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A mockup of the Emonika complex, which will feature the first Tribe Hotel in Slovenia. Photo: Emonika

First Tribe hotel to open in Slovenia

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The first of the two hotels planned at an emerging commercial complex next to Ljubljana's future passenger terminal is to open at the end of 2027 under the Australian brand Tribe.
Built by Mendota Invest, a company owned by the Hungarian bank OTP, Emonika will feature two hotels, a shopping centre,
Fuel nozzles at a service station. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Fuel prices in Slovenia will drop to more than 12-month lows on 23 April. Regular petrol sold off the motorway network will come 7.8 cents cheaper, at €1.417 per litre, and the price of diesel will be marked down by 8.1 cents to €1.443 per a litre.
The new prices, which apply until 5 May, were anno
Bitcoin crypto currency. Photo: dpa/STA
Slovenia plans to tax profits from cryptocurrency trading by extending the currently applicable capital gains tax to all crypto assets, turning Slovenia from a crypto tax haven into a high-tax jurisdiction.
The country does not currently have any tax on individual crypto holdings, but under a propo
A seamstress making garments for Slovenian apparel company Lelosi. Photo courtesy of the company
A major Slovenian apparel brand best known for upmarket leggings has decided to move a part of its production from China to Slovenia, a rare boost for the country's ailing textile industry.
Lelosi, a direct-to-consumer brand, will produce certain pieces in Murska Sobota starting with Bermuda shorts
A ceremony held as Eurowings launches scheduled flights between Düsseldorf and Ljubljana. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Eurowings, the low-cost airline affiliated with the German Lufthansa Group, has launched scheduled flights between Ljubljana and Düsseldorf. Passengers will be able to fly between the cities three times a week as well as benefit from Eurowings' connecting flights.
Ljubljana airport welcomed the arr
The Terme Tuhelj spa after renovation. Photo: Terme Tuhelj
Terme Tuhelj, a Slovenian-owned spa resort on the Croatian side of the border, has reopened after a €27 million renovation partly funded by the EU as further investment is in the pipeline.
"The completed investment in Terme Tuhelj is the largest in the company's history. To our knowledge it's also
Officials present Slovenia's Expo 2025 Osaka showcase project. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Slovenia will feature as one of 160 countries at the Expo 2025 show in Osaka, Japan between 13 April and 13 October 2025. Although it will not have its own pavilion, the country will showcase innovative solutions in the fields of green transition, local self-sufficiency and smart industry.
"Expo 20
Genialis co-founders Rafael Rosengarten and Miha Štajdohar, serving as CEO and CTO, respectively. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA
Embracing the promise of AI as an aid in cancer research, Slovenian-US biotech firm Genialis is addressing a key challenge in cancer treatment, the lack of reliable biological markers to predict how patients will respond to therapy, with an advanced AI model, developed from analysing over a million
Matevž Vuga (centre), the director of warehousing and logistics at the consumer electronics retailer Big Bang, receives the 2024 Logistician of the Year award from the Slovenian Logistics Association. Photo: Slovenian Logistics Association
Logistics is a key industry in Europe but it faces headwinds amidst growing geopolitical uncertainty. It needs to adapt quickly, and state support is essential, argued speakers at Supply Chains in Science and Practice, a major international congress on logistics, which got under way on 2 April.
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The KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Embraer 190, which will operate the Ljubljana-Amsterdam route. Photo courtesy of Fraport
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched daily flights between Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and Amsterdam's Schiphol, initially for the summer but with plans to make it a year-round service.
The service is codeshared with Air France and Delta. The majority of the flights will be operated by a 100-sea
Boxmark Leather production site in Varaždin, Croatia. Photo: Hina/STA
Boxmark Leather, a former giant that is primarily known for manufacturing seat covers, has announced it is venturing into the defence industry amidst a growing push in Europe to beef up its defence capabilities.
In collaboration with one of its existing customers, the company has begun developing p
The headquarters of the Ministry of Finance. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
Slovenia's parliament has endorsed legislation that loosens the constitutionally-imposed debt brake following last year's overhaul of fiscal rules at EU level.
Under the recently revised EU fiscal rules, fiscal policy should focus on the medium-term path and core expenditure, rather than multi-year