Slovenia's GDP Down 7.8% in 2009

Ljubljana, 1 March - Slovenia's economy grew 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009 but it shrank by 5.5% year-on-year. At the annual level the economy contracted by 7.8%, Slovenia's Statistics Office said Monday. This is the first annual drop in GDP since 1992 and the steepest decline in the eurozone, according to provisional Eurostat data.