The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has accepted the appeal of three Croatian savers from Ljubljanska Banka. A new trial has been scheduled for November 14. The final ruling will be decisive for all 130,000 Croatian savers who are claiming 250 million euros from Ljubljanska Banka.
Milivoje Žugić, the lawyer for the three savers of Ljubljanska Banka, and Jasminka Šekrst, the plaintiff against the Republic of Slovenia at the European Court of Human Rights, emphasized that a false impression has been created in the public that the issue of the debt of Ljubljanska Banka to Croatian savers will be resolved through bilateral agreements between Croatia and Slovenia.
They claim that Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša misled the public with such a statement after the Bled Conference. The truth, they emphasize, is that only the issue of so-called transferred savings will be resolved bilaterally. This does not include the 130,000 savers who retained their foreign currency savings in the accounts of Ljubljanska Banka. Šekrst pointed out that Slovenian representatives will attempt to turn the legal issue of human rights violations into a political issue regarding the debt of the Slovenian bank to the Republic of Croatia. The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will discuss the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Slovenia in November, which does not allow savers outside Slovenia to resolve disputes with Ljubljanska Banka before the Slovenian judiciary. Žugić emphasizes that there is no legal remedy against the decision of the Grand Chamber.
