The newspaper Delo argues in Tuesday's front-page commentary that the problems of the automotive industry started before the coronavirus but the pandemic exposed all its hidden faults.

The SBI TOP index of blue chips on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange lost 0.02% to close at 844.15 points on Monday. The most active issue, the share of pharma company Krka, which remained flat at EUR 83, contributed EUR 307,000 to the overall trading volume of EUR 790,000. Energy company Petrol contributed EUR 238,000, adding 0.6% to EUR 330.

The Slovenian treasury has extended an existing three-year bond by EUR 50 million following demand by an investor. The yield to maturity was -0.492%, the lowest on record and just 27 basis points over a comparable German bond.

Growing interest in wine tourism in the south-eastern Dolenjska region among Slovenians, sparked by introduction of holiday vouchers, will help improve the tourist season in the region, Dolenjska tourism providers who base their services on vineyard cottages known as zidanice have said.

Sunday shopping will again resemble the pre-corona times as all major retailers in Slovenia are to be open this Sunday. After Mercator, Tuš, Hofer and Eurospin decided to reopen last Sunday, today shoppers can also flock to Spar, Lidl, Leclerc and Jager.

The newspaper Delo argues in Saturday's front-page commentary that there is still a year and half until the return of normal circumstances in the wake of the corona crisis. Stimulus measures for swifter recovery are necessary, it says.

Apart from cutting red tape, investment in innovation and R&D should be stepped up to mitigate the economic ramifications of the coronavirus epidemic, says Večer on Saturday, being rather critical of government's revenue-side measures.