Investment environment in Slovenia
Who is an investor? The general picture we notice is that being an investor is a full-time job with an office and an "investor" name plate on the door. The truth is that every single company or person who has extra money to spare can be an investor. There is no need to go as far as China, for investors can already be found a few kilometres across the border. Thus, the question is why only a few make the mistake of knocking on the Slovenian door. Considering that the interest rates are the lowest in history, there is a lot of money moving around globally and looking for placement. As legal security and protection of an investment is of the utmost importance in making the decision, the main problem we see is the lack of liability. The second thing are the marketing quality and innovative potential of the projects as the investment opportunity has to be sold at the end. For the past two years, the Luxembourg-Slovenian Business Club has been systematically mediating between all the parties involved. We encourage foreigners to consider Slovenia a good place for investment as we believe the situation is better and improving despite the general perception in the world. At the same time, we have been advising investment seekers on how they should prepare their projects. There is still a lot to be done and, hopefully, our politicians will read this article.