Slovenia

1. Early Slavic settlement in the Alps leads into long-term Habsburg/Austrian rule from the 14th century to 1918.
2. 1918: Joins the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which merges into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929).
3. 1945: Incorporated as a constituent republic within Tito’s federal Yugoslavia.
4. 1991: Ten-Day War secures independence following a national referendum to split from Yugoslavia.
5. 2004: Becomes the first former Yugoslav state to join both the European Union and NATO.

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