftermath also saw varying degrees of conflict, instability, and reform across the newly independent states.
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