Ramadani has claimed that he was dismissed from his civil service job in Kosovo due to his support for Kosovar independence. He then fled to Slovenia in 1991, chased out of Kosovo by Slobodan Milošević's secret police according to the Financial Times,Patriotism and profits in Kosovo. Financial Times, 18 February 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2015. and arrived there penniless and unable to speak the language. In Slovenia, he and his wife Hazbije Ramadani founded the oil products-trading company Salbatring International which specialises in trading oil-related financial derivatives. He is presidentHome. Salbatring International. Retrieved 9 November 2015. and Hazbije was the vice president. The firm was named after the couple's first three daughters.History. Salbatring International. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
