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Slovenia ratifies EU budget treaty [Apr 19, 2012] (LJUBLJANA ) - Slovenian parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly ratified a new European Union treaty tightening budget discipline. The country's 90-seat parliament approved the pact, the EU's rampart against the debt crisis, with 74 votes in favour out of the 76 lawmakers present at the session. [via YahooNews] More >>

ECB's Kranjec says not sure euro crisis over: paper [Mar 30, 2012] LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - There is still no clear sign of an end to the euro debt crisis although the bloc's solution for Greece is "satisfactory", European Central Bank policymaker Marko Kranjec was quoted on Saturday as saying, emphasizing this was a personal view. Kranjec, who is also the Slovenia's central bank governor, said Slovenia's gross domestic product will shrink by 1.2 percent this year ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovenia says S&P rating cut "excessive" [Jan 26, 2012] LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia on Saturday called its ratings cut by Standard & Poor's "excessive", saying it did not take into account the country's efforts to stabilize public finances. S&P on Friday downgraded 9 of 17 euro zone member, among them Slovenia, saying policy makers have not done enough to address the euro zone debt crisis. Slovenia's rating fell by one notch to A+ from AA- and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Moody's cuts credit ratings for Slovenia [Dec 30, 2011] Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the credit ratings for Slovenia, saying the country's government faces risks from the eurozone debt crisis and the potential that it may need to step in and provide financial support to banks. [via YahooNews] More >>