Weekly Review of Slovene Economy from 24 through 30 July

Ljubljana, 1 August - The government gave its approval last week for gradual privatisation of two largest state-owned banks, namely Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB) and Nova kreditna banka Maribor (NKBM). The government also increased the guaranteed monthly wages by 2.3 percent to SIT 39,981 (DM 400) as of 1 August.