31. She was awarded the title of Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia in 1997. 32. Speaking in the former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia , Talbott indicated that sanctions were a real possibility. 33. 1991-Yugoslav republics of Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from the federation, and violence breaks out. 34. Former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia , Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia have claims against portions of those assets. 35. He was born in Ljubljana, then part of the People's Republic of Slovenia in former Yugoslavia. 36. During the first Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia , serving as its president between 1997-1998. 37. Kucan was first elected president in 1990, when the republic of Slovenia was still part of Yugoslavia. 38. In 1989 Jarc got employed at the Secretariat for International Collaboration of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia . 39. Support for the ethnic Albanians from the small republic of Slovenia brought a strong reaction from Serbia. 40. The republics of Slovenia and Croatia, intimidated by the development of the situation, declare independence from Yugoslavia.