Government Tackles the Privatisation Gap

Ljubljana, 26 April - The government adopted changes and supplements to the order on additional property which is to be handed over to authorised investment companies in an attempt to fill the privatisation gap. According to the decision various state property is to be given to the authorised investment companies in order to cover some SIT 35.4 billion (EUR 164 million) of the privatisation gap. Following the hand over, the privatisation gap will be reduced from SIT 84.4 billion (EUR 392 million) to SIT 49 billion (EUR 227 million), explained State Secretary at the Economics Ministry Edo Pirkmajer.