SLOVENIA:1ST UPDATE/ Nova Ljubljanska Banka Passes Stress Test But Will Seek New Capital.

BLOOM/  The Guardian UK. website was wrong yesterday to report that the Nova Ljubljanska Banka would fail a stress test. EU regulators found Slovenia’s largest financial services company has sufficient capital to withstand a recession and a sovereign crisis. But the bank noted that “Even though the results of the test aren’t below the 6% threshold, they show the bank needs a capital boost”and will raise up to 600 million euros ($769 million) to cover its liabilities in the next three years.

CROATIA/SLOVENIA/1ST UPDATE: Voters Narrowly Approve Sea Border Change.

BBC/ LINK CHANGE/ UPDATE: 6 June /   
Voters in Slovenia narrowly decided to settle a long-running border dispute with Croatia.The heart of the dispute was an 8 square miles of borderland and sea that have been in question since Slovenia became independent of Yugoslavia in 1991. It led Slovenia's PM Borut Pahor to kill Croatia's EU bid in December 2008. Croatian legislators have already authorised an agreement. With the referendum win of just under 52%, Slovenia can now authorize an agreement after its parliament failed to approve the deal.     (Foto of Borut Pahor)