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The Revoz car assembly plant in Novo Mesto. Photo: Rasto Božič/STA
Revoz, the Slovenian subsidiary of the French car maker Renault, has been chosen to assemble the new Dacia city electric car, Renault CEO Luca de Meo has announced. The mini car, expected to be priced below €18,000, could hit the streets in mid-2026.
The car will be developed independently by Dacia
NLB bank's office tower in Ljubljana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Slovenia's banking group NLB posted a net profit of €514.6 million last year on €1.24 billion in net revenue. The profit figure marks a 7% decrease on the record earnings posted in 2023.
Releasing unaudited financials on 20 February, the bank described the past financial year as solid.
Net revenue
Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič and State Secretary Nikolina Prah announce a new retail bond issue. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
The Finance Ministry is planning a second retail bond issue in March after a successful €261 million maiden issue in February last year. Like the first time the bonds will have three-year maturity but the coupon rate will be slightly lower, at 2.75%.
Retail bonds are intended solely for individuals
Swiss francs. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
A judge at the Ljubljana Higher Court is in the spotlight after an investigative news portal has revealed that she has pressed charges against a bank over a loan she took out in Swiss francs, after having been involved in at least nine cases related to Swiss franc loans that were resolved in favour
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
Passengers from Ljubljana airport will be able to fly to 26 destinations on scheduled flights this summer season, which starts on 30 March, according to airport operator Fraport Slovenija. The flights will be operated by 24 airlines.
New carriers joining this season are KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and
Slovenia's economic growth slows. Photo: Hina/STA
Slovenia's economy grew by 1.6% in 2024, the slowest rate of growth since 2020, according to the initial estimate by the Statistical Office. Seasonally adjusted, the country's gross domestic product increased by 1.3%.
While final consumption expenditure, in particular government spending, had a pos
An EV charger. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
The Swiss group Landis+Gyr has announced it is withdrawing from EV charging infrastructure and will liquidate that part of the group, which affects the Škofljica-based EV charging stations maker, formerly known as Etrel and considered a leader in its field. The move puts 180 jobs at risk in Sloveni
Dagmar von Bohnstein, president of the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, presents Martina Perharič, a board member of Medis, with the German Economy Award. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Medis wins German Economy Award

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Medis, a company marketing medicines and medical devices, has won this year's German Economy Award, presented by the German-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the German Embassy and the IEDC Bled School of Management. This year the judging panel focused on good employers
A steel furnace. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
Slovenian steel and aluminium producers are concerned about the US's plan to impose a 25% tax on steel and aluminium imports next month, including on imports from the EU. The move is expected to further increase competitive pressure.
Slovenian companies exported just over €91 million of steel produ
Overhead power line. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
The governing coalition in the National Assembly has passed a bill to temporarily reduce electricity network charges for households after months of wrangling between the government and the independent energy market regulator over a new electricity network billing system.
The new system, introduced
Novartis' new viral vector production facility in Mengeš. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Swiss pharma company Novartis has inaugurated a new viral vector production facility in Mengeš north of Ljubljana, its first of this kind in Europe, in an investment valued at €40 million.
The facility, VIFA One, brings new technology in support of production of breakthrough cell and gene therapies
A section of the A1 motorway between Ljubljana and Koper. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA
Slovenia's motorway operator DARS posted a record €583 million in revenue last year, a 7% increase on the year before as tolling revenue went up by 5%. Net profit rose by 6% to €153 million.
Presenting the figures at a press conference in Ljubljana on 5 February, management board member David Skorn