STA, 31 August 2018 - Driven by external trade, Slovenia's economy expanded by 3.8% in the second quarter over the same period a year ago, while the seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 4.3% year-on-year and by 0.8% from the previous quarter, the Statistics Office (SURS) reported. 

STA, 30 August 2018 - Responding to tax policy changes announced in the new coalition agreement, successful exhaust maker Akrapovič said on Thursday it would immediately spend its entire accumulated profit on dividends and investments in "more predictable business environments". 

STA, 30 August 2018 - After acquiring the household appliances manufacturer Gorenje, China's Hisense is planning to build a TV manufacturing plant in Velenje, Slovenia, in an investment that Gorenje CEO Franjo Bobinac says will create several hundred new jobs. 

STA, 30 August 2018 - The Slovenia-based air carrier Adria Airways reported on Thursday an 8.6% rise in passenger numbers for the first half of the year. 

STA, 29 August 2018 - The national motorway company, DARS, reported on Wednesday EUR 64.9m in net profit for the first six months, a 6% year-on-year increase. Revenue also increased by 6% to EUR 225.2m. 

STA, 28 August 2018 - Slovenian banks generated EUR 322.9m in pre-tax profit in the first half of the year, a 26.5% year-on-year increase. Profit after taxes was up 25.3% to EUR 295.7m. The total assets of the banking system rose by more than EUR 0.5bn to EUR 38.5bn, shows Banka Slovenije's report released on Tuesday. 

STA, 28 August 2018 - Analysing the new coalition agreement, the business paper Finance takes particular issue with the plan to "include personal revenue from capital and rents into the base for calculating personal income tax". "Šarec's people feel entitled to up to 50% of your gains even though they contributed noting and took on no risk," the paper says on Tuesday. 

STA, 27 August 2018 - The Slovenian-based bitcoin-mining marketplace NiceHash has so far managed to reimburse its clients 60% of some 4,700 bitcoins stolen in a hack last December, which at the time were worth some EUR 56m. 

STA, 24 August 2018 - Slovenia's energy group Petrol saw its half-year net earnings increase by 15% year-on-year to EUR 39.1m as sales revenue rose by 13% to EUR 2.43bn, which the company said was mainly due to higher oil prices. 

STA, 24 August 2018 - Household appliance maker Gorenje reported on Friday a 3.5% drop in half-year sales revenue at group level to EUR 602.3m and a net profit of EUR 400,000, which is about a tenth of that in the same period last year.