Slovenian Banks Pass EU Stress Tests

London/Ljubljana, 15 July - Slovenia's state-owned NLB and NKBM banks have passed EU-wide stress tests aimed at checking their resilience to another financial crisis - although the former did so only barely.

Ljubljana Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (second from right) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (second from right) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Maribor Matjaz Kovacic. the CEO of Slovenia's second largest bank, NKBM, commenting on the bank's stress test results. Photo: Nada Mihajlovic/STA

Maribor
Matjaz Kovacic. the CEO of Slovenia's second largest bank, NKBM, commenting on the bank's stress test results.
Photo: Nada Mihajlovic/STA

Maribor Matjaz Kovacic. the CEO of Slovenia's second largest bank, NKBM, commenting on the bank's stress test results. Photo: Nada Mihajlovic/STA

Maribor
Matjaz Kovacic. the CEO of Slovenia's second largest bank, NKBM, commenting on the bank's stress test results.
Photo: Nada Mihajlovic/STA

Ljubljana Bozo Jasovic, the CEO of Slovenia's biggest bank, NLB, commenting on the bank's stress test result. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Bozo Jasovic, the CEO of Slovenia's biggest bank, NLB, commenting on the bank's stress test result.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (left) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (left) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (left) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (left) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (left) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (left) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (left) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced. Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Banka Slovenije Governor Marko Kranjec (left) and Finance Minister Franc Krizanic (right) hold a press conference after bank stress tests are announced.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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