News

22 june 2015

Ljubljana, 22 June - Slovenia will join a number of other European countries in using average speed cameras to discourage speeding on its motorways. A trial system is expected to be launched on its busiest motorway in the coming weeks.

22 june 2015

Thorntons shares rose more than 42% after Italian chocolate maker Ferrero International made a bid for the firm.

19 june 2015

Slovenian Day at the Expo 2015 exhibition in Milan started on Friday with the address by PM Miro Cerar, who said that Slovenia's ambitious and daring presentation at the exhibition promoted the country's natural assets and environmental efforts.

19 june 2015

The House of Representatives has approved a controversial trade bill backed by President Obama, just a week after Democrats voted it down.

18 june 2015

Milan, 18 June - Agriculture, Forestry and Food Minister Dejan Židan will visit the ongoing Milan World Exposition on Thursday as part of a tour by around 40 Slovenian food and wood companies who will be looking for business opportunities.

16 june 2015

Bled - The second edition of the Bled Film Festival (BFF) will get under way at the lakeside town on Tuesday with an international conference on water, followed by a red-carpet opening ceremony in the evening.

16 june 2015

In a defiant speech on the Greek debt crisis Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused the country's creditors of being obsessed with cuts, which he claims is a political ideology.

15 june 2015

Slovenian exporting companies generated a profit of EUR 1.34bn in 2014 on top of EUR 53.05bn in sales revenues, a report by business analysis firm Bisnode shows. The 17,628 exporters represent over a quarter of all companies in the country and employ 261,000.