Germany’s current economic nosedive is a cautionary tale that shows what can happen when so-called “green” parties control a country’s energy policy. It must be acknowledged, however, that one of the architects of the German energy and economic crisis was also Angela Merkel of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), which under her leadership …
Robert Golob promised a tax increase before the previous elections. It is one of the few promises he has kept. The “Achilles’ heel of the Slovenian economy,” as Minister Mesec once put it, or export-oriented companies, which are one of the cornerstones of Slovenian prosperity, are on the decline. The causes can also be found …
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Mass strikes across the country have also affected the economy and businesses. And while Slovenia’s top brass watches football matches, the problems in Slovenia are growing. A few days ago, the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and now the company Lumar, which is the largest producer of prefabricated wooden buildings, have already turned to …
According to Eurostat, Slovenia recorded the biggest fall in industrial production at the European Union level in December. In his article, Bojan Ivanc, the chief economist of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, wrote that this was “a dark December for Slovenian industry”. But this is not surprising, according to political analyst Sebastjan Jeretič, who …
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“Slovenia needs predictable and stable public finances,” and above all, “legal and fiscal predictability, which is crucial for the functioning of an orderly state.” This was the consensus of the participants at the expert consultation entitled Expectations of the New Tax Reform, who agreed that Slovenia needs to restructure its tax reform and that it …
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“Things are starting to look very grim,” said Marko Drobnič, President of the Management Board of the company Talum, at a roundtable of businessmen and experts. Slovenian economists are extremely worried about the sharp drop in orders in the Slovenian industry and claim that if measures to protect the economy are not taken soon, the …
In 2014, our current Minister of Labour, Luka Mesec, claimed that Yugoslavia was one of the most powerful countries during its time, and one of the most successful economies in the world. Which went bankrupt and miserably collapsed due to an inefficient economy, and at its end, Slovenia had only achieved 30 percent of the …
At the end of February, the management and owners of the A&E Europe company, which is part of the US-based Elevate Textiles group, announced the gradual closure of their plant in Slovenia, and redundancies have also been announced. The reason is that it is no longer viable for them to continue production in Slovenia due …
Another Company Is Leaving Slovenia And Laying Off Workers Read More »
Inflation in Slovenia is not slowing down, and we are also among the countries with the highest labour costs growth. Golob’s income tax “reform,” which overturned Janša’s labour cost cuts, is already showing its first results. At 9.4 percent, Slovenia’s inflation was slightly above the euro area average and slightly below the European Union average …
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Slovenia’s economy expanded at an annual nominal rate of 9.8% in the first quarter of this year driven by household spending and capital expenditure. The seasonally adjusted rate was 9.6%. At the quarterly level GDP was up by 0.8%, a significant slowdown compared to the 5.3% recorded in the previous quarter, the Statistics Office reported. …
Yesteray, Prime Minister Janez Janša addressed the Transition with Ambition conference over video link. The event was organised by the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the SPIRIT Slovenia, Public Agency and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia. Yesterday’s event brought together the 4th Internationalisation of the Slovenian …
The upward trend in Slovenia’s trade in goods continues, as the country exported goods worth EUR 3.5 billion in September, or 16.7% more than in the same month in 2020, while imports, totalling EUR 3.9 billion, were up by 46.7%. Slovenia’s September figures were also higher than those in the same month in the pre-Covid …
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