The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs welcomes the final ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Alisic et al versus Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia regarding savings deposited with Ljubljanska Banka and Investbanka.
The Grand Chamber determined that certain rights under ECHR had been violated by Slovenia (Ljubljanska Banka) and Serbia (Investbanka). The ruling states that Slovenia is responsible for compensation to all Ljubljanska Banka depositors and that it should take all the necessary steps within a year, including amendments to the law, to arrange the repayment of foreign currency savings with interests to all depositors in the same legal position, under the same conditions as those that applied to Slovenian citizens.
We expect Slovenia, as a member of the EU, to respect the ruling and remove all legal obstacles to reimbursement, and as a majority owner of Ljubljanska Banka and Nova Ljubljanska Banka to push for prompt repayment of all savings with incurred interests.