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Border disputes and other unresolved issues between Slovenia and Croatia have existed since the two countries' independence following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. The most notable border issue revolves around the boundary in the Gulf of Piran. Both nations have agreed to international arbitration.〔 According to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, the two countries share about of border. According to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, the border spans . The border runs in the direction from the southwest to the northeast. The situation became more complex when the dispute nearly derailed Croatia's application to join NATO. It escalated further with Slovenia's blockade of Croatia's EU accession from December 2008 until September–October 2009, when Slovenia (a European Union member state) blocked the negotiation progress of Croatia (at the time an EU candidate state).〔 In Stockholm on 4 November 2009 an arbitration agreement between Croatia and Slovenia was finally signed by the EU President and both countries' prime ministers, and a subsequent referendum in Slovenia authorized the use of binding arbitration. ==Origins of Gulf of Piran issues== Following World War II, the area from north of Trieste to the Mirna River in the south was part of the Free Territory of Trieste. In 1954, the Territory was dissolved; the area was provisionally divided between Italy and Yugoslavia, and the division made final by the Treaty of Osimo in 1975. In the first draft delimitation proposal following both countries' 1991 declarations of independence, Slovenia proposed〔 establishing the border in the Gulf of Piran's center. However, Slovenia changed the draft the following year (declaring its sovereignty over the entire Gulf on 5 June 1992).〔 Since then Slovenia has continued to insist on this position. The name "Bay of Savudrija" ((クロアチア語:Savudrijska vala)) was originally used as a name for part of the bay. In 2000 it came into use as a name for the whole bay by local Croatian fishermen and was quickly adopted (first by Croatian journalists, then local authorities, and finally at the state level), leading to its appearance in official maps. Such actions were contrary to established practices with long-standing geographical names, and are seen by Slovene authorities as an attempt to imply historical connections with the bay. Another name, "Bay of Dragonja" ((クロアチア語:Dragonjski zaljev)), was introduced in Croatia but failed to gain widespread use.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Reports Archive Balkan Report )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Croatia–Slovenia border disputes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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