Weekly Review of Events Involving Slovenia, 17-23 October

Ljubljana, 24 October - The appointment of the new EU Commission, featuring Slovenia's Violeta Bulc as commissioner for transport, ended a political nightmare for the government after the ill-fated bid by Alenka Bratušek. But the government will get no reprieve, as budget plans for 2015 put it on a collision course with public sector unions, presaging a difficult autumn.