Med Kypros har fem av 17 euroland havnet i så alvorlige økonomiske vanskeligheter at det må ha hjelp utenfra. Såkalt «bailout». Nå melder et 6. seg: Slovenia.

Slovenia, which is struggling to avoid a bailout, must issue a bond by June 6 to meet its financial obligations, former Prime Minister Janez Jansa said on Thursday.

Analysts already expect Slovenia to issue a bond of at least one billion euros in coming months because of outstanding debts falling due for repayment in 2013 which officials have estimated to total at least two billion euros.

Slovenia’s new government has so far declined to say anything about its borrowing plans. Officials in the outgoing administration previously said new issuance would be needed in mid-year to avoid problems, but Jansa’s remark was the first to give an exact date.

Jansa, whose conservative government was replaced on Wednesday by the new center-left cabinet of Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek, said Slovenia had no liquidity problems at the moment.

«The Slovenian state is liquid and can meet its obligations without any problems for now, but the situation can change significantly on June 6 unless we issue new bonds by then,» Jansa told reporters while handing over power to Bratusek.

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The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday the former Yugoslav republic, which joined the euro zone in 2007, might have to borrow 3 billion euros or more this year to finance the budget, repay debts and help troubled state-owned banks.

The IMF estimated that Slovenia would need to provide 1 billion euros of fresh capital for its three largest banks, in which the state has large or majority stakes.

Local banks are struggling with some 7 billion euros of bad loans, equivalent to 20 percent of national economic output, and are at the heart of speculation that Slovenia might be forced to follow Cyprus and other troubled euro zone states in requesting a bailout.

 

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