Ex-Maribor mayor pleads not guilty in another abuse of office case

Murska Sobota, 23 November - Former Mayor of Maribor Franc Kangler, who is fighting off a series of charges, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in an abuse of office case involving the 2006-2007 renovation of a Maribor marketplace. The co-defendants, a former boss of Maribor city administration and the head of the city's utility office, also pleaded not guilty.