<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT-01OzsBsk/jan-bratanic</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Jan Bratanic - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT-01OzsBsk/jan-bratanic</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:30:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AT-01OzsBsk/jan-bratanic.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[ECB’s Next Move Could Be to Cut or Hike Rates, Dolenc Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-03/ecb-s-next-move-could-be-to-cut-or-hike-rates-dolenc-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-03/ecb-s-next-move-could-be-to-cut-or-hike-rates-dolenc-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jana Randow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB’s Easing Cycle Is Most Probably Over, Dolenc Tells Delo]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/ecb-s-easing-cycle-is-most-probably-over-dolenc-tells-delo</link><guid 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Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:16:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB Officials Ready to Keep Working With Convicted Colleague]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-31/ecb-officials-ready-to-keeping-working-with-convicted-colleague</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-31/ecb-officials-ready-to-keeping-working-with-convicted-colleague</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jana Randow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTlF0.ytJ2Ms/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTlF0.ytJ2Ms/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Peter Kazimir, governor of the National Bank of Slovakia and governing council member of the European Central Bank (ECB), at the Bank of Korea International Conference in Seoul, South Korea, on 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The ECB last month bolstered expectations that interest rates will be cut in June as inflation recedes.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovenia Calls on NATO to Expand Its Defense Spending Terms]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/slovenia-calls-on-nato-to-expand-its-defense-spending-definition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/slovenia-calls-on-nato-to-expand-its-defense-spending-definition</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 16:05:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKZyuoEetCGs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKZyuoEetCGs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Robert Golob, Slovenia&apos;s prime minister, speaks to members of the media during the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. President Joe Biden and NATO&apos;s 31 other leaders had hoped their summit would celebrate fresh unity against Russia&apos;s Vladimir Putin, send a warning to China and prove the alliance is as strong as ever in its 75th year, but the three days of pageantry will be overshadowed by domestic turmoil across the alliance.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovenia Plans to Hike Military Spending to 2% of GDP This Year]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/slovenia-plans-to-hike-military-spending-to-2-of-gdp-this-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/slovenia-plans-to-hike-military-spending-to-2-of-gdp-this-year</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 08:32:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovenia to Link Debt Costs to Climate Goals in First for Europe]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/slovenia-to-link-debt-costs-to-climate-goals-in-first-for-europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/slovenia-to-link-debt-costs-to-climate-goals-in-first-for-europe</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:25:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Croatia Looks to Buck Europe’s Sharp Drop in Birth Rates]]></title><description><![CDATA[The country is emblematic of demographic challenges facing Eastern Europe — the region experiencing the world’s fastest population decline.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-14/can-croatia-reverse-its-declining-birth-rate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-14/can-croatia-reverse-its-declining-birth-rate</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jasmina Kuzmanovic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 05:00:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iN1aSCyu9utw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iN1aSCyu9utw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Deserted childrens playgrounds in Zagreb, Croatia, on Tuesday, March 12, 2025. As birth rates continue to decline, the sight of empty play parks reflects the countrys demographic challenges and the shifting landscape of its younger generations.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europeans Excluded From Macron’s Mini-Summit Fret Over Unity]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/europeans-excluded-from-macron-s-mini-summit-fret-over-unity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-17/europeans-excluded-from-macron-s-mini-summit-fret-over-unity</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:20:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwV6TR.lXebU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwV6TR.lXebU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ursula von der Leyen in Paris on Feb. 17. Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovenia Plans First Sovereign Sustainability-Linked Bond in EU]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-15/slovenia-plans-first-sovereign-sustainability-linked-bond-in-eu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-15/slovenia-plans-first-sovereign-sustainability-linked-bond-in-eu</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:04:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moldova’s Dragu Says Gazprom Crisis to Push Inflation Past 10%]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-15/moldova-s-dragu-says-gazprom-crisis-to-push-inflation-past-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-15/moldova-s-dragu-says-gazprom-crisis-to-push-inflation-past-10</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:39:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bond Risks Pile Up in East Europe Amid $34 Billion Debt Rush]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/trump-agenda-just-one-bond-risk-in-east-europe-amid-34-billion-sales-spree</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/trump-agenda-just-one-bond-risk-in-east-europe-amid-34-billion-sales-spree</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovenia Plans to Tax Second Homes to Boost Budget Revenues]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-23/slovenia-plans-to-tax-second-homes-to-boost-budget-revenue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-23/slovenia-plans-to-tax-second-homes-to-boost-budget-revenue</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovenian Parliament Rejects Ex-PM as Central-Bank Governor]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-22/slovenian-parliament-rejects-ex-pm-as-central-bank-governor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-22/slovenian-parliament-rejects-ex-pm-as-central-bank-governor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Bratanic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:40:29 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>