The Croatian retailer Studenac has signed a contract to purchase the Šentjur-based grocery chain Kea as it seeks to enter the Slovenian retail market. The deal still has to be cleared by the Slovenian market regulator.

The price of regular petrol sold outside the Slovenian motorway network increased by 3.5 cents to EUR 1.514 per litre on Tuesday, while the price of diesel went up by 2.1 cents to EUR 1.528 per litre, after the government raised fuel retailers' margins late last night. The price of heating oil increased by 0.1 cents to EUR 1,146 per litre.