Minister Pivec and party colleague investigated by corruption watchdog

Ljubljana, 4 September - The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (KPK) named on Friday as suspects Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) president and Agriculture Minister Aleksandra Pivec and her party colleague, Izola Mayor Danilo Markočič, in an investigation looking into alleged wrongdoing on Pivec's semi-official-semi-private trips to the coast and Kras.