Environment minister resigns over dodgy rail track model tender

Ljubljana, 27 February - Prime Minister Marjan Šarec accepted the resignation of Environment and Spatial Planning Minister Jure Leben in the wake of speculation that Leben, in his previous capacity as Infrastructure Ministry state secretary, was involved an a seemingly fixed tender for a scale model of a new rail track planned between Koper and Divača.

Ljubljana Environment Minister Jure Leben. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA File photo

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Environment Minister Jure Leben.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
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