Ljubljana blues

As we are playing against them this evening (no, as far as I can see, it's not on telly), I thought that football fans might want to know:

Slovenia's economy shrank by 2.8% on a year-on-year basis in the last three months of 2011, data just released showed.  That follows a 0.5% contraction in the previous quarter, making Slovenia one of several eurozone countries in recession.

Shame.  Nice place, Slovenia.  I once spent a happy long weekend in Ljubljana ...