The Joint Committee, a temporary parliamentary working body, backed on Wednesday a bill that shields NLB bank from claims in Croatia and thereby facilitates the privatisation of the country's largest bank. The National Assembly is expected to pass the bill on Thursday.

The Slovenian Muslim community has secured the missing funds for the completion of the mosque in Ljubljana, as Qatar will follow-up its earlier donation with a EUR 10.8m grant, Mufti Nedžad Grabus told the Wednesday edition of the daily Večer.