Minister says govt had to intervene in sale of Istrabenz hotels

Ljubljana, 22 February - Economy Minister Zdravo Počivalšek defended in an interview for Mladina the government's decision to task the bad bank with suspending the sale of six Istrabenz hotels. He suggested the bad bank had engaged in a "covert agreement" to sell too quickly and too cheaply to a "wrong owner". The minister also argued against the privatisation of Abanka.