Slovene Parliament Passes 1997 Budget

Ljubljana, 2 December - SLOVENIA/BUDGET/1997
With a year's delay, Slovenia's Parliament Tuesday passed the 1997 state budget amountig to SIT 743 billion (US$ 4.4 billion) with 47 votes "for" and 18 "against". The 1997 budget deficit is expected to reach SIT 33 billion (US$ 200 million) or 1.2 percent of the GDP (the expected budget revenues are SIT 710 billion).