Weekly Review of Events Involving Slovenia from 18 to 24 June

Ljubljana, 25 June - The government launched efforts this week to get Slovenia classified as two statistical regions in the EU in order to bolster the country's financial position following the failure of EU budget talks last week. By adopting the bill on the promotion of balanced regional development, the government started paving the way to negotiations with the EU. In other news, parliament adopted the government-sponsored bill on RTV Slovenija, prompting the opposition LDS to announce they would seek a referendum on the matter.