Category Archives: Business and Economy

According to the Statistics Service, as of July 2019, 2,089,310 people live in Slovenia. Over this year, the country’s population has increased by 19,260 people. Over the past 2 years, an increase made about 30 thousand people, according to the Statistics Service. Besides natural growth, migration also plays a significant role in the population growth.

On Monday, 28 October 2019, a Lufthansa airplane landed in the Brnik Airport for the first time in the airport’s 55-year history. The Lufthansa Group companies will now perform flights between Ljubljana, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, and Brussels. In total, the Lufthansa Group provides 3,600 seats on 34 flights per week. As Permanent Deputy Ambassador of

Slovenes spend an average of 1,050 EUR per year on food for home cooking. These data were published by the country’s statistics service on 16 October on the International Food Day. According to the agency, last year, the Slovenian consumer on average used 152 kg of fruit, 126 kg of bakery products, 117 kg of

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