Category Archives: Business and Economy

In recent years, the capital of Slovenia – Ljubljana – has experienced a heyday of investment and a real construction boom. New commercial facilities, hotels and residential complexes are being built in the city. The residential real estate objects of comfort class are being built particularly actively. The average cost per one square metre in

Iskra Mehanizm has launched a 30-million investment project in the business area near Brnik Airport. The project involves the construction of a new production complex with an area of 20 thousand square meters, which will manufacture medical products and new products for the automotive industry. This was stated by the Head of Iskra Mehanizmi Marjan

On Thursday, 25 July 2019, the Port of Luka Koper launched the work on expanding the first pier. This major infrastructure project is designed to ensure the further development of the port and increase its international competitiveness. The project envisages the construction of an operational pier with a length of 98.5 metres and a width

During the first four months of 2019, the commodity exchange between Slovenia and Serbia amounted to over 531 million euros. The volume of export amounted to over 316 million euros, and import – over 215 million euros. The foreign trade balance surplus amounted to 101.07 million euros. The updated data for January–April 2019 has been

On 12 July 2019, a meeting of Samara business representatives with entrepreneurs from Slovenia was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Samara Region, the Russian Federation. The main purpose of the visit was the development of cooperation between enterprises of the Samara Region and the Slovenian business community. The delegation included

The volume of export in the first half of 2019 amounted to 955,232 EUR, and the volume of import – 568,078 EUR (total trade turnover indicator makes 1,523,311,000 EUR). The trade surplus is 387,154 EUR. This is reported by the Statistics Service. The main export categories (total data for 2018) include mineral fuels, petroleum and

As of the end of June 2019, 70,747 people were registered with the Slovenian Employment Service, which is 1,300 less than in May 2019 and 4,200 less than in June 2018. According to Eurostat, in May 2019, the unemployment rate in Slovenia decreased by 4.4%. In the first half of 2019, an average of 76,100

Slovenia will expand cooperation with Russia in a number of information and communication technology fields, including 5G, information security, smart cities, and e-government. The participants of the 15th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Slovenian Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation agreed on this issue. The event took place in Bled on 13–14 June 2019.

On Thursday, 13 June 2019, the Japanese company Panasonic launched its first training centre in Slovenia. The launching ceremony was attended by the Minister of Economic Development and Technologies Zdravko Počivalšek, the Japanese Ambassador Masaru Yoshida, the Mayor of the Municipality of Hoče-Slivnica Marko Soršak, representatives of Panasonic, Slovenian and foreign investors of commercial objects,

The latest data from Statistics Service is published in Slovenia. According to the published information, the total number of the employed population in the country in the first quarter of 2019 was 978 thousand people, which is 1.5% more than in the same period of 2018. The number of employed persons increased by 2.5%, and