On the occasion of Universal Children's Day, the newspaper Večer says in Thursday's commentary that for Slovenia to take care of all its children equally, it should ensure a balanced regional development and empower and recapitalise schools.

Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS), government and the education and research sector signed in Ljubljana on Wednesday a formal statement aiming at supporting their cooperation in developing Slovenia into an economically successful and knowledge- and added value-based society.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) hosted its annual summit in Ljubljana on Wednesday, expressing satisfaction with the achievements of companies in recent years but also hearing calls for cooperation in the search for answers to the remaining developmental challenges.

Slovenia's draft budgetary plans for next year contain risks that could lead to non-compliance with EU budget rules, the European Commission said on Wednesday, adding the country might still end up complying with the rules considering the high degree of uncertainty in output gap estimates.

The National Review Commission has annulled a public call to procure EUR 1.1 billion worth of drugs for Slovenian public pharmacies in four years because the call did not allow bidding based on the lowest price.

The general meeting of Russian-owned steel maker SIJ decided on Wednesday to earmark EUR 10 million out of EUR 44 million in distributable profit for dividends, which amounts to 10.34 euro per share. The rest of the distributable profit will remain undistributed, the company said.

The Ljubljana Stock Exchange remained relatively busy on Wednesday, recording a total turnover of EUR 1.7 million, more than half of which was accounted for by Petrol. The energy trader lost 0.84%, a key factor in the SBI TOP blue chip index closing 0.26% lower.