Brussels, 25/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 24 August, the European Commission decided to authorise the extension until 31 December 2010 of the liquidity support scheme adopted by Slovenia in favour of banks. The extended regime provides an increase in the premiums to be paid by banks in order to benefit from loads issues by the state, in order to encourage the banks to fund themselves without assistance from the public authorities and thereby to limit competition distortions.
The...