STA, 4 July 2018 - Outgoing Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek said as he commented on today's vote on a settlement between the Croatian conglomerate Agrokor and its creditors that Mercator, as a part of the group, needed a stable and strong owner which would be able to support the needed development measures at the largest Slovenian retailer. 

Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Thursday, 5 July 2018, as prepared by the STA: 

Fans of sport climbing are in for a treat this weekend, with another leg of the Climbing World Cup being held at Villars, Switzerland, from Friday to Sunday, featuring both speed (Friday) and lead (Saturday) events, with two Slovenes near the top. 

STA, 4 July 2018 - The north-eastern Pomurje region will get EUR 41.2m in development funds for 19 projects worth a total of EUR 53.5m under an agreement signed by the Pomurje Development Council and the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology on Wednesday. 

STA, 4 July 2018 - A contract was signed on Wednesday for EUR 2m in state subsidies for a EUR 9.3m logistics centre the orchid grower Ocean Orchids plans to build in Dobrovnik (NE). Medicop, the Murska Sobota manufacturer of medical equipment and ambulances, will meanwhile get EUR 900,000 for a EUR 6.6m new warehouse and development hub. 

Eurobarometer recently published the results of an EU-wide survey of attitudes towards the EU, with a focus on next year’s European Parliament elections, so we took a look inside to see how the Slovenian opinion was summarised. The full results, in PDF form, can be found here. 

After Germany’s decision to set up migrant centres on its border with Austria, and Austria’s decision to strengthen its borders with Italy and Slovenia, several Slovenian newspapers commented on the situation. 

Below is a review of the headlines in Slovenian dailies for Wednesday, 4 July 2018,as prepared by the STA: 

STA, 3 July 2018 - A fire broke out on Tuesday morning in Hotel Union in the centre of Ljubljana, and has not yet been put out. Some 100 persons have been evacuated from the four-star hotel, but no-one was injured, the Ljubljana Police department said. 

STA, 2 July - The Inspectorate for the Environment and Spatial Planning is investigating a Croatian mussel farm in the Bay of Piran, which has expanded in just over a year across the Slovenian-Croatian national border as defined by the border arbitration.