Foreign Meddling Scandal Turns Slovenia Election Into a Toss-Up

Slovenia’s Prime Minister Robert Golob

Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg

Slovenia is heading into a tight election on Sunday as top contenders in the race trade accusations over a scandal involving alleged foreign interference in the campaign.

The final opinion pollBloomberg Terminal showed the party of a nationalist leader Janez Jansa — long seen as a favorite to win the vote — slipping behind the center-left party of Prime Minister Robert Golob, making the outcome too close to call.