Pro-EU lawmakers congratulate Slovenia's hard-right prime minister on his defeat

Left and liberal pro-EU lawmakers have hailed the defeat of Slovenia's rightwing populist prime minister, Janez Jana, to a political insurgent who has promised to return the country to "normalcy."

Robert Golob, a political newbie who established his Freedom Movement in January, received roughly 35 per cent of the vote with practically all ballots counted. He is set to establish a government with the assistance of smalle....