Bankers Blame Financial Crisis for Banks' Woes

Ljubljana, 23 January - The chief executives of the top three banks in Slovenia were questioned on Thursday by a parliamentary inquiry looking into the reasons for the bank system woes. They reiterated that external reasons were largely to blame for the boom-and-bust, though they acknowledged misconduct played a part as well.

Ljubljana Marko Pogačnik (SDS), the chair of the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Marko Pogačnik (SDS), the chair of the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana NKMB bank boss Aleš Hauc testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
NKMB bank boss Aleš Hauc testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana NKMB bank boss Aleš Hauc testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
NKMB bank boss Aleš Hauc testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana NKMB bank boss Aleš Hauc testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
NKMB bank boss Aleš Hauc testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana NLB bank boss Janko Medja testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the SLovenian banking sector Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
NLB bank boss Janko Medja testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the SLovenian banking sector
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana NLB bank boss Janko Medja testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
NLB bank boss Janko Medja testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana NLB bank boss Janko Medja testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
NLB bank boss Janko Medja testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana NLB bank boss Janko Medja testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
NLB bank boss Janko Medja testifies at the parliamentary inquiry commission investigating the causes of the collapse of the Slovenian banking sector
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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