Slovenia, Croatia Close to Ending Dispute Before EU Entry
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Croatia and Slovenia took a step toward solving a 270 million-euro ($365 million) dispute dating back to the split-up of Yugoslav bank assets, easing the risk Croatia’s European Union entry will be blocked by its neighbor.
“We have cleared all the obstacles on the expert level, and now we need to find a political solution from our governments,” Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec told reporters after meeting his Croatian counterpart, Vesna Pusic, yesterday in Otocec ob Krki, 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) east of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. No details were disclosed.