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Alenka Bratusek became Slovenia's first woman PM last year (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

EU elections to test Slovenia's handling of crisis

A year ago mass demonstrations broke out in almost all Slovenian cities and many towns.

During these demonstrations against the then right-wing government, corruption and austerity measures, an organized group of black-clothed men – something Slovenia had never seen before – marched with covered faces into the crowd that was gathered in the capital city of Ljubljana.\n \nSporting slogans like "Against EU servants", the men started throwing torches and home-made explosives into the crowd...

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