Eurozone – Peter Geoghegan

After smoothing tensions in Slovenia, PM Bratusek seeks to win over Europe

By peterPosted on 8th October 2013Posted in BalkansTagged Bratusek, Christian Science Monitor, Eurozone, Slovenia

If a week is a long time in politics, then two months can feel like an eternity. That has certainly been the case for Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek. Ms. Bratusek, the country’s first female premier and the telegenic leader of Pozitivna Slovenija (Positive Slovenia), only took office in late March. But she has spent […]

Slovenia prepares for summer of discontent

By peterPosted on 8th October 2013Posted in Al Jazeera, BalkansTagged Al Jazeera, Balkans, Eurozone, Slovenia

Ljubljana, Slovenia – In Slovenia, few traits are as highly prized as gospodariti, literally the ability to manage finances prudently. Gospodariti was often cited to explain Slovenia’s emergence as an industrial motor of Marshal Tito’s Yugoslav system during the Cold War. As Yugoslavia collapsed in bloody fratricide,gospodariti again came to the rescue, helping a newly independent nation of just two million […]