Weekly Review of Slovenian Business & Economy from 4 to 11 March

Ljubljana, 12 March - The European Commission officially granted Slovenia's request for an individual convergence assessment of the country's readiness to join the eurozone which should be ready in May. Meanwhile, a new valuation of Zavarovalnica Triglav puts the insurer's value at EUR 508.4m, more than double the sum of a previous valuation which had been the basis for the launch of the privatisation of Slovenia's largest insurer in 2003. The country also published its preliminary GDP growth figure, which stood at 3.9% in 2005.