Addressing the national ceremony on the eve of Resistance Day in Trbovlje on Wednesday, parliamentary Speaker Milan Brglez pointed out that freedom was not just a given but had been fought for. With freedom also comes responsibility, he added.
The upper chamber of parliament vetoed on Wednesday the bill on a rail upgrade between the port of Koper and the inland hub of Divača, returning it to the National Assembly where it now must garner an absolute majority of votes to be re-confirmed.
The arbitration tribunal deliberating on the border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia on Wednesday declared the hearings closed and announced it planned to render the award in the coming months.
The Bank Asset Management Company (BAMC), the state-owned bad bank, generated EUR 369.2m in revenue from asset management and reached a 9.5% return on equity last year. It however ended the year with a net loss of EUR 7.8m, according to the audited report published on Wednesday.
Slovenia's largest retailer Mercator posted a EUR 72.7m loss for 2016, mostly on account of higher investments and impairments on claims to Agrokor group companies. Despite the steep loss, CEO Tomislav Čizmić remains buoyant, stressing that the company is stable and has been gaining market share, which will be crucial as the Agrokor story unfolds.
In Slovenia, 45% of the population was in employment last year and employment has been increasing in recent years, mainly due to positive economic trends, the Statistics Office said ahead of Labour Day. Labour Minister Anja Kopač Mrak finds trends in the employment of youth particularly encouraging.
Slovenia's largest retailer Mercator posted a EUR 72.7m loss for 2016 that it attributes to higher investments and impairments. Revenue declined by 4.5% to EUR 2.49bn, shows the annual report released on Wednesday.
The government has adopted the annual National Reform Programme and Stability Programme, documents it needs to submit to the European Commission by the end of the month that contain its economic and financial plans.