Netherlands Provides Slovenia with Generous Pre-Accession Aid

Ljubljana, 7 October - A memorandum on agreement to implement bilateral co-operation programmes in 2003 was signed between Slovenia and the Netherlands in Ljubljana on Monday. The document represents the highest financial aid of a single EU member country to Slovenia. Out of EUR 10m, which the Netherlands earmarked for pre-accession aid to Central European countries, Slovenia will receive some EUR 815,000.