Slovenia Eyes Chinese Capital with First-Ever ‘Panda Bond’ Issue

Slovenia is preparing to enter China’s domestic bond market for the first time, in a move designed to deepen financial ties with Beijing and diversify its sources of capital. The planned issue of so-called “panda bonds” — yuan-denominated debt...

Stock market index gains 0.39%

Ljubljana, 30 October - The SBI TOP index of blue chips on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange gained 0.39% to close at 2,477.95 points on Thursday as no blue chip posted a loss. The port operator Luka Koper was the largest gainer (2.24%), while the drug...

Enery, SmartPulse launch regional partnership for multi-market optimization

Enery Portfolio Optimization (EPO) – the licensed power trader of Enery managing a portfolio of over 750 MW of renewables assets and 700 MWh of battery capacity, will enhance its services through SmartPulse’s multi-market optimization platform,...

Galenika to acquire Slovenian company Sanofarm

Galenika AD Belgrade, Serbia, has notified the Commission for the Protection of Competition of North Macedonia of a concentration by which it will acquire full control of the Slovenian company Sanofarm doo, through the purchase and sale of shares....

Market positioning and growth opportunities of Italian Clementines in the European Market

When we talk about small citrus fruits, we are referring to a group that is fundamental to our market. However, examining the numbers in Italy (2025 data) reveals the clear frontrunner: the clementine. It accounts for an impressive 74.7% of the...

Economy, cohesion ministers discuss cooperation with Croatian counterparts

Zagreb, 28 October - Slovenian Economy Minister Matjaž Han and Cohesion and Regional Development Minister Aleksander Jevšek were in Zagreb on Tuesday, meeting their counterparts Ante Šušnjar and Oleg Butković, respectively. The ministers...

Lasting peace and recovery in Gaza depends on local participation, not just ceasefires

Two years into the Israeli war in Gaza, world leaders recently gathered in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to deliberate on a long-awaited peace plan to end the conflict. As part of this plan, both Israel and Hamas agreed to another ceasefire agreement —...

MPs discuss potential Croatian influence on national capital market

Ljubljana, 29 October - The Finance Committee has called on the government to examine the possibility of the Croatian financial agency FINA influencing the capital market by becoming the owner of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) through the...

SBI TOP stock market index down 0.87%

Ljubljana, 29 October - The SBI TOP index of blue chips on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange lost 0.87% to close at 2,468.33 points on Wednesday. Total turnover reached nearly EUR 3 million, with the drug maker Krka accounting for EUR 855,000, followed...

CoE recommends Slovenia to regulate municipality financing, simplify procedures

Strasbourg, 29 October - The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities on Wednesday discussed a report on the implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Slovenia. The findings are mostly positive, while recommendations...

Slovenia's FM arrives in Ukraine

Slovenian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon arrived in Lviv on a working visit at the invitation of her Ukrainian counterpart, Andriy Sybiha. “Minister Tanja Fajon begins her visit to Ukraine, where Russia continues its brutal...

Slovenia's Mass takes major step with takeover in Austria

In one of the biggest cross-border corporate moves by a Slovenian company to date, footwear retailer Mass and its majority owner, private equity fund Advance Capital Partners, have agreed to acquire Leder & Schuh, the Austrian company behind the...

Slovenian-Austrian business forum focuses on hydrogen tech, AI in medicine

Vienna, 23 October - Slovenian and Austrian companies are in a time of a technological transition, which is opening new business opportunities, heard the Slovenian-Austrian business forum held in Vienna on Thursday. The event aimed at...

International Bazaar 2025 at World Trade Center November 16

OMG - Gracie Go - The Philippine Star October 30, 2025 | 12:00am The International Bazaar Foundation, Inc. (IBF), in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Diplomatic and Consular Corps of the Philippines, and Spouses of the Heads...

Melania Trump’s Business Ventures That Didn’t Go As Planned

While Donald Trump's relationship with his kids includes his business empire in a big way, he's less interested in working alongside his significant other. As he once told ABC News, "Putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. If you're in...

Business sentiment rises for fourth straight month in October

Ljubljana, 27 October - Business sentiment in Slovenia improved for the fourth consecutive month in October, with the value of the indicator rising by 0.6 percentage points from September to stand at minus one percentage point, the Statistics...

Europe's Solar Surge Exposes Cracks In Aging Power Grid: Analysts

Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Europe’s solar power boom is putting huge pressure on electricity grids that were never built to handle this much renewable energy, say analysts. An aerial view taken with a...

FNE at Festival of Slovenian Film Portorož 2025: The Mountain Won’t Move

PORTOROŽ: Petra Seliškar’s long documentary The Mountain Won’t Move / Gora se ne bopremaknila screened in the competition of the 28th Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz, winning Best Director and Best Editor. This intimate portrait of young boys...

Energy, Infrastructure, and Civilians Targeted: Ukrainian Trade Unions Call for Solidarity

Today, October 22, in the Kyiv region, a Russian strike killed two adults, a 12-year-old girl, and a 6-month-old infant. At noon, Russia targeted a kindergarten in Kharkiv. Several children were injured. Russia has not escalated its terror by...

Stock market index adds 0.77% on mostly positive day

Ljubljana, 28 October - The SBI TOP benchmark index of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange added 0.77% to close at 2,489.91 points on Tuesday as the reinsurer Sava Re (-1.33%) was the only big name to post a loss. The drug maker Krka meanwhile added...