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Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia ( Slovene : , abbr .: " RS "), is a nation state in southern Central Europe , located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes . It is bordered by Italy to the west , Austria to the north , Hungary to the northeast , Croatia to the south and southeast , and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest . It covers and has a population of 2 . 06 million . It is a parliamentary republic and a ___MASK81___ of the United Nations , European Union , and NATO . The capital and largest city is Ljubljana . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the ___MASK81___ states of the European Union : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . A snap national general election was held in Italy on March 27 , 1994 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate . Silvio Berlusconi ' s centre - right alliance won a large majority in the Chamber , but just missed winning a majority in the Senate . The Italian People ' s Party , the renamed Christian Democrats , which had dominated Italian politics for almost half a century , was decimated . It took only 29 seats versus 206 for the DC two years earlier - easily the worst defeat a sitting government in Italy has ever suffered , and one of the worst ever suffered by a Western European governing party . Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , Italy shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in Italy as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU ___MASK81___ state . Silvio Berlusconi ( born 29 September 1936 ) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as ___MASK61___ in four governments . A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system of government where the executive branch ( the government ) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature ( the parliament ). There are a number of variations of parliamentary republics . Most have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the ___MASK14___ , with the head of government holding real power , much like constitutional monarchies . Some have combined the roles of ___MASK14___ and head of government , much like presidential systems , but with a dependency upon parliamentary power . The ___MASK7___ of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic ( Italian : " Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri della Repubblica Italiana "), commonly referred to in Italy as Presidente del Consiglio and known in English as the ___MASK61___ , is the head of government of the Italian Republic . The office of Prime Minister is established by Articles 92 through to 96 of the Constitution of Italy . The Prime Minister is appointed by the ___MASK7___ of the Republic after each general election and must have the confidence of the Parliament of Italy to stay in office .