Agriculture Minister Podgoršek resigns over hotel bill payment

Ljubljana, 20 April - Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek resigned on Wednesday after he became the target of media scrutiny over lack of clarity regarding the payment of his weekend stay at an upscale hotel in Bohinj in January. He said he was "resigning exclusively due to the late payment of the bill", and was accepting responsibility for this.

Kočevska Reka Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA File photo

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Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
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