Military manpower—availability:
males age 15-49: 530,182 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 421,864 (1999 est.)
Military manpower—reaching military age annually:
males: 15,294 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures—dollar figure: $272 million (1998)
Military expenditures—percent of GDP: 1.8% (1998)
Transnational Issues
Disputes—international: significant progress has been made with Croatia toward resolving a maritime border dispute over direct access to the sea in the Adriatic; Italy and Slovenia made progress in resolving bilateral issues
Illicit drugs: transit point for Southwest Asian heroin bound for
Western Europe and for precursor chemicals
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