Business
STA, 7 August 2018 - The European Commission approved the acquisition of Slovenian household manufacturer Gorenje by China's Hisense Group on Tuesday, finding the takeover would raise no competition concerns.
STA, 6 August 2018 - Slovenia's second city will soon end up without the sole scheduled air link after the Belgian carrier VLM Airlines decided to scrap flights to Munich due to insufficient demand.
STA, 5 August 2018 - The Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) and Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) own significant tourism assets between them. Several proposals have been floated regarding the management of these assets and it appears that at least for now, all options remain on the table.
STA, 3 August 2018 – Turkish contractor Cengiz Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret has been selected to build the Slovenian section of the second tube of the eight-kilometre Karavanke motorway tunnel linking Slovenia and Austria.
STA, 2 August 2018 - Last year was a record year for the Slovenian real estate market, with some 36,000 deals being made, according to a report by the Surveying and Mapping Authority. Sales reached EUR 2.3bn in total, matching the record amount from 2007.
STA, 2 August 2018 - The French-owned financial company SKB Group started the year on a positive note, generating EUR 24.4m in net profit in the first six months of the year, which is 9.3% more than in the same period of 2017. Net revenue of the banking group was up 3.2% to EUR 55.7m.
STA, 1 August - Dnevnik and Večer, Slovenia's leading newspaper publishers, announced a merger on Wednesday, after they have applied for regulatory approvals from the Culture Ministry and the Competition Protection Agency.
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STA, 30 July 2018 - The government has given consent to Luka Koper, the operator of Slovenia's sole maritime port Koper, to build a new mooring for vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo, also called RORO (roll-on/roll-off) ships. The EUR 8.83m investment is expected to be completed in 2021.
STA, 26 July 2018 - The Slovenian budget recorded a significant surplus in the second half of the year, indicating that the pace of fiscal consolidation will be faster than originally planned.
HETA Asset Resolution, a wind-down corporation ultimately owned by the Republic of Austria, is handling the sale of Delamaris, a prime touristic development project located next to the ancient fishing and trading port of Izola. It’s a town full of art galleries, artisan stores, cafés and gourmet restaurants, and one that still remains a relatively undiscovered tourist destination on the Adriatic.
