Annual Inflation Hits 2.8% in December

Ljubljana, 29 December - The Slovenian consumer price index added 0.4% in December, taking the annual inflation rate to 2.8%, up from 2.3% in November. Prices of services went up by 1%, while goods were 0.2% dearer, the National Statistics Office said on Friday. Annual inflation outpaced that recorded in 2005 by 0.5 percentage points.