The good cooperation between Slovenia and Serbia, including in politics and business, was praised as foreign ministers Karl Erjavec and Ivica Dačič met in Ljubljana on Wednesday.

Lidia Glavina, the incumbent acting chairman of the Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH), was appointed on Wednesday for a full four-year term at the helm of the custodian of state assets.

Slovenia is still among the countries that face economic imbalances, but these imbalances are not excessive and the country has been making headway in several areas towards improving fiscal sustainability, the European Commission said on Wednesday as it released its latest review of member states' economies.

An agreement between the Slovenian and Croatian bad banks whose absence was the main obstacle to the privatisation of car industry supplier Cimos appears to be within reach. The contract could be "signed shortly," the Economy Ministry told the STA on Wednesday.