Category Archives: Business and Economy

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

On Monday, 27 May 2019, Slovenske Železnice signed an agreement with the Swiss company Stadler to purchase 26 additional passenger trains. Taking into account a similar contract signed last year, 52 passenger trains were ordered for a total amount of 320 million euros without VAT. The first testing of the purchased trains will take place

The SAP, RLS Merilna tehnika and Droga Kolinska companies are the best employers in Slovenia. On Thursday, 28 March 2019, the Dnevnik Media House held an awarding ceremony for the winners of the Twelfth Zlata Nit Media Project at the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre. The project partners were the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Policy and

On Monday, 11 March, Slovenian Minister of Agriculture Aleksandra Pivec and Acting Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Olga Trofimtseva met in Ljubljana. During the meeting, the parties discussed cooperation between the countries, including the recent takeover of the poultry meat producer Perutnina Ptuj by the Ukrainian company MPKh, which is planned to be set as

Many pupils and students are interested in what professions will feature good prospects after their graduation. The Adecco HR Agency identifies the following industries of the future professions: science, technology, technical sciences, and mathematics; computer engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence; health care and medicine; digital media; environmental protection, alternative energy sources and sustainable production. The

On Tuesday, 12 February 2019, the Ukraine-Slovenia Business Forum took place in Kyiv. Its programme included a plenary session, which highlighted the immediate prospects and priority areas of bilateral economic cooperation, the conditions for doing business in Ukraine and Slovenia, the experience of integrating the Slovenian economy into a single EU market, the business climate

On 12-14 February 2019, the B2B Robotics and UAV Fair will be held at the Economic Expo Centre in Ljubljana. Exhibitors from Slovenia and countries of Central and Eastern Europe will take part in the fair. The event is held with the aim of presenting the latest technologies of industrial robotics and robotics in the