Today marks ten years since the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) launched its operations in Ljubljana as the first and so far only EU agency based in Slovenia.

Slovenian company Instrumentation Technologies, a leading global provider of advanced instrumentation in the field of basic particles accelerators and proton therapy, has been acquired by ARX Equity Partners, a private equity group headquartered in Prague. The acquisition price has not been disclosed.

The telecoms incumbent Telekom Slovenije is being sued by the telecommunications company T-2 for around EUR 50 million for the damage that the latter allegedly suffered between September 2018 and July 2020, Telekom Slovenije said on Tuesday, while failing to reveal details about the lawsuit.

The Triglav insurance group recorded a growth in collected premiums for the sixth year in a row in 2020, as the figure rose by 4% to EUR 1.23 billion. Net profit was meanwhile down 12% compared to 2019 to EUR 73.7 million, shows the unaudited annual report published on Tuesday.

The Slovenian central bank says the anti-crisis measures have contributed to the economic recovery and to keeping the country's potential afloat, albeit at the expense of public finance situation. A gradual approach and targeted withdrawal of measures will be needed so that the economy is not exposed again to negative shocks.

The European Commission has approved 226 projects from the 27 EU member states in support for the planning and implementation of reforms for boosting growth, including seven projects from Slovenia.

The SBI TOP index of blue chips on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange dropped by 0.14% to close at 972.47 points in mixed trading on Tuesday as shares worth EUR 1.07 million changed hands. EUR 266,488 came from the shares of pharma group Krka (+0.43% to EUR 93.40).