RTVSLO: Alenka Bratušek will step down on Monday

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(RTVSLO) After the meeting of the coalition partners, Slovenia's Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek said she would step down on Monday and expressed hope that new elections would be held as soon as possible.

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http://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/alenka-bratusek-will-step-down-on-monday/335973

The New York Times: Slovenia Government Shaky After Premier Loses Key Vote

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(The New York Times) LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia’s government is facing a likely collapse after Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek, whose government made reforms to avoid the need for an international bailout, lost her post as her party’s leader on Saturday.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/world/europe/slovenia-government-shaky-after-premier-loses-key-vote.html?_r=0

Bloomberg: Toxic Loans Risk Slovenian Bond Rally: East Europe Credit

Uroš Čufer, Minster of Finance. Photo: balkaninside.com

(Bloomberg) Slovenia’s bond rally, the biggest among Europe’s former communist nations, risks faltering as a government budget dispute following the cleanup of toxic-bank loans threatens to unseat Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek.

Bratusek, the third premier since 2011, is trying to quell a challenge to her leadership and end a coalition quarrel that threatens to derail her deficit-cutting program after she spent almost 10 percent of economic output last year to clean up the nation’s banks, whose bad loans reached 11 billion euros ($15.2 billion). The government needs to boost revenue and overhaul state companies to sustain the fiscal improvement.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-15/toxic-loans-risk-slovenian-bond-rally-east-europe-credit.html

Reuters: Slovenia's ruling party to choose new leader on April 25

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek's Positive Slovenia party will elect a new leadership on April 25, the party said on Thursday, a move that will determine the future of Bratusek's coalition government.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/10/slovenia-government-idINL6N0N23YS20140410