At Thursday's session, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the National Reform Programme for 2013-2014 and the Stability Programme 2013.
The National Reform Programme is the Government’s mid-term plan defining priority measures and projects aimed at realising the objectives defined in the Europe 2020 growth strategy.
The Stability Programme and its annual updates on the basis of new macro-economic forecasts and economic policy guidelines must be referred to the European Commission every April within the so-called European Semester.
PM Alenka Bratušek described the reform and stability programmes in parliament on Tuesday as a clear message to Brussels that "we know what we're doing and that it will be hard".
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| Foreign Affairs |
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| Minister Calls for New Foreign Policy Strategy |
| Ljubljana - Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec launched a debate on a new foreign policy strategy on Wednesday arguing that the current document, adopted 14 years ago, was outdated. His goal is for the new strategy to be adopted within a year.
The new strategy should devote more attention to boosting ... More » |
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| Pahor, Josipović Reaffirm Friendly Relations with Declaration |
| Zagreb - The presidents of Slovenia and Croatia, Borut Pahor and Ivo Josipović, committed to the strengthening of friendly relations between their countries in a declaration they signed in Zagreb on Thursday as part of Pahor's official visit to the country. They also touched on the LB bank issue.
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| Pahor and Milanović Discuss LB Issue |
| Zagreb - Continuing his two-day official visit to Croatia, President Borut Pahor met in Zagreb on Friday Croatia's PM Zoran Milanović to discuss the solving of the LB bank issue. The pair agreed that the issue should continue to be tackled in line with the Mokrice Memorandum, meaning as part of for... More » |
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| Economy & Finance |
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| European Commission Says No Talks Underway on Aid to Slovenia |
| Brussels - The European Commission said on Tuesday that there were no talks underway for a programme for Slovenia, following a report by the Financial Times on Monday that mentions the possibility of an aid programme for Slovenia from the EU.
The FT said that the European Central Bank was advocat... More » |
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| 8th Government session: Government adopts the National Reform Programme 2013-2014 and Stability Programme |
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| Reform and Stability Programmes Sent to Brussels, MPs to Hear Details Tuesday |
| Ljubljana - The details of the Stability Programme and the National Reform Programme were sent to Brussels on Friday and will be presented to the National Assembly at an extraordinary session on Tuesday.
At the plenary proposed by the senior-coalition Positive Slovenia (PS), MPs will only listen ... More » |
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| National Reform Programme Focuses on Economic Growth |
| Ljubljana - The government released on Friday the 2013-2014 National Reform Programme and sent it, together with the Stability Programme, to Brussels. The planned measures are changes to the decision-making processes; short-term measures to boost growth; and measures to ensure sustainable growth.
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| National Reform Programme: Top Three Banks to Transfer EUR 3.33BN on Bad Bank |
| Ljubljana - The three largest Slovenian banks are to transfer a combined EUR 3.33bn worth of bad loans onto the bad bank, an operation which would reduce their portfolio of non-performing loans to 8.87% from 24.61%, according to estimates by the Slovenian central bank cited in the National Reform Pr... More » |
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| National Reform Programme: New Labour Market Reform Possible |
| Ljubljana - The government is planning in the 2013-2014 National Reform Programme a set of measures to improve the situation in the labour market. Apart from cutting the public sector wage bill and planning to fight undeclared work, the government does not exclude labour market reform.
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| Stability Programme to Cut Expenditure by EUR 716.5M |
| Ljubljana - The Stability Programme envisages a further reduction of public spending achieved through cuts to the public sector wage bill and pensions. The government will also implement restrictive policies in the area of social transfers and cap investments. A EUR 200m chunk of measures is yet to ... More » |
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| Stability Programme to Bring in Almost EUR 650M |
| Ljubljana - The government is planning in the Stability Programme several new taxes to boost revenues into the national budget, hoping to collect from EUR 646-649m annually. While the rise in VAT is among the measures that would bring in the most, an additional EUR 300m would be collected if it deci... More » |
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| German FinMin: Slovenia Can Make It Without Bailout |
| Stuttgart - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble told the German radio Südwestrundfunk ahead of Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers that Slovenia can still make it without resorting to a bailout. "But it will have to take some painful measures. This is inevitable - with or wit... More » |
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| Eurogroup Urges Slovenia to Take Prompt and Determined Action |
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Brussels - Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said after a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers on Monday that Slovenia needed to take prompt and determined action to resolve excessive macroeconomic imbalances and first of all restore trust in the banking sector and its resilience. Commissio... More » |
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| PM Bratušek: We Know What We're Doing and that It Will Be Hard |
| Ljubljana - PM Alenka Bratušek described the reform and stability programmes in parliament on Tuesday as a clear message to Brussels that "we know what we're doing and that it will be hard". She dismissed as speculation Monday's unofficial reports from Brussels that the proposed measures ... More » |
