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Slovenia: Agriculture minister resigns over hotel bill
Podgorsek was in charge since 2020
20 April, 12:26
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, APR 20 - The Slovenian Agriculture
Minister Joze Podgorsek resigned today over a payment of a
weekend stay at an upscale hotel in Bohinj in January, the
Slovenian news agency STA reported on Wednesday.
The Slovenian media portal Necenzurirano reported that Podgorsek and his wife stayed at the hotel, owned by a Slovenian businessman, but did not pay a 800-euro bill, doing so only after being asked for comment this month. Necenzurirano "suggested the payment of the bill may have to do with KŽK, a company which owns farmland in Gorenjska and was until 2019 partly controlled by the hotel owner, who has since severed all formal ties with it", STA wrote today. "I am resigning exclusively due to the late payment of the bill," Podgorsek said today, quoted by STA.
Podgorsek, 48 years old, was named Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food in 2020 after holding the position of State Secretary in the same ministry. (ANSA).
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The Slovenian media portal Necenzurirano reported that Podgorsek and his wife stayed at the hotel, owned by a Slovenian businessman, but did not pay a 800-euro bill, doing so only after being asked for comment this month. Necenzurirano "suggested the payment of the bill may have to do with KŽK, a company which owns farmland in Gorenjska and was until 2019 partly controlled by the hotel owner, who has since severed all formal ties with it", STA wrote today. "I am resigning exclusively due to the late payment of the bill," Podgorsek said today, quoted by STA.
Podgorsek, 48 years old, was named Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food in 2020 after holding the position of State Secretary in the same ministry. (ANSA).
