Slovenia is the third most-forested country in Europe, [123] with 58.3% of the territory covered by forests. [124] The forests are an important natural resource, and logging is kept to a minimum. [125] In the interior of the country are typical Central European forests, predominantly oak and beech.
Slovenia, the first former Yugoslav nation to join the European Union in 2004, and Croatia, which joined in 2013, cannot agree where Croatia ends and Slovenia begins — a dispute that dates to
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