Business
STA, 5 July 2018 - Drug maker Krka posted a net profit of EUR 101.4m for the first half of the year, up 11%, on the back of sales that reached an all-time high of EUR 680.5m, an increase of 4% on the year before, the company revealed at Thursday's annual general meeting.
STA, 5 July 2018 - The Slovenian central bank has upgraded the outlook for the Slovenian economy for 2019. It predicts that GDP will expand by 4.6% this year, up from its winter forecast of 4.2%, with growth slowing to 3.9% next year and 3.4% in 2020.
STA, 5 July 2018 - Uroš Rotnik, the former boss of the Šoštanj coal-fired power station (TEŠ), will take a pre-trial hearing at the Celje District Court on Friday, with the indictment charging him with tampering with evidence and stealing the documents in which he had reported his assets from the Financial Administration (FURS).
STA, 4 July 2018 - Outgoing Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek said as he commented on today's vote on a settlement between the Croatian conglomerate Agrokor and its creditors that Mercator, as a part of the group, needed a stable and strong owner which would be able to support the needed development measures at the largest Slovenian retailer.
STA, 4 July 2018 - The north-eastern Pomurje region will get EUR 41.2m in development funds for 19 projects worth a total of EUR 53.5m under an agreement signed by the Pomurje Development Council and the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology on Wednesday.
STA, 4 July 2018 - A contract was signed on Wednesday for EUR 2m in state subsidies for a EUR 9.3m logistics centre the orchid grower Ocean Orchids plans to build in Dobrovnik (NE). Medicop, the Murska Sobota manufacturer of medical equipment and ambulances, will meanwhile get EUR 900,000 for a EUR 6.6m new warehouse and development hub.
STA, 2 July 2018 - The European system of innovation indicators shows Slovenia has stayed a "strong innovator" and the leader among the younger members of the EU.
STA, 29 June 2018 - Slovenia recorded EUR 60m or 0.6% of GDP in general government surplus in the first three months of the year, the Statistics Office reported on Friday. Consolidated general government gross debt meanwhile increased by 1.5 points to 75.1% of GDP.
STA, 29 June 2018 - Slovenia's foreign trade continued its fast-paced growth in the first quarter of 2018, with external trade surplus reaching EUR 676m or 6.4% of GDP, the Statistics Office said on Friday. In the first three months of last year, it stood at EUR 566m or 5.7% of GDP.
STA, 28 June - The Chinese-owned Hisense Luxembourg Home Appliance Holding has acquired a 62.46% stake in household appliance maker Gorenje in a takeover bid between 29 May and 26 June. The firm now owns 95.42% in Gorenje, as it had acquired 32.96% of the company's shares before the bid was published.
