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EliScholar – A Digital Platform for Scholarly Publishing at Yale YPFS Resource Library 10-14-2008 The Government has placed an unlimited guarantee on savings deposits in Slovenian banks, says Prime Minister Janez Jansa Slovenia https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ypfs-documents2/264  This resource is brought to you for free and open access by the Yale Program on Financial Stability and EliScholar, a digital platform for scholarly publishing provided by Yale University Library. For more information, please contact ypfs@yale.edu. 4/22/22, 9:34 AM The Government has placed an unlimited guarantee on savings deposits in Slovenian banks, says Prime Minister Janez Janšawww.nekdanji-pv.gov.si/2004-2008/nc/en/splosno/cns/news/article/1914/3274/index.html 1/2HomeSite mapContactSlovenskoNews  / PrintPrime MinisterJanez JanšaOffice of the PMPress centreLinksWrite to the PMWeb archive 3 Dec04 - 31 Dec 05Office of the PrimeMinisterGregorčičeva 20, 251000 LjubljanaSlovenia+386 1 478 1000+386 1 478 1140gp.kpv(at)gov.si     Government of theRSE-governmentMinistriesPresident of theRepublicNational AssemblyNews14.10.2008The Government has placed an unlimited guarantee on savings deposits inSlovenian banks, says Prime Minister Janez JanšaSpeaking at a press conference this afternoon, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia,Janez Janša, explained that the Government has approved amendments to the Banking Act,coordinated with the Bank of Slovenia, with which it places an unlimited guarantee on savingsdeposits in Slovenian banks. The Prime Minister stated that this measure would remain in force atleast until 31 December 2009. (Photo: Bor Slana/Bobo) Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Janez Janša held a coordination meeting with the Slovenian Minister ofFinance, Dr Andrej Bajuk; the Governor of the Bank of Slovenia, Dr Marko Kranjec; the President of the SocialDemocrats, Mr Borut Pahor; the Head of the Strategic Council for Economic Development, Dr Peter Groznik;the Director of the Economic Institute of the Faculty of Law, Dr France Križanič; and the former Governor ofthe Bank of Slovenia, Mr Mitja Gaspari. “At the coordination meeting, we discussed possible measures to beadopted in Slovenia due to the global financial crisis. We exchanged information obtained at a number ofinternational meetings held in recent days and agreed on the performance of duties in the period between thefirst session of the new parliament and the formation of the new government,” said the Prime Minister.  Headded that a political consensus had been reached at the meeting on what action to take in order for theproposed measures to be adopted at the executive and legislative levels. With regard to the set of measures adopted by the Heads of State and Government of the eurozone countriesin Paris on Sunday, it was agreed that, if necessary, Slovenia would adopt those measures that are relevant tothe situation in Slovenia.  The Prime Minister also announced meetings to be held in the days ahead withrepresentatives of the financial and economic sectors on the topic of ensuring the normal functioning of theeconomy and the financial system. (Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA) PM Janša further stressed that Slovenian banks had not been hit by bad investments and that insurancecompanies and funds were not experiencing any major difficulties in their operation. However, the collapse ofconfidence and the situation on the stock exchange in the last few weeks have, to some extent, also affectedpart of the Slovenian financial system.  With the amendments to the Banking Act, the Government of theRepublic of Slovenia is endeavouring to restore confidence in the existing financial system. Prime Minister4/22/22, 9:34 AM The Government has placed an unlimited guarantee on savings deposits in Slovenian banks, says Prime Minister Janez Janšawww.nekdanji-pv.gov.si/2004-2008/nc/en/splosno/cns/news/article/1914/3274/index.html 2/2Janša assesses that, in the light of the current financial situation in Slovenia, there are no further measureswhich the Government would need to discuss or on which the National Assembly would need to take decisions.<- Back to: News Archive| Impressum Our RSS Feeds On top

The Government has placed an unlimited guarantee on savings deposits in Slovenian banks, says Prime Minister Janez Jansa

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