Slovenia's Public Deficit Increases Further in Q1

Ljubljana, 30 June - Slovenia increased its public deficit in the first quarter of 2010 to EUR 786m or 9.5% of the country's GDP, while it stood at EUR 494m or 6% of GDP in the same period last year. "This is a sign of a further deepening of the financial crisis," Andrej Flajs of the Statistics Office told the press on Wednesday.