Slovenia's annual inflation rate accelerated to 2.3% in April, up 0.3 percentage points on the month before, largely due to higher prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, data from the national Statistical Office shows.
The annual inflation rate has not been above 2% since May last year, when i
Delavska Hranilnica, a bank founded and majority owned by trade unions, is looking back at its best business year yet, posting double-digit growth in revenue, profit and total assets for 2024.
The bank, by its own accounts Slovenia's largest banking institution in majority domestic ownership, saw i
The Slovenian parliament has passed legislation that makes it easier to hire foreign workers in an effort to help businesses across multiple industries that struggle to fill labour shortages.
Changes to two laws governing how foreigners can be hired expand seasonal work, so far confined to agricult
After a record-breaking year for Slovenian tourism, visitor numbers and nights were slightly lower in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest official statistics.
Visitor numbers fell by 1.3% year-on-year to almost 897,400 and the number of nights spent at tourism accommodation faci
Pharmaceutical company Lek, part of the Swiss group Sandoz, has laid the foundation stone for a new medicines quality control laboratory in Lendava, NE Slovenia. Coming on top of a US$400 million investment under way at the site, the new €10 million investment will create about 40 new jobs.
The new
Spintec, the Nova Gorica-based developer, designer, producer, and supplier of electronic table games, has found a strategic partner in its German client Merkur to expand its business and grow its sales in the US.
Casino operator Merkur acquired a 30% stake in the Nova Gorica company in February aft
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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 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
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
