Maribor's municipal energy company officially launched a new wood biomass boiler on Wednesday, reducing the city's dependence on natural gas by around 13%. The project is valued at EUR 4.5 million with EUR 1.3 million coming from the Recovery and Resilience Fund.

Turkish Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said that the Turkish contractor Yapi Merkezi, which works on the Koper-Divača rail track, will stay on the project despite financial problems, as he visited Slovenia on Wednesday. He and his Slovenian counterpart Alenka Bratušek agreed they would monitor the situation.

The Infrastructure Directorate has launched a new public call for a major upgrade of Jesenice railway station and its associated rail hub. This follows the cancellation of a previous call earlier this year after bids significantly exceeded the available budget, despite the project's official estimated value having already increased substantially.

Slovenian direct-to-consumer clothing brand Lelosi has moved some of its production to Slovenia. Lelosi products, starting with Bermuda shorts, will be produced in Murska Sobota on the site of a defunct textile factory.

The shareholders of Cinkarna Celje will decide at the annual general meeting on 21 May on the proposal that the chemical company pay out dividends for this year at EUR 1.80 gross per share, twice as much as last year, the company announced on Wednesday.

DSU, the state-owned real estate management company, has started selling four large commercial properties at a total asking price of EUR 13 million. The proceeds are intended to be used for building public rental housing. The first project involving 32 apartments in Ljubljana could be launched as early as this year.

The SBI TOP index of blue chips on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange lost 0.85% on Wednesday to close at 1,952.83 points. Pharma maker Krka and the NLB bank each contributed more than a third to the daily turnover of EUR 2.33 million.