Slovenia could need a bail-out, finance minister admits Janez Sustersic told reporters that while Slovenia's banking system was currently "manageable with our own resources" and there was no "need to ask for EU help," he added that "if the problems of banks turn out to be bigger, if it turns out we were not aware of some of them or if new risks appear, then maybe down the road, asking for help can't be ruled out." Prime minister Janez Jansa has warned that Slovenia risks a "Greek scenario," but that the government is "doing everything to find a solution" and avoid a bail-out. Earlier this week, Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), Slovenia's largest bank, successfully strengthened its capital buffers to meet the European regulator's capital requirements via an injection of state funding. Slovenia had to pump €382.9m (£305m) into NLB after Belgian lender KBC, its second largest shareholder, decided not to subscribe to a new share issue.