CORRECTION: $Yield on Slovenian Bonds Continues to Fall$

Ljubljana, 01 February (STA) - Please note that the surcharge for

Slovenia's bonds in comparison to German bonds was 0.17 points lower than

on Tuesday and not 1.17 points as wrongly stated. Below is the corrected

version of the copy.

Yield on Slovenian Bonds Continues to Fall

The yield on Slovenian

10-year bonds continued to fall on Wednesday, dropping to 6.26% by midday,

which is 0.17 percentage points less than on Tuesday, according to data by

the NLB bank.

The drop, following two months of hovering around the

7% yield ceiling, comes after the prolonged government formation process in

Slovenia ended as parliament endorsed Janez Janša of the Democrats (SDS)

as PM-elect on Saturday.

Today's drop for Slovenia was accompanied by

a falling yield on comparable bonds for some of the vulnerable eurozone

states, with Italy's for instance sliding 0.22 points to 5.55% and Spain's

from 0.15 points to 4.54%.

The yield on the 10-year German bond,

considered the safest in Europe, remained unchanged at 1.83% at noon today,

which means that the surcharge for Slovenia was at 4.43 percentage points,

down 0.17 points from Tuesday.