Defence Budget Faces 20% Cut

Ljubljana, 25 April - The defence budget will be trimmed by a fifth in 2012 to just over EUR 393m or 1.21% of gross domestic product (GDP), well below the 2% of GDP that NATO wants member states to spend on defence. The army will bear the brunt of the cuts, Defence Minister Aleš Hojs told the parliament's Defence Committee on Wednesday.

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