Connect

Help | Login | Join

Journalists arrested at gunpoint at NATO Summit in...

Pakistan jails doctor for 33 years who helped U.S.

Campaign 2012: Education emerges as pivotal issue

Romney's billionaire oil adviser gives almost a million...

Lolo Jones admits she is still a virgin

Facebook users beware - new virus spreading via...

New voter ID laws could cost Romney the election

Stanford researchers ‘program’ DNA with digital data

Michael McKean gets injured in car accident

Donald Driver takes home winner’s trophy on 'Dancing...

120 schoolgirls and 3 teachers poisoned in Afghanistan...

Morgan Stanley suspected of misleading investors...

Inventor of the remote control dies

Al-Qaeda video calls for ‘Electronic Jihad’ to launch...

PA State Senator resigns after being convicted of...

Bangladesh: Of laws, outlaws & the inlaws!

Iran, UN near deal on inspection of nuclear research...

American Idol: The Final Performances

Slovenia's Prime Minister: “I Can’t Make Ends Meet On My Salary!”

Ljubljana : Slovenia | Jun 11, 2010 at 3:53 PM PDT

By Ljubica Vujadinovic

3 2

"My monthly salary of €3000 doesn’t cover my expenses so I have to spend the money from my savings," the Prime Minister of Slovenia Borut Pahor told students at the conference on students’ rights.

The conference was initiated as the students protested against the government’s plan to limit their right to work and doubles the income tax rates - from 14 to 29.5%.

“I am the Prime Minister and I earn €3003 per month. I can’t make ends meet, so I am spending the savings I earned before. So you are not the only ones who are struggling, it happens even to the Prime Minister.” Pahor said.

The average salary in Slovenia in March was €967, and the unemployment rate 10.6 per cent.

The Slovenian economy, which is highly dependent on export, dropped for 7.8% last year due to a global crisis.

“What does the Prime Minister think about 30000 students whose parents are either unemployed or are living on the edge of poverty .How do they survive?” asked Katja Soba, the President of Slovenian Students’ Association reacting on Pahor’s complaints.

Source: Srna News Agency

The original article in Serbian can be found at mondo.rs

1 of 1

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor

Ljubica Vujadinovic is based in Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia, and is a Stringer for Allvoices.

Report Credibility

Credibility
Reach

READ MORE: Slovenia, Prime Minister, Pahor, students, salary, unemployment, income tax, Poverty

More News From: Ljubljana : Slovenia

News Stories

Relevant | Recent | Oldest

Hariri chairs meeting on Lebanese University’s teachers demands

NOW Lebanon

Prime Minister Saad Hariri chaired a meeting at the Grand Serial on Monday of the ministerial committee tasked with studying a draft law on the retirement salaries of the Lebanese University's teachers, according to a statement issued by the PM's...
Pakistan?s foreign policy meant to promote peace: Gilani

pakistantimes

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said the foreign policy of Pakistan should be calibrated to promote peace in the region, cultivate friendly relations with all the nations and enhance exports. The Prime Minister was talking to Shah Mahmood...
Bosnian party officials expected in Belgrade

B92

Serbian President Boris Tadi will meet with speaker of the Bosnia-Herzegovina House of Peoples Sulejman Tihi in Belgrade on Tuesday. Tihi, leader of the Muslim Party of Democratic Action (SDA), will head the SDA delegation during its two-day visit to...
PM intervenes in Bhopal gas tragedy case

Rediff

Following protests by victims and activists in the wake of the Bhopal case verdict, the PM formed a GoM, which is being headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram [ Images ], to examine all issues and suggest actions to be taken by the government. Retired...
The wrong medicine for a bad economy

Salon

AP Photo/Andrew Parsons British Prime Minister David Cameron Brad DeLong points to a BBC article reporting that British business confidence has plummeted precipitously since the new government started talking about severe spending cuts that would be "...

Blogs

Slovenian PM tells students his salary is too low | www.bullfax.com

www.bullfax.com

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor told a group of students on Friday he could barely make it through the month with his salary and had to use savings, Slovenian media reported."I'm the head of government. My monthly salary is 3002 ...