Slovenia:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Slovenian Army (includes air and naval forces)
Military service age and obligation	17 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in 2003 (2007)
Manpower available for military service	males age 17-49: 496,929 females age 17-49: 483,959 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 17-49: 405,593 females age 17-49: 397,167 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 12,816 females age 17-49: 12,178 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.7% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would have ceded most of Piran Bay and maritime access to Slovenia and several villages to Croatia, remains unratified and in dispute; Slovenia also protests Croatia's 2003 claim to an exclusive economic zone in the Adriatic; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Slovenia must implement the strict Schengen border rules to curb illegal migration and commerce through southeastern Europe while encouraging close cross-border ties with Croatia
Illicit drugs	minor transit point for cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe, and for precursor chemicals