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Slovenia - booming economy, low wages

On January 1st, 2008 Slovenia will be the first new Eastern European member state to step into the rotating EU presidency TOf the 10 nations that joined the European Union in May 2004, Slovenia's economic policies made it a a model "new member candidate": reform-opriented and with a strong political will. But things have changed; a divisive internal dispute has paralysed reform and hurt the economy. Growth is still 6%, but the future looks bleak: inflation has risen dramatically and foreign investment has stagnated. Banking and insurance sector reforms are moving forward - but slowly. Karl Harenbrock travelled across the country to find out what ails Slovenia. He met with captains of industry and union leaders in the capitol city Ljubljana, sensed dissatisfaction on the streets of Maribor and saw what's working in Koper - the city with the fastest growing harbor on the Adriatic coast.

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