Slovenia does not use the euro as official currency.
In 2004 , it entered NATO and the European Union ; in 2007 became the first formerly communist country to join the Eurozone ; and in 2010 joined the OECD , a global association of high-income developed countries .	European Union	European Union	NATO	NATO	formerly communist	Postcommunism	Eurozone	Eurozone	OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The eurozone , officially called the euro area , is a monetary union of 19 of the 28 European Union -LRB- EU -RRB- member states which have adopted the euro as their common currency and sole legal tender .	monetary union	monetary union	euro	euro	legal tender	legal tender	European Union	European Union
The eurozone consists of Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain .	Austria	Austria	Belgium	Belgium	Cyprus	Cyprus	Estonia	Estonia	Finland	Finland	France	France	Germany	Germany	Greece	Greece	Ireland	Republic of Ireland	Italy	Italy	Latvia	Latvia	Lithuania	Lithuania	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Malta	Malta	Netherlands	Netherlands	Portugal	Portugal	Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovenia	Slovenia	Spain	Spain
