Slovenia Slips Out of Recession

Ljubljana, 28 February - Slovenia has technically slipped out of recession as the country's GDP expanded by 2.1% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2013 after eight quarters of negative growth. The country's economy shrank by 1.1% in real terms in the whole of 2013, figures released by the Statistics Office indicate.

Ljubljana
Director of the National Statistics Office (SURS) Genovefa Ružič (left) and expert on national accounts Anže Podnar speaking to the press about the latest GDP and inflation figures, Slovenia out of recession.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Director of the National Statistics Office (SURS) Genovefa Ružič (left) and expert on national accounts Anže Podnar speaking to the press about the latest GDP and inflation figures, Slovenia out of recession.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Director of the National Statistics Office (SURS) Genovefa Ružič (left) and expert on national accounts Anže Podnar speaking to the press about the latest GDP and inflation figures, Slovenia out of recession.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Director of the National Statistics Office (SURS) Genovefa Ružič (left) and expert on national accounts Anže Podnar speaking to the press about the latest GDP and inflation figures, Slovenia out of recession.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Director of the National Statistics Office (SURS) Genovefa Ružič (left) and expert on national accounts Anže Podnar speaking to the press about the latest GDP and inflation figures, Slovenia out of recession.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana.
Investment, particularly in the construction sector, helped get Slovenia out of recession.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
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