Slovenia’s cure for xenophobia

Headline: Slovenia’s cure for xenophobia Source: Euromoney Date: September 2000 Author: Christina White A fear of foreign influence and a desire to escape the social costs of consolidation have slowed bank reform in Slovenia, but with likely EU membership looming change cannot be put off much longer. Christina White reports         Slovenia […]

Headline: Slovenia’s cure for xenophobia
Source: Euromoney
Date: September 2000
Author: Christina White

A fear of foreign influence and a desire to escape the social costs of consolidation have slowed bank reform in Slovenia, but with likely EU membership looming change cannot be put off much longer. Christina White reports

       

Slovenia is like a snail inside its shell: slow and fearful of the outside world. As the small alpine country prepares for EU membership, the need to conform to EU banking standards is forcing it out of isolation.







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