A day before the media blackout sets in for Saunday's referendum on the second rail track between the port of Koper and the inland hub Divača, port employees expressed their objections to the government's plan publicly for the first time.
Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH), which manages capital investments directly or indirectly owned by the state and settles liabilities related to denationalisation and damages, posted a EUR 42.5m net profit in the first half of 2017, more than doubling the net profit in the same period last year.
The Slovenian minority in Italy has expressed dissatisfaction with Italy's new attempt to overhaul its electoral legislation. Minority representatives say that under the latest draft bill, the community will not be sufficiently represented in the two chambers of the Italian parliament.
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal on a point of law by former Pivovarna Laško boss Boško Šrot, who is serving a prison sentence in a case concerning the financing of the 2008-2009 leveraged management buyout of the beverage group, and by company Atka Prima, which was used as the buyout vehicle by Šrot.
Most parliamentary parties said on Friday they supported PM Miro Cerar's decision to cancel a meeting with his Croatian counterpart scheduled for next week in Zagreb after Andrej Plenković used his address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday to present Croatia's view on the Slovenian-Croatia border arbitration.
President Borut Pahor has labelled as unacceptable Croatia's "stubborn insistence" that it will not honour the decision of the border arbitration tribunal but said Slovenia needed to pursue dialogue nevertheless.
The SBI TOP index on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange lost 0.26% to 799.42 points in mixed trading on Friday. Port operator Luka Koper (+1.3% to EUR 30.60) and insurer Zavarovalnica Triglav (+1.2% to EUR 28) were the standout performers, albeit on meagre volumes. Total turnover was low as well, at less than half a million euro.