Gea, the largest producer of vegetable oils in Slovenia, saw revenue drop by nearly 10% last year over 2019, while profit tumbled to EUR 140,000, only 20% of 2019 profit. The company saw the biggest drop in sales to restaurants and hotels.

The government has established a strategic council for digitalisation as an advisory body to the prime minister, whose primary task will be proposing concrete measures and legal acts in the field of digitalisation.

Partial wage subsidy for furloughed workers has been extended into May. This is a measure to reduce the risk of companies deciding to lay off workers as they face a reduced demand or negative shocks in productivity related to the Covid-19 epidemic, the government has said.

Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec has received threats as a set of changes to the road transport act allowing digital labour platforms, such as Uber, is expected to be debated in parliament at the next plenary session. He has already reported them to the police.

Prime Minister Janez Janša and Health Minister Janez Poklukar visited on Friday the biotechnology company BIA Separations, which is owned by the German company Sartorius in what was the largest foreign direct investment in Slovenia last year. Janša noted on the occasion the role of BIA Separations in the production of Covid-19 vaccine.

Slovenia Sovereign Holding (SSH) published a takeover bid for spa operator Terme Olimia on Friday, offering EUR 27.50 per share for a total of just over 158,000 shares. The offer stands until 10 May unless extended, according to the bid published in the newspaper Delo.

The SBI TOP index of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange was up by another 0.12% to 1,010.84 points on Friday as Telekom Slovenije added 0.8% and the energy company Petrol gained 0.53%. The pharma company Krka (+0.21%) meanwhile accounted for more than half of today's total volumes of EUR 1.88 million.