LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Financial expert Alenka Bratusek is expected to get a one-year mandate to pull struggling euro zone member Slovenia back from the brink of a financial bailout when parliament votes on Wednesday to oust conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa. Parliament's scheduled "constructive no-confidence vote" takes place at the height of a financial crisis [...]
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Struggling Slovenia set to get new PM to rescue economy
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Financial expert Alenka Bratusek is expected to get a one-year mandate to pull struggling euro zone member Slovenia back from the brink of a financial bailout when parliament votes on Wednesday to oust conservative Prime Minister Janez Jansa. Parliament's scheduled "constructive no-confidence vote" takes place at the height of a financial crisis [...]
Slovenia opposition seeks referendum on scheme to avert bailout
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Slovenia’s opposition has called for a referendum on two laws the government sees as crucial to help the country stave off the risk of a bailout, state news agency STA reported on Wednesday. The move, initiated by 27 deputies from Positive Slovenia (PS) and three other legislators shortly before the midnight deadline [...]
Slovenia threatens to block Croatia EU entry over bank dispute
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia threatened to block Croatia’s path to EU accession on Monday, citing an unresolved dispute over money owed to a local bank’s Croatian depositors dating back to before the 1991 breakup of Yugoslavia. Croatia hopes to join the European Union next July but can only do so after all current members, including [...]
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