Globalisation of the economy has been put at a tough test by the coronavirus outbreak in China, the newspaper Večer says in Friday's commentary, wondering whether it is time for well-paid managers and strategists to realise that it is perhaps not wise to bet only on one horse.

Following reports that North Macedonian police have discovered one kilo of cocaine in a Derby banana shipment, the brand's owner, Slovenian company Rastoder said it was the target of a criminal cartel.

Slovenia's largest bank, NLB saw its group net profit decrease by 5% to EUR 193.6 million last year. Unaudited report, released on Thursday, also shows that the core bank's profit rose by 6.5% to EUR 176.1 million.

The government has adopted a decree establishing a public company which will be the sole provider of maritime piloting services in the port of Koper, and which will be operated by Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH), the state asset custodian.

Waste collecting utility companies across Slovenia are buckling under more than 16,000 tonnes of packaging waste. Their representatives urged the government on Thursday to take action, but the minister in charge assured them the situation is being taken care of.

A group of 51 MPs led by Igor Zorčič of the Modern Centre Party (SMC) has filed into parliamentary procedure legislative changes that would enable easier and faster completion of the planned power stations on the lower Sava river.

Former central bank Governor Boštjan Jazbec appeared in parliament on Thursday to speak about alleged money laundering in the NKBM bank, noting that only documents from the NKBM bank had been made public, while the so-called "Italian typology" had been detected at other banks as well.