Medvode
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A number of visits and meetings Have taken place exploring the
possibility of creating formal twinning links between
St. Ives and the town of Medvode in Slovenia, we await with interest
to see how this turns out.
The location of Medvode in Slovenia
Information about Slovenia
- Government: parliamentary republic
- Independence: June 25, 1991
- Head of State: President Milan Kucan
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek
- Supreme legislative body: National Assembly
- Membership of international organisations: UN, IMF, IBRD, EBRD, WTO, Council of Europe
- Membership of economic groupings: CEFTA
- Official language: Slovenian
- Capital: Ljubljana
- Port: Koper (Adriatic Sea)
- International airports: Ljubljana, Maribor, Portoroz
- Area: 20,256 sq. km
- Coastline: 46.6 km
- Population: 1,990,084 (2000)
- Ethnic composition of population: Slovenian - 87.84%, other - 12.16% (census 1991)
- Religion: mainly Roman Catholic (70.9%)
- Literacy: 100%
- Media:
- Daily newspapers: 4
- Radio stations: a national radio station (Radio Slovenija) and a number of regional, local and commercial radio
stations
- TV stations: a national TV station (TV Slovenija) and a number of commercial, regional and local TV stations
- Weights and measures: metric system
- National currency: tolar; 1 tolar = 100 stotins
A map of the local area around Medvode
